United States v. Miller

United States v. Miller
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 30, 1939 Decided May 15, 1939
Full case name	United States vs. Jack Miller, et al.
Citations	307 U.S. 174 (more) 59 S. Ct. 816; 83 L. Ed. 1206; 39-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) ¶ 9513; 22 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 331; 1939-1 C.B. 373; 1939 P.H. P5421
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas
Holding
The National Firearms Act, as applied to transporting in interstate commerce a 12-gauge shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long, without having registered it and without having in his possession a stamp-affixed written order for it, was not unconstitutional as an invasion of the reserved powers of the states and did not violate the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Pierce Butler Harlan F. Stone · Owen Roberts Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Case opinion
Majority	McReynolds, joined by Hughes, Butler, Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurter
Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA)

United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that involved a Second Amendment to the United States Constitution challenge to the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). The case is often cited in the ongoing American gun politics debate, as both sides claim that it supports their position.