Background
A group of citizens in Washington D.C. banded together to fight a law passed that made it mandatory for all guns to be kept unloaded and disassembled. They felt that the gun, being disassembled, would not serve its' purpose of protection.
Issues
Is it constitutional to pass a law mandating all guns in the home must be unloaded and disassembled?
Decision
In a 5-4 decision the high court ruled that the law was unconstitutional and the state cannot ban handguns altogether and that forcing the guns to be disassembled makes the gun useless in an emergency.
Majority- Scalia, Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito
Dissent- Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg Breyer
Opinion
I agree with the majority opinion in this case. According to U.S. v. Miller, the defendants were not allowed to posses the sawed-off shotgun because at that time, a sawed-off shotgun did not contribute to "the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia." However, a handgun does contribute to a well regulated militia due to it being the very basic firearm. So according to U.s. V. Heller, they should be able to possess handguns.
