In Heller and McDonald, we held that the Second and. Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.A transfer form must be completed if the owner transfers the assault weapon out of state, to a firearms dealer, or to a law enforcement agency or officer. The lawsuit claims the measure violated the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Allows law enforcement (and often family members) to petition for a court order to temporarily prevent someone in crisis from accessing guns. The Second Amendment reads very clearly, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". New York Civil Rights Law art. Rahimi, the Court blinked. The Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.