Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii’s private property gun restrictions
The 6-3 ruling said Hawaii’s default ban on guns at businesses and other public-facing private property violates the Second Amendment.
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday that Hawaii's law prohibiting concealed carry on private property without express permission violates the Second Amendment, effectively blocking enforcement of the statute.
- Hawaii enacted Act 52 in 2023, following the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen decision, to regulate firearms on private property open to the public.
- Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said the measure "severely hampers" citizens' ability to carry weapons in everyday places like stores and restaurants.
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, warned the ruling prioritizes "protecting guns" over legal principles, threatening similar policies in New York, California, New Jersey, and Maryland.
- The ruling likely shifts the default rule nationwide to permit carry in businesses unless owners explicitly prohibit it, illustrating a central tension between property rights and firearm access shaping Second Amendment law.
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Supreme Court strikes down key part of Hawaiʻi concealed carry law, changing rules for private businesses
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued Thursday is changing where licensed concealed carry permit holders can legally bring firearms in Hawaii, striking down part of the state's 2023 gun law known by critics as the "vampire provision."
The resolution that overturns Hawaiian regulations also strikes similar laws in California, New York, New Jersey and Maryland
SCOTUS stakes Hawaii’s ‘vampire’ gun rule, stopping other state attempts
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Wolford v Lopez: The Supreme Court Is a Pro-Gun Activist Group
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