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- Location: South Side Chicago, 2008. Community activist Otis McDonald has lived in his neighborhood since 1971. But over the decades, crime has taken over his streets Chicago
- I wanna protect my fam from the gangs
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- Fact: Chicago Handgun Registry: CLOSED since 1982
- Too heavy, I need a handgun, but I can't. Im going to sue!
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- The first defeat: lower court
- Lawsuit dismissed! The city's ban stands.
- Inside the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. A judge slams a gavel down, looking stern. Otis and his lawyer look deflated
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- Second defeat: Circuit Court
- Look, District of Columbia v. Heller protected handguns under Federal law. Your case deals with Local laws. Dismissed again
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- Our last chance: The Supreme Court
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- Stepping up to the Supreme Court
- March 2, 2010.
- U.S ConstitutionThe 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause forces state and local governments to respect the Bill of Rights
- Selective Incorporation: When the Court applies civil liberties from the Bill of Rights to the states
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- Stepping up to the Supreme Court
- March 2, 2010.
- It is clear that the framers and ratifiers of the 14th Amendment counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of government and liberty
- Justice Samuel Alito sits at the bench, delivering the majority opinion with a look of absolute conviction
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- Stepping up to the Supreme Court
- March 2, 2010.
- the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5–4 decision that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to state and local governments
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- I can finally buy my guns!
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- dont mess with me