Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - Are federal gun laws unconstitutional in the United States? - In the constitution, the federal congress is given a list of things they can do, but they may not do anything that is not on the list: <br /> <br />*Levy Taxes <br /> *Borrow money on the credit of the United States. <br /> *Spend when authorized by an approriations bill <br /> *Pay the Federal debt <br /> *Constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court <br /> *Declare War <br /> *Raise armies, a navy, and provide for the common defense <br /> *Introduce constitutional amendments and choose the mode of ratification <br /> *Call a Constitutional Convention on the application of two-thirds of the States <br /> *Regulate interstate and foreign commerce. <br /> *Coin Money <br /> *Standardize the value of currency <br /> *Regulate copyrights and patents <br /> *Establish federal courts lower than the Supreme Court. <br /> *Limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Courts including the Supreme Court. <br /> *Standardize weights and measures. <br /> *Establish uniform times for elections. <br /> *Control the Postal System <br /> *Establish laws governing citizenship <br /> *Make its own rules and discipline its own members . <br /> *Provide for the punishment of counterfeiting, piracy, treason and other Federal Crimes. <br /> *Exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia <br /> *Establish Bankruptcy laws <br /> *Override presidential vetoes. <br /> *Oversee all Federal property and possesions <br /> *Fill a vacancy in the presidency in cases of death or inability <br /> * Receive and count electoral votes for the Presidency <br /> *Keep and publish a journal of its proceedings <br /> *Conduct a census every ten years. <br /> *Approve treaties, cabinet level appointments, and appointments to the Supreme Court (Senate only). <br /> *Impeach (House only) and try (Senate only) federal officers. <br /> *Initiate all bills for raising revenue (House only). <br /> <br />Doesn't this mean that all federal gun laws (for example, the expired assault weapon ban) are unconstitutional? -
