Hoping to reduce violent crime in the city. The Washington D.C. city council passed the firearms control regulations act of 1975. Which effectively banned individual gun ownership in the district.
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The act also prohibited residents from keeping firearms in their homes without licenses ad required that any licensed firearms kept in the home either be unloaded and disassembled or fitted with a trigger lock.
I got a license and I had to buy a trigger lock.
Dick Heller, worked as a special officer in Washington, D.C. As part of his employment, he was allowed to carry a handgun while at work. Wanting to keep a handgun in this home after hours, he applied for a license to do so.
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The District of Columbia denied Officer Heller's application. He sued the district for violating his second amendment rights.
I'm suing the District of columbia for violating my second amendment rights.
Based on its reading, the district court found that the second amendment does not create an individual right to gun ownership unrelated to service in an organized militia, such as the national guard, and dismissed Hellers complaint. The court of appeals found that the second amendment does create an individual right to gun ownership and reversed the lower court's decision. The united states supreme court granted certiorari.
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