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2009 — The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion that the trial court's decision that the Chicago and Oak Park gun regulations pass constitutional muster. SCOTUS would disagree, exactly one year later. 2010 — In the landmark decision of the McDonald v. Chicago case, the US Supreme Court held that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and as such, applies to the states.