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HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - The Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on domestic abusers from possessing firearms, which is a major victory for the Biden Administration and gun control advocates.

The ruling was 8-to-1 in favor of the ban. The majority ruled that when a court finds someone poses a credible threat, it is consistent with the Second Amendment to keep that person from owning guns.

The decision comes a week after the court ruled devices which make guns fire more quickly, known as bump stocks, are legal.

Our crew spoke with Kristie Randolph, the mother of Chloe Randolph, who was murdered by her estranged husband in 2019.

Now the executive director of the Chloe Randolph Organization, a nonprofit for domestic violence victims, she says this ruling was a win.

“I know some people are going to be offended by the fact it’s against their second amendment right, but you have to look at it from a domestic violence victim who has been physically abused or mentally abused with a gun,” said Kristie. “That’s their everyday life, and if we don’t give them that voice and protect them then we’re not doing anybody any justice.”

While gun safety advocates applaud Friday’ s ruling, it does signal deep divisions between justices on gun laws with more high profile gun safety cases anticipated in the next couple of years.