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U.S. v. WRIGHT

No. 95-8397.

117 F.3d 1265 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald W. WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Stuart Smith, Federal Defender Program, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Kent Alexander, U.S. Atty., Thomas A. Devlin, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appelleee.

Before COX, Circuit Judge, and KRAVITCH and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." In this case, we must decide whether this amendment grants constitutional protection to an individual whose possession or use of machineguns and pipe bombs is not reasonably related to an organized state militia. We hold that...

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