Supreme Court tackles Hawaii's 'vampire rule' for gun owners
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- The Supreme Court is reviewing Hawaii's "vampire rule," a 2023 gun law requiring individuals to obtain permission before carrying firearms onto private properties open to the public, such as stores and restaurants, raising Second Amendment concerns.
- The law has been challenged by licensed gun owners and the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, with the Trump administration supporting the challengers; lower courts have issued mixed rulings on the law's provisions.
- Gun rights advocates argue the rule undermines the constitutional right to carry firearms in public, as affirmed by a 2022 Supreme Court decision extending Second Amendment protections outside the home.
- Hawaii and gun control supporters defend the law as a measure to protect private property rights, which they assert are also constitutionally
