Supreme Court Case: The Case Of D. C. V. Heller

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My Supreme Court case takes place from the year of 2002-2008. This case is the case of D.C. V. Heller. The case of D.C. V. Heller is about hand gun and riffle ownership.
The situation or background of the case is that hand gun and riffles were not taken and guns were not able to be used unless it was for military purposes. The only problem with that was that it was going against the second amendment which was considered unconstitutional. The second amendment said “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
The question how is Dick Heller going to get a majority vote for allowing the people to have guns back again? How are they going

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