Posted on 10/03/2025 11:40:05 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down a strict regulation on where people can carry firearms in Hawaii.
President Donald Trump’s Republican administration had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court’s landmark 2022 ruling that found the Second Amendment generally gives people the right to carry firearms.
The court will consider Hawaii’s law that bans guns on private property, including businesses like stores and hotels, unless the owner has specifically allowed them verbally or with a sign.
“Because most property owners do not post signs either allowing or forbidding guns, Hawaii’s default rule functions as a near-complete ban on public carry,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in court documents.
The case isn’t aimed at Hawaii’s restrictions on guns in other places, like beaches, parks and restaurants that serve alcohol. If the challengers win, businesses would still be able to take steps to restrict guns on their property, said attorney Alan Alexander Beck, who represents the plaintiffs. “Historically, businesses have a right to put up a sign that says guns are not allowed and we want to go back to that historical standard,” he said.
Hawaii argues that it has already loosened its concealed-carry permit regulations to align with the high court’s 2022 ruling. They say its new law strikes a reasonable balance between gun rights and public safety.
A judge blocked the law after it was challenged in court by a gun rights group and three people from Maui. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely reversed that decision and allowed Hawaii to enforce the law.
The gun-safety group Everytown urged the Supreme Court to uphold the measure. “The Ninth Circuit was absolutely right to...
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How does one get “generally gives ...” out of “shall not be infringed”.
People need to understand it is our guns that protect us from violence and government tyranny.
I’m legally a WA state resident
for tax purposes.
My wife is a Hawaii resident.
and we own a home there.
I pretty much ignore Hawaii gun laws,
which are horribly anti 2A.
Because I’m a WA state resident.
I have a WA state concealed carry permit
(concealed carry unheard of in Hawaii)
and I can buy a
gun anytime I want to also unheard of
in Hawaii.
Just need to fly to the mainland.
Hawaiian lawmakers are idiots.
and the Democrats that elect them
are idiots also.
So logically one must conclude most
Hawaiians are idiots.
Well Hawaii does not respect the US constitution but thinks the spirit of aloha overrules it. I am waiting for that case up to work its way up.
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