As noted in 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, where Dick Heller believed that the District of Columbia gun control laws violated his Second Amendment. The majority did agree that …show more content…
But, to view any form of regulation as unconstitutional is preposterous. There is a difference between an unmodified shotgun that follows regulation and a shotgun that has had its barrel and stock sawed off. The modification to the shotgun make it easier to conceal, which makes the nature of that device even more dubious. The Second Amendment does not protect the use of a firearm for illegal manner, nor does it protect those that do not follow federal restrictions. If deciding that Heller’s rights were violated, then anyone should be able to purchase a machinegun without obtaining a class III license. When examining D. C’s decision to ban handguns, one must take into account that D.C has had an issue with violent crimes (nearly three times higher than the national average). The handgun ban was not intended to strip its citizens of their Second Amendment rights, but to try and help curve the violent crimes that was plaguing the