Further Reading

• Heller: The Supreme Decision

  Fairfax, VA – Leaders of the National Rifle Association (NRA) praised the Supreme Court’s historic ruling overturning Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns and on self-defense in the home, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. 
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• National Rifle Association Hails Historic Victory on Second Amendment Freedom in McDonald v. City of Chicago

  The National Rifle Association of America today praised the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision in another landmark Second Amendment case. In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that the Second Amendment applies not just to Washington, D.C. and other federal enclaves, but protects the rights of all Americans throughout the country. The opinion in McDonald v. City of Chicago brings an end to the nearly 30 year-long handgun ban that the city has imposed on its law-abiding citizens.
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• America's Founding Fathers Speak Out

  Quotes from our Founding Fathers on the right to Keep and Bear Arms.
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• The Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Firearms Ownership in America

  
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• Ninth Circuit Disputes Silveira Decision, Judge Calls Second Amendment an Individual Right

  
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• NRA's amicus brief in Parker v. District of Columbia

  
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• Supreme Court Declares That the Second Amendment Guarantees an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms in D.C. v. Heller

  
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• Guarantees of the Right to Arms In State Constitutions

  Forty four states have "Right to Keep and Bear Arms" provisions included in their constitutions. Those provisions are listed here.
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• The Second Amendment

  On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment—"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"— protects a purely individual right, as do the First, Fourth and Ninth Amendments.
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• 8/24/2004 Memorandum Opinion For The U.S. Attorney General (Second Amendment Secures Individual Right)

  
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• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules The Second Amendment Is An Individual Right

  
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• Law Reviews

  
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