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The Supreme Court has only granted certiorari for three cases focusing on gun control since its decision in US v. Cruikshank, 92 US 542 (1875), that gun regulation is a states' rights issue not subject to federal statutes.
In Parker v. District of Columbia, 478 F.3d 370 (D.C. Cir. 2007), the Supreme Court denied certiorari on a US District Court case that overturned the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, a law banning residents of the District of Columbia from owning handguns, automatic firearms, and high-capacity semi-automatic firearms, as well as prohibiting possession of unregistered firearms. When the Supreme Court declines review of a case, the decision of the lower court is final.
Last Term, the Supreme Court heard District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 US ___ (2008), a case that alleged Washington, DC, gun control laws were unconstitutional. The Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment of the Constitution protects Americans' right to bear arms as an individual liberty not specifically limited to the militia, and that the District of Columbia's requirement that guns within the home be unloaded, disassembled and locked were unconstitutional.
The decisions in both Parker and Heller applied only to the District of Columbia, which is federal territory, and not to the states, which are not currently bound by the Second Amendment (an unincorporated Amendment; see Related Questions for more information).
McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 US ___ (2010). In McDonald, the Court held self-protection was a fundamental right and incorporated the Second Amendment to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. The decision was released June 28, 2010.
For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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