. The following transcript comes from the monumental
2008 case of Heller vs. District of Columbia. The result
of this Supreme Court case determined the Second
Amendment protects the right of an individual to keep
and bear arms. Read the statement and then answer
the question that follows:
Okay. I'd like to respond-certainly, Justice Scalia. I'd like to respond to the
point about the—the District of Columbia's position over the years with
respect to the functional firearms ban. The Petitioners have had two
opportunities to urge courts to adopt this so-called self-defense exception
which they construed in the amendment. The first opportunity came in 1978
in McIntosh versus Washington, where the petitioners urged the Court of
Appeals of the District of Columbia to uphold the law because it was
irrational in their view to prohibit self-defense in the home with firearms. They
deemed it to be too dangerous, and this was a legitimate policy choice of the
City Council, and they actually prevailed in that view. The second opportunity
that the Petitioners had to urge this sort of self-defense construction was
actually in this case in the district court.
In one paragraph of five to eight sentences, evaluate whether the statement
is effective in terms of ethos. Use evidence from the statement to support
your answer. Use proper spelling and grammar.