Imagine the police arrested a man for owning and keeping a handgun in his home, which police confiscated. The city he lives in has a law banning citizens from having firearms in their homes. Which of the following could happen? The courts could declare him guilty and sentenced to several years in jail because of the outcome of the District of Columbia v. Heller case.
The courts could throw out the case and order the handguns returned because of the outcome in the McCulloch v. Maryland case.
He could provide gun registration and purchase paperwork in court to challenge the arrest under the District of Columbia v. Heller decision.
The courts could drop the case if the handgun was legally purchased and registered under the McCulloch v. Maryland decision.