DefiantDad
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Not being a lawyer, or any kind of "expert" on constitution law I find it a bit hard making sense of the rulings in layman's terms.
Can someone kindly explain just the nutshell?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_v._Chicago
As I understand it, Heller was trying to get handguns classified as arms, so that it is covered under the 2nd Amendment (I am naively surprised they were not already).
And McDonald was trying to get the Supreme Court to agree that the 2nd Amendment applies to all states (again, I am surprised this was/is not self-evident).
?
Can someone kindly explain just the nutshell?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_v._Chicago
As I understand it, Heller was trying to get handguns classified as arms, so that it is covered under the 2nd Amendment (I am naively surprised they were not already).
And McDonald was trying to get the Supreme Court to agree that the 2nd Amendment applies to all states (again, I am surprised this was/is not self-evident).
?