Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1791 amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms
DC’s Gun-Magazine Ban Faces New Legal Hurdle
A pro-Second Amendment group has asked a federal court to make it easier for gun owners to sue Washington, D.C., over its ban on magazines holding more than ten rounds.
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About Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the United States Bill of Rights. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court affirmed that the right belongs to individuals, for self-defense in the home, while also including, as dicta, that the right is not unlimited and does not preclude the existence of certain long-standing prohibitions such as those forbidding "the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill" or restrictions on "the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons". In McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) the Supreme Court ruled that state and local governments are limited to the same extent as the federal government from infringing upon this right. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen (2022) assured the right to carry weapons in public spaces with certain exceptions.
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