In Its 2010 McDonald V

question 15

Multiple Choice

In its 2010 McDonald v. Chicago decision about the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled that

• A) states must enact "duty to retreat" laws.
• B) the Second Amendment does not entitle law-abiding citizens to own a firearm.
• C) the Second Amendment is incorporated under the Fourteenth Amendment.
• D) only the national government can pass laws regulating firearms.
• E) state and local governments cannot pass laws regulating firearms.

---

Definitions:

Shadowing

A technique used in cognitive psychology and language learning where a participant repeats speech immediately after hearing it to study attention and language processing.

Short-term Memory

The ability to keep a limited quantity of data in a state of immediate accessibility for a brief duration.

Limited Capacity

A concept referring to the finite cognitive resources available at any given time to process information.

Short-term Memory

The component of the memory system where small amounts of information can be kept for a short period, typically a few seconds to a minute.