Court Cases

Heller vs D.C.
 Summary



     In the case of Heller vs DC Heller filed a lawsuit because Heller on the job as a police officer was able to carry a handgun and filed for a license to have a handgun in his home. When the license was denied he filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia. During this lawsuit he said that his 2nd amendment right was being infringed. The majority of the debate during the case was simply over the wording of the 2nd amendment how much the two clauses are connected or whether they are connected at all. The court ruled in favor of Heller. After the case Heller was successful and overturned the handgun control law in the District of Columbia.


McDonald vs Chicago
Summary



In the case of McDonald vs Chicago several residents of Chicago brought forth the issue the inability to have handguns in their home. This issue was already addressed but since it was addressed in the District of Columbia so therefore the states were not affected by this case. During this case it had already been determined in the Heller vs DC case that the second amendment gave the people the right to bear arms.In this case McDonald argued that the 14th amendment made the 2nd amendment applicable to the states and won. So in the end of both of these cases it shows that the people have the right to keep and bear arms within the US.