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Supreme Court takes case that could allow more guns in malls and restaurants
The Supreme Court will decide if states can restrict gun carry on private property without owner consent, with five states enacting such laws after a 2022 ruling eased permit access.
- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether states may bar people from carrying guns on private property without owner permission, affecting malls, restaurants and stores.
- Prompted by Bruen, states enacted new restrictions and the administration urged the Supreme Court to review the case, citing the 2022 decision and Hawaii's 2023 law.
- Three permit‑holders and a gun rights group sued after a federal district court in Hawaii briefly blocked the law but the San Francisco‑based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that block; Hawaii's law bars carrying on beaches, parks, bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.
- The Supreme Court term begins Monday and runs through June after granting five new cases on Friday, including issues on the docket: executive power, transgender rights and civil‑rights era voting law.
- Legal scholars note that the historical approach has the Supreme Court's historical‑test requirement, prompting challenges from Second Amendment groups and a 2024 decision upholding a federal law barring guns for domestic abusers.
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Supreme Court takes case that could allow more guns in malls and restaurants | News Channel 3-12
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if states may bar people from carrying guns on private property without permission from the property owner, wading into a thorny Second Amendment dispute that could expand carry rights in malls, restaurants and stores. It is the first major Second Amendment case the 6-3 conservative court has agreed to hear in more than a year. In recent years the court has decided a number of…
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