"In sum, we hold that the District's ban on handgun possession in the home violates the Second Amendment, as does its prohibitions against rendering any lawful firearm in the home operable for the purpose of immediate self-defense."

"Held:
1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.

Get the full 157 text as a PDF file here: Washington D.C. v. Heller

McDonald vs. City of Chicago - The individual right to keep and bear arms APPLIES TO ALL STATES in the union! 06/28/2010

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• McDonald v. City of Chicago - The U.S. Supreme Court decision of 06/28/2010 - The 2nd Amendment applies to all states.
• District of Columbia v. Heller - The U.S. Supreme Court decision of 06/26/2008 - the Second Amendment confers an individula right!
• The Constitution of the United States. The entire document, plus all 27 Amendments, with dates of ratification.
• The Federalist Papers. This is a HTML version of the Federalist Papers. This is a must read for those wanting insight into the thinking of the Framers.
• Senate Subcommitte Report on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (1982)
• The Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The Legacy of Republicanism vs. Absolutism A look at the historical significance or the militia and answers once and for all who the militia is! by Gary A. Shade
• "The Embarrassing Second Amendment," by Sanford Levinson, University of Texas at Austin School of Law. A well written text covering the interpretation of the Second Amendment.
• "The Unabridged Second Amendment," by J. Neil Schulman. A question and answer session on the language of the Second Amendment, and its intent, with Roy Copperud, a retired professor of journalism at the University of Southern California.
• Summary of Federal Cases Regarding the Second Amendment. This is a compendiary of federal court cases involving the second Amendment, one way or another, good, bad or ugly.
• "The Second Amendment and State Constitutions" by Clayton Cramer. A study of original state constitution clauses on firearm ownership and use and their relations to the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.
• State Constitutional RKBA Clauses, A compilation of state constitutions which have RKBA clauses.
• The Second Amendment and the Ideology of Self-Protection" by Don B. Kates, Jr. A study on the Second Amendment and its relation with self protection.
• "Freedom's Last Stand," by Stephen Weaver, as first published in Guns and Ammo, September 1994. An essay on the Constitution, with a pointed question of how far will you go to protect it?
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