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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SCOTUS overturns Hawaii's default rule against guns on private property open to the public
The Supreme Court decision in 'Wolford v. Lopez' means similar laws in other states likewise violate the Second Amendment, and it casts doubt on the constitutionality of location-specific gun bans that cover a lot of territory.
Supreme Court calls out state for violating TWO constitutional amendments with one law * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link The Supreme Court has called out the state of Hawaii, after an earlier law that essentially made it impossible to get a license to carry a firearm was struck down, for replacing it with a similar demand that accomplished essentially the same thing. That law, too, now has been banished. The court ruled 6-3
Supreme Court overturns Hawaii gun law | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Supreme Court today struck down a Hawaii law that required gun owners to get permission before carrying a firearm onto private property like grocery stores, coffee shops and gas stations that are otherwise open to the public.
Supreme Court strikes Hawaii’s ‘default’ ban on guns on private property that’s open to the public
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Hawaii law that banned guns on private property open to the public where the owner hadn’t explicitly condoned the carrying of firearms.
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