WEBSTER, Mass. - A local police chief said not much will change here in Massachusetts, in terms of the way people get a license to carry a firearm.

The Supreme Court threw out a New York law that restricted access to concealed carry permits. It required applicants to show special cause for why they needed the gun. Police departments in Massachusetts oversee who are eligible for a license to carry. 

Webster Police Chief Mike Shaw said he’s happy with the gun laws here in the Commonwealth. 

“A person will come in to make an application for a license to carry. They’ll fill out an application. They have to do the prerequisite gun safety course,” Shaw said. “They come in with all their paperwork, then they fill out the application, submit to a background check that includes fingerprints and the licensing officer will then do a background check on that person and provided they pass the criminal and the mental health background check, a license to carry is issued a short while later.”

The Baker-Polito administration said they are proud of the state’s nation-leading gun laws and the Supreme Court ruling has no immediate effect on the Commonwealth’s gun laws, which will stay in place.