You will pardon the pun but "the jury is still out" on the effects that Heller will have on everyone.
I have a personal situation whereby I am unable to qualify for a CWP in several states that are critically important to me as their legislation says that one must be a resident of the states as they do not issue non resident permits to non residents of another state (i.e. U.S. Citizens living abroad at present).
I have already been asked to resubmit my application by one such state, by the supervisor of licensing, and am somewhat hopeful (although not holding my breath) that they will now issue that CWP permit to me as a citizen in consideration of the SCOTUS finding last week. I am part of "We the People" regardless of where I presently lay my head to sleep. And when I am at home in the good old USA am I not entitled to protect myself along with all other legitimate US Citizens? Of course I am. Are legal residents of the USA entitled to protect themselves by bearing arms? A gray area... but I say NO as they are not part of "We the People" (yet). Show me that U.S. passport indicating that you are a citizen and you are part of "We the People" and entitled to all the rights and privileges granted by the consitution.
So, it is beginning to make a difference but in the end will it be major? Only time will tell. The courts are governed by both legislated law and common law; both of which are so convoluted as to take a reasonably intelligent person several years of their life to get some sort of an idea of how things will be handled according to the law. (lawyers)
For those of us that are not lawyers? We need to sit back and observe the result of Heller. Hopefully, the decision will give some impetus to requests for consideration of what we perceive to be reasonable accomodations to our rights. Like "shall issue"?
Try living north of the 49th. for a while and you will see how important it is for one to have the tools and the rights to protect oneself. The situation here is appalling, with Mayor Miller of Toronto calling for an all out gun ban in response to the gang shootings that have taken place in his city recently, rather than addressing the problem.... the gangs themselves! It is only now that the gangs have gone after law enforcement officers directly in an effort to quell their thirst for justice that we might see the mud on Miller's face. If an armed and trained citizen LEO is afraid of being whacked by one of the local gangs "just for fun" or "to make his bones" then perhaps they will begin to put pressure on our politicians to take care of the problem. And to top this off you are several times more likely to be killed by a motor vehicle than by a handgun. Nevertheless, where politics is involved, reason and good manners fly out the window.
Heck, with so many people being killed by cars, buses and trains it is questionable, following Miller's logic, as to why these 'weapons' are not banned completely. Duh?
Heller, IMHO, is a biggie and gives us the opportunity to pursue legal standing(s) that we have had no way of pursuing up to now. What do I predict? Well, it depends on what "We the People" demand of our governments (federal, state, local). "Shall issue" with reasonable restrictions is certainly a first step. Let's get the bans in Chicago and suburbs, California, etc., tossed onto the scrap heap for starters. Let us never let up on the pressure to grant us our second amendment rights. We, our parents and grandparents fought and died for those rights and it is our solemn undertaking to ensure that their fight for our rights is not in vain.
Bravo Heller. Bravo SCOTUS. Now the ball is in our court and it is up to us what we do with it.