Law and the Public's Health.

The article focuses on the issues concerning the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the District of Columbia (D.C.) v. Dick Anthony Heller case regarding individual's right to bear firearms for private use in 2009. It states that in 2006, six residents including Heller challenged the Firearms Control Regulation Act, which was passed in 1975, as a violation to the Second Amendment. It cites that the appellate court dismissed five of the complainants except for Heller.