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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
1 (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2007 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as isbeing done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the COURT but has beenprepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See UNITED STATES v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ET AL. v. HELLER CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 07 290. Argued March 18, 2008 Decided June 26, 2008 District of Columbia law bans handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns; provides separately that no person may carry an unli-censed handgun, but authorizes the police chief to issue 1-year li-censes; and requires residents to keep lawfully owned firearms unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock or similar de-vice.
traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Pp. 2–53. (a) The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms. Pp. 2–22.
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