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Dick A. Heller, a security officer, tried registering a handgun to keep at home for self-defense, but was denied the right by Washington D.C. officials. Eventually, he worked his way up to the famous case, "D.C. v. Heller."
The case was a landmark for Second Amendment rights activists because it's the first time in about 70 years that the Supreme Court directly addressed the scope of the Second Amendment, concluding that it is an individual right to bear arms, which is unconnected to service in the militia.
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When was DC v Heller ruled on?
June 26, 2008
Who is Dick Anthony Heller?
Dick Anthony Heller is the plaintiff in the District of Columbia v. Heller case. He believes that the gun control laws in DC are violating the second amendment "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." He is a security officer in the building of the administrative offices of the federal courts, and he wants to keep the gun he uses at work with him at all times for his personal protection.
Who is right about the Second Amendment the US Supreme Court or Heller?
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 US ___ (2008)There is no distinction, because the US Supreme Court decided in favor of Heller and struck down the District of Columbia gun control law as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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