Cockrum v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• construing the Second Amendment purely as a tyranny-deterring measure, but nevertheless barring the complete prohibition of carrying a bowie-knife, “an exceeding[ly] destructive weapon”
• allowing bans on the carrying of “exceeding[ly] destructive weapon[s],” but not total bans
• allowing bans on the carrying of “exceeding[ly] destructive weapon[s],” but not total bans
• “The right to carry a bowie-knife for lawful defense is secured, and must be admitted.”
• law enhancing the penalty for manslaughter committed with Bowie knife

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McDonald v. City of Chicago
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-28· cited 2,024×
• English v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 1872-07-01· cited 75×
• Edward Peruta v. County of San Diego
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-02-13· cited 72×
• Wrenn v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-07-25· cited 71×
• State v. Duke
  Texas Supreme Court· 1874-07-01· cited 69×
• Ocean State Tactical, LLC v. State of Rhode Island
  First Circuit· 2024-03-07· cited 19×
• George Young, Jr. v. State of Hawaii
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-07-24· cited 18×
• State v. Christian
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2012-03-21· cited 4×
• Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine v. Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners And Patricia Gilbert, Executive Director in Her Official Capacity
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-10-14
• Whether the Second Amendment Secures an Individual Right
  Office of Legal Counsel· 2004-08-24
• Matthew Grace v. DC
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-07-25
• Brian Wrenn v. DC
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-07-25
• People v. Ryan
  New York City Magistrates' Court· 1911-12-15
• An opinion was released in case 23-7061, Andrew Hanson v. DC
  D.C. Circuit· 2024-10-29
• National Rifle Association v. Commissioner, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-03-14
• United States v. Jaquan Bridges
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-08-07
• Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0501
  Texas Attorney General Reports· 2025-10-30
• Jonathan Timothy Noyes v. the State of Texas for the Protection of Samantha Jo Voges
  Texas Supreme Court· 2026-05-15
• Wolford v. Lopez
  Supreme Court· 2026-06-25