The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a New York state law that restricts the right to carry guns in “sensitive places” such as Times Square, schools, bars and hospitals, AFP reported.

The law was passed this summer by New York state and city governments in response to a landmark firearms ruling handed down in June by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority (six of nine justices).

In that decision, the court overturned a local law that, since 1913, had limited the issuance of gun permits to New Yorkers who could demonstrate a genuine need for protection.

At the same time, he enshrined the right of Americans to keep their homes armed, allowing only “reasonable” exceptions that respect the “history and traditions of the United States.”

Eight days later, New York lawmakers introduced a new law that would ban the carrying of concealed weapons in a number of places, including subways, stadiums and some businesses.

The Gun Owners of America lobby and gun owners immediately sued.

In the fall, justices blocked parts of the bill, but a federal appeals court ruled they could remain in place until the merits were heard. Then the defenders of the right to arms urgently appealed to the Supreme Court.

The majority of the Court declined to intervene at this stage.

Two of them, conservatives Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, wanted to point out that the ruling was simply meant to “respect” the Court of Appeals by giving it time to rule on the merits.

“Today’s decision should not stop the plaintiffs,” and they will be able to appeal the decision again at the Supreme Court if the appeals court does not make a quick decision.