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McDonald v. City of Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States (2010) | 177 L. Ed. 2d 894; 130 S. Ct. 3020; 561 U.S. 742; 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5523; 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 619; 78 U.S.L.W. 4844
TL;DR: The Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is a fundamental right. Therefore, it is incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and applies with full force to state and local governments.
Legal Significance: This landmark case established that the Second Amendment applies to the states through the doctrine of selective incorporation, extending the individual right to keep and bear arms nationwide and subjecting state and local gun control laws to constitutional scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment.