"The District’s total ban on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an entire class of "arms" that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the lawful purpose of self-defense." Associate Justice Scalia, majority opinion in D. C. vs Heller (2008), source: Justia In its D. C. vs Heller ruling, the Court struck down a handgun ban in Washington, D. C. In which Supreme Court ruling was the Second Amendment right to bear arms first incorporated to the states?