| − | 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 bare 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. | + | 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. |