<Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 307 U.S. 174 (more) 59 S. Ct. 816; 83 L. Ed . 1206; 39 - 1 U.S. Tax Cas . (CCH) P9513; 22 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 331; 1939 - 1 C.B. 373; 1939 P.H. P5421 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 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 United States Constitution . </Td> </Tr>

According to the hughes court in united states v. miller the second amendment