Important Precedent Setting Court Cases
Presser V. Illinois
This court case began in 1886. This case was about a man named Herman Presser. Herman had created a military-style kind of camp to train his own men who were German-American. Herman did this so that he would be able to fight back against the armed security forces. Having a private militia was dangerous but Presser argued under the Second Amendment. Presser was then allowed to because it only restricted the federal government therefore leaving Illinois be able to regulate a private militia, but it didn't give permission for Presser too. He was able to after incorporating the Fourteenth Amendment.
United States V. Miller
This court case began in 1939. Two people were involved in these named Jack Miller and Frank Layton. They were accused of bringing shotguns across the state lines and were arrested. This case was brought to the Supreme Court when the lower courts agreed that this violated the Second Amendment. In the end, the US had won because in the 2nd Amendment it required to be part of the military or protection, but there was no evidence of that. So, the 2nd amendment didn't work for them therefore making it unconstitutional for a person to carry a unregistered gun across states.
District Of Columbia V. Heller
This court case occurred in 2008. This court was about a special police officer in the District of Columbia by the name of Dick Heller who wanted to register a handgun, but the District rejected his application to be able too. He was mad and filed it to the Federal District Court using the Second Amendment as a support. Although the District of Columbia's law was that possessing a handgun was forbidden, it went against the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment had the Supreme Court agree with that therefore Heller getting that right.