Read this excerpt from the District of Columbia v. Heller dissenting opinion:
The [Second] Amendment permits government to regulate
the interests that it serves. Thus, irrespective of what
those interests are-whether they do or do not include an
independent interest in self-defense-the majority's view
cannot be correct unless it can show that [Washington,
D. C.'s] regulation is unreasonable or inappropriate in
Second Amendment terms. This the majority cannot do.3
What does the author of this excerpt most likely believe?
A. Firearms are a danger to the average citizen and should be outlawed
nationwide.
B. Cities have the right to reasonably limit individual rights to promote the
public interest
C. The Second Amendment no longer applies to the modern United States.
D. Individual states may prohibit firearm ownership, but the federal government
cannot.