The central right identified in the Heller decision is [View all]
the right to possess a gun in the home, for self-defense.
(It's like the game CLUE... a gun... in the home... for self defense... from Colonel Mustard.)
That is the baseline in current American law.
It combines (however informally) the 2nd Amendment with a long string of common law and constitutional holdings that the home is where our rights are greatest. And public safety concerns from guns in the home are least (not nil, of course, but least) because only someone in your home (like your kids, or a burglar) is in danger.
This OP is not an argument for or against anything. It is information for anyone thinking about what the nature of current American law is, in the context of what constitutes "reasonable regulation."
(For instance, the right diminishes the further you get from the concept of home, like home > yard > car > office > shopping > airplane > Supreme Court. No way the Supreme Court will allow you to carry a gun in the supreme Court chambers!)
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