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McDonald v. City of Chicago, case in which on June 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5–4) that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,” applies to state and local governments as well as to the federal government.
Instead, it held that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states via the due process clause. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion. In it, he argued that American citizens understood the right to keep and bear arms as a privilege.
On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, reversed the Seventh Circuit's decision, holding that the Second Amendment was incorporated under the Fourteenth Amendment, thus protecting those rights from infringement by state and local governments.
The district court dismissed the suits. The Supreme Court reversed the Seventh Circuit, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense applicable to the states. With Justice Samuel A.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of McDonald, holding that the Second Amendment right to bear arms is applicable to state and local governments through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. This ruling built upon the 2008 case District of Columbia v.
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The significance of McDonald v. Chicago (2010) for the Second Amendment was that the Supreme Court found that Second Amendment protections also apply to the states.
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