discourages crime or makes it escalate into gunfire. the question of who can buy a gun and how is the subject of many state laws all of which he says now potentially could be challenged in federal court. now, already gun rights owners advocates are saying that they will go on to challenge other laws, laws restricting carry, laws restricting where you can take a gun, laws that require people to register guns, but the handgun control advocates say, no, the opinion says this can be reasonable regulation of firearms and that they expect that many of these restrictions like rengistration will be upheld. but this is a very big deal. the stream court saying that the second amendment right to own a gun applies nationwide, it is a limit on what the states can do. now this, was the last day of the term. when i left the court about ten minutes ago, they were still in the process of handing down their decisions. i ve never seen it take this long.
up to court challenge. the advocates of handgun control said the supreme court said the states can enact reasonable handgun legislation. that is where the action is going to be in the coming years. this is a very big on the court s last day. pete, you and i grew up watching cowboy movies where sheriff earp would say you have to check your guns at the city limits. we ve grown up with some kind of gun control even in the wild west. is that gun control? jeopardy? basic you can t walk around waving a gun. reporter: carrying a gun in the street is where the action is going to be. this case and the d.c. case two years ago is about having a gun at home for self-defense. how does that apply to carrying a gun on the street, taking a gun with you to work, having a gun in your car?