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McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), was a landmark [1] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.
Four Chicago residents, including Otis McDonald, challenged a Chicago ordinance that required the registration of firearms while accepting no registrations that post-dated the implementation of a handgun ban in 1982.
12 Νοε 2018 · Case Summary of McDonald v. Chicago: Chicago residents, concerned about their own safety, challenged the City of Chicago’s handgun ban. Building on the Court’s recent decision in Heller, the petitioners sought to have the Second Amendment apply to the States, either under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause, or by ...
21 Οκτ 2020 · The way he saw it, the majority was overturning 137 years of precedent by deciding that the privileges and immunities clause included protecting gun rights from infringement by state governments. Visit FindLaw's Cases & Codes to read the Supreme Court's full decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago.
2 Μαρ 2010 · Several suits were filed against Chicago and Oak Park in Illinois challenging their gun bans after the Supreme Court issued its opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller. In that case, the Supreme Court held that a District of Columbia handgun ban violated the Second Amendment.
2 Μαρ 2010 · Petitioners Otis McDonald, Adam Orlov, Colleen Lawson, and David Lawson brought suit against Chicago and Oak Park, arguing that the laws seeking to prohibit the possession of handguns left residents vulnerable and unable to protect themselves against intruders or criminals.
