Idaho’s congressional delegation is hailing Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history.

The court’s 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia. U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) says the Court made the right decision.

US Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) comments

Fellow U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and First District Rep. Bill Sali (R-Idaho) also backed the decision.

The court also struck down Washington D.C.’s requirement that firearms be equipped with trigger locks or kept disassembled, but left intact the licensing of guns.

The NRA says it will file lawsuits in San Francisco, Chicago and several of its suburbs challenging handgun restrictions there based on Thursday’s outcome. (AP)