If this bill makes it into law, in my view, there is now a damning precedent for it to be challenged in the Supreme Court, perhaps making it short-lived.
President Joe Biden has expressed his disappointment, as have many anti-violence community groups, with some saying it will make their work more difficult.
Vanessa Johnson, a peer violence educator with the city's Crisis Management System, told the New York Times: "I understand people talking about wanting to feel safe, but you also have people who don't know how to utilise weapons for protection.
"It's different when you have a firearm to protect yourself and your family, and then people using it senselessly."
Biden says the ruling "contradicts both common sense and the Constitution and should deeply trouble us all".
Biden's not wrong. We should be troubled - here's why.
The ruling could put pressure on other states that have similar restrictions on carrying weapons, such as California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey, home to a quarter of all Americans — to rewrite their laws, according to the New York Times.
In my view the decision is devastating. It flies in the face of the mass-shooting tragedies the country is in the midst of. There have been more than 277 mass shootings so far this year. This number is unthinkable.
The worst was the horrific, senseless killing of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde Texas, where a gunman entered Robb Elementary School last month.
No doubt there are other forces at play here, not the least being gun lobby the National Rifle Association which has powerful political influence, especially on the right wing, and its interpretation of the Second Amendment, which has been debated for decades.
The most fundamental contradiction is whether it means an individual's right to bear arms or that of a military organisation such as the National Guard.
According to a report published by Statista Research Department in December, the share of American households owning at least one firearm has remained relatively steady since 1972, hovering between 37 per cent and 47 per cent. In 2021, about 42 per cent of US households had at least one gun in their possession.
It's clear that despite the courts' interpretations of the Second Amendment, gun ownership in the US is deeply ingrained in its culture and even repealing the amendment would not be not an easy solution.
So while the debate rages, gun deaths continue to happen.
The cracks in this particular political landscape are deepening and it's the innocent victims of gun violence who are falling through them.
