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Which statement supporting the right to bear arms aligns with the supreme courts opinion in a 2010 case?

a. americans right to own guns should not be limited for any reason.
b. americans need to own guns in case the government becomes tyrannical.
c. the right to self-defense is a fundamental liberty that cannot be taken away from americans.
d. people should be able to carry doube-barreied shotguns across state lines.

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C. In McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), the Supreme Court affirmed that “the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense”, and importantly, that this also applies to states and local governments, who cannot take this right away.
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