Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii’s private property gun restrictions
The 6-3 ruling limits a 2023 law that applied to stores, hotels and restaurants and could bring up to a year in prison.
- On Thursday, June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law requiring gun owners to obtain permission before carrying firearms into private property open to the public in a 6-3 decision.
- Hawaii enacted the 2023 measure after the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling established broad public carry rights, flipping the default to prohibit firearms unless owners provided express permission, which supporters nicknamed 'Vampire Rules.'
- Three residents from Maui and a gun rights group challenged the law, arguing it violated the Second Amendment, while President Donald Trump's administration backed the appeal asserting the regulation hindered constitutional carry rights.
- Justice Samuel Alito told lawyer Neal Katyal the policy relegated the Second Amendment to 'second-class status,' while the San Francisco-based Circuit Court had previously ruled the law fell within historical gun regulation traditions.
- About four other states—California, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey—have enacted similar restrictions that face ongoing challenges nationwide as courts continue weighing gun regulations following the 2022 landmark Supreme Court decision.
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Hawaii gun law struck down by U.S. Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision on Thursday that will have big implications on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. In a 6-3 decision, the nation’s highest court reaffirmed the fundamental right of law-abiding Americans to defend themselves. The Supreme Court struck down Hawaii’s restrictive law that effectively turned private businesses open to the public into gun-free zones by default. The ruling in Wolford v. Lopez (24-104…
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