2008

Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm

• Argued March 18, 2008
  Decided June 26, 2008
• 554 U.S. 570
•  landmark case from the Supreme Court of the United States
• held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia
• Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 5 to 4
• Heller had approached the National Rifle Association about a lawsuit to overturn the D.C. gun ban, but they declined