In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the _____.
a. District of Columbia was justified in banning private citizens from possessing guns
b. Second Amendment allows citizens to use guns to defend their homes
c. Second Amendment does not allow citizens to use guns to defend their homes
d. District of Columbia was justified in requiring guns kept at home to be nonfunctional
b. Second Amendment allows citizens to use guns to defend their homes
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