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As a side note, many states have their own versions of the Second Amendment. In those states, there is a right to keep and bear arms, and the Heller opinion would be of persuasive (not binding) to state courts interpreting their own version of the Second Amendment. Of course, most states have not gone as far as D.C. went in prohibiting gun ownership, and Heller principally stands for the proposition that an outright ban on ownership (by the federal govt.) is not permissible.
Heller was quite clear that reasonable restrictions would be permissible, and what restrictions are permissible remain to be seen.
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