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With a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court on June 26, 2008 upheld the rights of gun owners in a Second Amendment case. The case involved a ban on handguns by the District of Columbia. In overturning that ban, the majority opinion was written by Justice Antonin Scalia. Examining the words of the Second Amendment, the Court concluded that "we find that they guarantee the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation." The ACLJ filed an amicus brief in the case asking the high court to uphold the lower court ruling that declared the DC gun ban unconstitutional. The ACLJ urged the high court to overturn the ban saying "the Second Amendment expressly secures the right of individual citizens of the United States to keep and bear arms for private purposes." The case is District of Columbia v. Heller (No. 07-290).
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