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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ET AL., PETITIONERS
v.
DICK ANTHONY HELLER

JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

We consider whether a District of Columbia prohibition on the possession of usable handguns in the home violates the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

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Majority opinion by Justice Scalia

Dissenting opinion by Justice Stevens

Dissenting opinion by Justice Breyer

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