District Of Columbia Self Defense Case Study

District of Columbia took on Heller in the supreme court in 2008(Doherty 8). The case was a close supreme court case, it had a five to four justice decision (Doherty 4). Heller thought that the second amendment should allow anyone to keep a weapon for self defence in a home registered or unregistered, but District of Columbia did not think that. District of Columbia was upset with the results of the case yet Heller was quite pleased with the results of the supreme court decision. The results of the case have not changed since the results in 2008, some believed that if Donald Trump did not get elected the results would be changed by Hillary Clinton and District of Columbia taking on Heller again. The case started when Heller was told by
District of Columbia that he was not allowed to have his forty-five caliber handgun in his house for self defence. Heller believed that the second amendment allowed us Americans to keep a weapon in a house for self defence without a lock, but District of Columbia wanted required him to have a lock on his forty-five caliber handgun.
District of Columbia did not allow him to have a weapon for self defence without a lock or safe. The case made the supreme court thoroughly review the second amendment to see if it allowed us to keep a weapon our home unregistered for self defence. Although the second amendment does not allow anyone to carry an unregistered weapon. At the same time, Heller did have to compromise some such as Prohibit firearm possession by felons and the mentally ill, Forbid firearm possession in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, and Impose conditions on the commercial sale of firearms. Heller won the case with a five to four justice decision in the supreme court (Doherty 4). When the justices were thoroughly reviewing the case, they found that the second amendment did protect the ability to keep a weapon in a house for self defense,unregistered, or without a lock or safe . The justices that agreed with heller were Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito. The ones that disagreed with Heller and agreed with District of Columbia were Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer. Some think that District of Columbia should have won not
Heller. The results of the District of Columbia vs Heller case were stunning. Since Donald Trump got elected the results of the Heller vs District of Columbia will not change, but if Hillary Clinton would have got elected they most likely would of changed. Since the case in 2008 the results are still the same, now in District of Columbia anyone is allowed to have a weapon in a home unregistered, not in a safe, or locked up. The supreme court justices were considering making the second amendment an individual's right. In Pennsylvania any weapon has to be locked up with a trigger lock or a safe and carrying a weapon requires a licence. District of Columbia took on Heller in the supreme court in 2008(Doherty 8). Heller believed that anyone could keep a weapon in a house for self defense unregistered. He was very happy with the results of the case. The supreme court has not changed the results since the case in 2008 (Doherty 8). The final results of the case where everyone in District of Columbia are allowed to carry or keep a weapon in a house unregistered for self defence but none can prohibit firearm possession by felons and the mentally ill, Forbid firearm possession in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, and Impose conditions on the commercial sale of firearms.