This Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, by a margin of six to three, upholding the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms in public places.

The subtlety is that, up until recently, the Constitution protected a person’s right to own firearms, albeit privately and only for self-defense.

The lawsuit relates to a state law in New York that stipulates that carrying a concealed weapon outside the home requires a permit. But according to the law, persons who make this request must provide another justification beyond a need for protection.

The plaintiffs argue that this legal condition made it extremely difficult for applicants to get the permission, turning the Second Amendment into a restricted luxury rather than a fundamental right.

Despite agreeing with them, the court left it up to the states to impose other restrictions on carrying weapons, such as those requiring fingerprinting, background checks, or mental health records.

The New York law, according to conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, is “problematic because it gives licensing officials unlimited discretion and licenses only those who can demonstrate some special need other than self-defense… thereby denying citizens the right to carry a weapon for self-defense.”

As an example of his opposition, Democratic judge Stephen Breyer listed some recent incidents involving armed violence, including the shootings at the Uvalde elementary school in Texas and the supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

In that regard, he has noted that the Supreme Court “frequently needs” to take these instances of armed conflict into account before rendering a ruling that affects the Second Amendment, according to the NBC network.

“There are numerous ways in which weapons can be dangerous. The issue extends beyond mass shootings. Numerous other facets of American life may become more deadly as a result of easy access to firearms, “He debated.

The decision may have an impact not just on New York law, but also on laws in California, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey that provide officials greater discretion in denying this kind of exceptional request.