Cite as: 521 U. S. 898 (1997)
Syllabus
Breyer, JJ., joined, post, p. 939. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, post, p. 970. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, J., joined, post, p. 976.
Stephen P. Halbrook argued the cause for petitioners in both cases and filed briefs for petitioner in No. 95-1478. David T. Hardy filed briefs for petitioner in No. 95-1503.
Acting Solicitor General Dellinger argued the cause for the United States in both cases. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Mark B. Stern, and Stephanie R. Marcus.†
†Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Colorado et al. by Gale A. Norton, Attorney General of Colorado, Stephen K. Erkenbrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Richard A. Westfall, Special Deputy Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, and David B. Kopel, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Alan G. Lance of Idaho, Carla J. Stovall of Kansas, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Don Stenberg of Nebraska, Mark W. Barnett of South Dakota, James S. Gilmore of Virginia, and William U. Hill of Wyoming; for the Gun Owners Foundation by James H. Jeffries III and James H. Wentzel; for the Law Enforcement Alliance of America by James H. Warner; for the Council of State Governments et al. by D. Bruce La Pierre; and for the National Rifle Association of America by Robert Dowlut and Stefan B. Tahmassebi.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by Jonathan P. Hiatt, David M. Silberman, and Laurence Gold; for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence et al. by Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.; for Handgun Control, Inc., et al. by Eric J. Mogilnicki, James S. Campbell, Jeffrey P. Sing-dahlsen, Kathleen M. Miller, and Dennis A. Henigan; and for Senator Herb Kohl et al. by Andrew J. Pincus.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the State of Maryland et al. by J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Andrew H. Baida and John B. Howard, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, and Richard Adams Cordray, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Margery S. Bronster of Hawaii, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Frank J. Kelley of Michigan, Hubert H. Humphrey III of Minnesota, Mike Moore of Mississippi, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Michael F. Easley of North Carolina, Theodore R. Kulongoski of Oregon, Jeffrey B. Pine of
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