Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii’s private property gun restrictions
- 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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SCOTUS Strikes Down Hawaii Gun-Carry Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court reminded Hawaii that the Second Amendment applies to all 50 states and is not negated by cultural norms like the “spirit of Aloha” or unconstitutional post-Civil War “Black Code” gun restrictions. [UPDATE] The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, June 25, that Hawaii’s default ban on carrying firearms on private property that’s open to […]
SCOTUS Rules 6-3 to Stop Anti-Gun Law in Hawaii – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
On Thursday, June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in Wolford v. Lopez, a case concerning citizens’ rights to carry firearms in the state of Hawaii. The court struck down a Hawaii law that sought to prohibit people from carrying concealed firearms unless the property owners had clear signage expressly allowing guns on the premises. The court ruled this violates citizens’ Second Amendment rights. Amy Swearer, a senior legal fello…
An Official Journal Of The NRA | Hawaii Attempted to Use Old Hunting Statutes to Ban Concealed Carry
In a 6-3 rebuke of Hawaii’s attempt to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s NRA-backed Bruen (2022) decision, the Court ruled in Wolford v. Lopez that “Hawaii’s law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the property owner’s express authorization violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.”
Supreme Court Drops Another Big 2nd Amendment Ruling - Patriot Newsfeed
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hawaii cannot broadly prohibit licensed gun owners from carrying firearms on privately owned property that is open to the public without the property owner’s consent, finding that the law violates the Second Amendment. In a 6-3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez, the Court held that Hawaii’s restriction is presumptively unconstitutional because it burdens conduct protected by the Constitution’s text. Writing for t…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii Gun Restriction in Major Second Amendment Win
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major victory for concealed-carry permit holders Thursday, ruling that Hawaii cannot require gun owners to obtain a property owner’s explicit permission before carrying firearms into…
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