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In the US v. Heller case, a similar gun-ban case taking place in DC, the verdict was 5-4 in favor of the defendant. The court ruled that DC's ban on Heller keeping a gun in his house, was unconstitutional; and further ruled that the right to keep and bear arms was an individual right, not a collective one. Meaning, the 2nd amendment didn't just protect the right or a militia or National Guard unit to own its (the unit's) weapons, but also protected the right of an ordinary person to own and carry his own personal weapons, even if that person was not in a militia or ANY other military unit.Souter dissented.My guess is, my classmate Sotomayor will also dissent from that viewpoint. Though I hope I'm wrong.
In the US v. Heller case, a similar gun-ban case taking place in DC, the verdict was 5-4 in favor of the defendant. The court ruled that DC's ban on Heller keeping a gun in his house, was unconstitutional; and further ruled that the right to keep and bear arms was an individual right, not a collective one. Meaning, the 2nd amendment didn't just protect the right or a militia or National Guard unit to own its (the unit's) weapons, but also protected the right of an ordinary person to own and carry his own personal weapons, even if that person was not in a militia or ANY other military unit.
Souter dissented.
My guess is, my classmate Sotomayor will also dissent from that viewpoint. Though I hope I'm wrong.
