State v. Buzzard

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting individual Second Amendment right to self-defense; holding that right was tied to well-regulated militia
• rejecting individual Second Amendment right to self-defense; holding that right was tied to well-regulated militia
• upholding ban in view of legislature’s authority to advance “the general interests or welfare of the whole community”
• adopting the military model and denying the right to keep and bear arms for individual self-defense, both rationales rejected by Heller
• adopting the military model and denying the right to keep and bear arms for individual self-defense, both rationales rejected by Heller
• Arkansas Supreme Court held that restricted carry was constitutional, concluding that “the [second amendment] right in question possesses no such immunity as exempts it from all legal regulation and control”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen
  Supreme Court· 2022-06-23· cited 2,263×
• McDonald v. City of Chicago
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-28· cited 2,024×
• Edward Peruta v. County of San Diego
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-06-09· cited 98×
• United States v. Rahimi
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-03-02· cited 93×
• Matthews v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1958-03-06· cited 74×
• Edward Peruta v. County of San Diego
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-02-13· cited 72×
• George Young, Jr. v. State of Hawaii
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-03-24· cited 43×
• Strickland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1911-10-05· cited 42×
• Moore v. Gallup
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1943-11-10· cited 36×
• United States v. Diontai Moore
  Third Circuit· 2024-08-02· cited 30×
• United States v. Jesus Perez Garcia
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-03-18· cited 26×
• George Young, Jr. v. State of Hawaii
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-07-24· cited 18×
• State v. Wilforth
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1881-10-15· cited 17×
• State v. Hall
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-05-08· cited 12×
• Grace v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2016-05-17· cited 11×
• Sinnissippi Rod & Gun Club, Inc. v. Raoul
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-03-01· cited 11×
• State v. Barber
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-04-04· cited 10×
• United States v. Rahimi
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-02-02· cited 8×
• State v. Christian
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2012-03-21· cited 4×
• State v. Keet
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1916-12-06· cited 4×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• State v. Mitchell
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1833-05-30· cited 24×