. . . . . . . . . . . . "1095541228"^^ . . . "Herman Presser v. State of Illinois"@en . . . "Presser v. Illinois"@en . . . . "unanimous"@en . "Woods"@en . . . . . . . "Herman Presser v. State of Illinois"@en . . . . "1885"^^ . . . . . . . . "Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that held, \"Unless restrained by their own constitutions, state legislatures may enact statutes to control and regulate all organizations, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations except those which are authorized by the militia laws of the United States.\" It states that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution limited only the power of Congress and the national government to control firearms, not that of the states, and that the right to peaceably assemble in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution was not protected by the clause referred to except to petition the government for a redress of grievances. This decision was overruled in McDonald v. City of Chicago in (2010)."@en . "6"^^ . "10468"^^ . . . . "24"^^ . . "The states may forbid private armies. The Second Amendment only applies to the federal government."@en . . . . . . "--11-23"^^ . . . . . . . . "116"^^ . "Presser v. Illinois,"@en . . . . "14320500"^^ . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . "Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that held, \"Unless restrained by their own constitutions, state legislatures may enact statutes to control and regulate all organizations, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations except those which are authorized by the militia laws of the United States.\" It states that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution limited only the power of Congress and the national government to control firearms, not that of the states, and that the right to peaceably assemble in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution was not protected by the clause referred to except to petition the government for a redress of grievances. This decision was overruled in McD"@en . . . "252"^^ . "McDonald v. City of Chicago"@en . . . "Presser v. Illinois"@en . "1886"^^ . . . . . . "--01-04"^^ . . .