Both were zapped by the 14th Amendment, which was passed in part to counter laws restricting freedmen from owning guns granted, the Supremes almost immediately judicially nullified it.<p>The recent <i>McDonald</i> decision zapping the Chicago and some of it&#x27;s suburbs bans on gun ownership made that explicit SCOTUS writ ... where in an interesting wrinkle, the gun owner&#x27;s advocate offered the Supremes a chance to reverse the prior nullification, which in part made their decision another beloved &quot;compromise&quot;.