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Mcdonald Vs Chicago Essay

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McDonald v. Chicago is a very simple case, but not one of little importance. Someone believed their rights have been infringed upon and took out a lawsuit. In this particular case the question is because of the
Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges and Immunities and or Due Process
Clauses, does the Second Amendment apply to the states(oyez). This means do the states hold the right as an equal individual to “keep and bear arms” (wiki 3).
District of Columbia v. Heller was a similar court case ruling in
Heller’s favor that the gun control laws placed upon them infringed upon their rights as US citizens to “bear arms”. In McDonald v. Chicago, Otis
McDonald, the petitioner, claimed that his case was similar to Heller’s.
Therefore, the main question …show more content…

Samuel Alito, Justice in this case said, “It is clear that the Framers and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment counted the right to keep and bear arms among the fundamental rights
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necessary to our system of ordered liberty.” He argues that the citizens of Chicago have equal rights under the constitution stated specifically in the Fourteenth and Second Amendments (Zhang 14).
Under the Constitution of the United States, the right to bear arms is given to the citizens that live in the US. This right as well as many others are not allowed to be blocked or denied by any law without the law being unconstitutional. In the two court cases, District of Columbia v.
Heller and McDonald v. Chicago the right to these Americans to “keep and bear arms” was intended to be restricted. Chicago tried to place a ban on handguns. In the court of law this was pronounced to be unconstitutional. I agree with this ruling as I myself express my right as an American to keep firearms on a daily basis. As of right now there are many who want to get rid of guns in private homes altogether. They say that guns kill people and to stop them they need to get rid of them and place bans on guns. Well if this is true then I guess they need to place

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