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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:appealsTo
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gptkb:United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Texas
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gptkbp:citation
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2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 22386
270 F.3d 203
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date
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October 16, 2001
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gptkbp:decision
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appellate decision
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gptkbp:defendant
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Timothy Joe Emerson
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gptkbp:fullName
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United States v. Timothy Joe Emerson
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gptkbp:heldBy
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The Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms, subject to certain restrictions.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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United States v. Emerson
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit
gptkb:Harold_R._DeMoss_Jr.
Robert M. Parker
William Lockhart Garwood
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8)
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gptkbp:notableFor
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First federal appellate court to recognize an individual right under the Second Amendment
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gptkbp:originatingCourt
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gptkb:United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Texas
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:United_States_of_America
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ninth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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