Hawaii: Supreme Court weighs state’s ‘default’ ban on guns on private property that’s open to the public
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Key Points:
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Wolford v. Lopez regarding a Hawaii law that requires concealed carry license holders to obtain property owner consent before carrying guns onto private property open to the public, aiming to reduce firearms in retail and business spaces.
- The case tests the limits of the 2022 Bruen ruling, which expanded Second Amendment protections outside the home, with challengers arguing Hawaii's law unconstitutionally presumes a ban on firearms in most public places, while gun control advocates frame it as a property rights issue.
- Hawaii defends the law by citing historical precedents of prohibiting armed entry without consent from both the Founding era and the Reconstruction period, asserting the law complies with Bruen's requirement for historical analogues in gun
