US EditionSupreme Court appears skeptical of Hawaii handgun limits
The Supreme Court is set to decide if Hawaii’s 2023 concealed carry ban on private property aligns with the Second Amendment under the Bruen historical test.
- A majority of justices during oral argument on Tuesday indicated Hawaii's private-property carry limit likely infringes the Second Amendment in Wolford v. Lopez.
- After the law took effect, three Maui residents and the Hawaii Firearms Coalition sued, a U.S. district court blocked the private-property rule before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed in September 2024.
- Chief Justice John Roberts pressed Neal Katyal on why the Second Amendment differs from the First, while Justice Samuel Alito told Katyal, `You are just regulating the Second Amendment to second-class status.`
- A decision against Hawaii could broaden public-carry rights for licensed handgun owners and jeopardize similar laws in California, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey, where violation carries one year in prison.
- Under the Bruen framework the court requires a historical tradition to justify restrictions, applying the 2022 New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen ruling and hearing a March case on drug users before issuing an opinion by late June.
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Wolford v Lopez: The Supreme Court’s History and Tradition Test Just Ran Into America’s History and Tradition of Anti-Black Racism
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in Wolford v. Lopez, a case about whether states can ban people from carrying concealed firearms on private property without getting the owner’s consent. Under the Hawaii law at issue, any armed person who wants to enter a shopping center, restaurant, or other privately owned property that is open to the public needs “express authorization” first—for example, a sign at a store’s entrance or a verb…
Sotomayor questions gun owners having right to enter private properties armed
Justice Sonia Sotomayor sharply questioned lawyers on Tuesday over why a Hawaii law that preemptively bars gun owners from carrying their weapon on private property should be struck down, as the Supreme Court heard arguments in the high-profile gun rights case. During oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, Sotomayor pressed lawyer Alan Beck, who argued on behalf of the gun owners suing over the 2023 Hawaii law, over where gun owners’ rights begin a…
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