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→Ruling: The dissenters agreed that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, but argued that D.C. could ban handguns anyway.
== Ruling ==
== Ruling ==
On June 26th, the Court ruled in favor of Heller, finding that the District of Columbia's gun laws violated the Second Amendment, which protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote the 5-4 majority opinion. The dissenters agreed that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, but argued that D.C. could ban handguns anyway.
On June 26th, the Court ruled in favor of Heller, finding that the District of Columbia's gun laws violated the Second Amendment, which grants an individual right to bear arms. Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote the majority opinion, which noted that certain gun control laws such as prohibitions against ownership by felons and the mentally ill were not in violation of the Amendment.
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== References ==