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2010Unit 3 · Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

McDonald v. Chicago

The constitutional question

Second Amendment, incorporated via the Fourteenth

The holding

The individual right to keep and bear arms applies against state and local governments.

Live legislation that raises this case (1)

H.R. 38 · 119thReported

Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025

McDonald incorporated the individual right to keep and bear arms against the states — supporters read reciprocity as that holding's logical completion.