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Gun ownership and the Second Amendment / Pjeter D. Baldrige, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.
- Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitution--2nd Amendment.
- United States.
- Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
- Firearms.
- Gun control--United States.
- Gun control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides an overview of prior judicial treatment of the Second Amendment, with a focus on the litigation of Colombia versus Heller and the potential impact of its outcome. Heller marks the first time in almost 70 years that the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the nature of the right conferred by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. Respondent Heller, a DC special policeman, applied to register a handgun he wished to keep at home, but the District refused. The District Court dismissed the suit, but the DC Circuit reversed, holding that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess firearms.
- Contents:
- The Constitution of the United States of America
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Oral arguments of D.C. V. Dick Anthony Heller
- District of Columbia v. Heller : the Supreme Court and the Second Amendment.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61324-446-0
- OCLC:
- 707082803
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