Based on Supreme Court precedents established in D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago, which outcome is most likely?
A recently passed ordinance in Gotham City makes it a crime for any individual other than a law enforcement officer to possess a handgun in the home or to carry a handgun on the street. Knuckles Bradley disregards this ordinance and is arrested when police see him holding a gun on a public sidewalk. While being questioned, Knuckles admits to police that he also keeps a loaded gun in his home. The local D.A. charges Bradley with two counts of illegal possession of a firearm—one for the gun he was carrying, and one for the gun in his home.
a. Both charges are likely to be vacated.
b. Both charges are likely to result in valid convictions.
c. The charge for the gun kept at the house will be vacated, while the other charge will not.
d. The charge for the gun brought into public will be vacated, while the other charge will not.
Answer: C
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