Breaking News: Minutes Ago Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii Gun Law In Major Second Amendment Victory — Which Will Also Topple California “Copy Cat” Version
The Court’s 6-3 decision rejects Hawaii’s effort to make nearly all private property off-limits to lawful concealed carry, dealing a major blow to a strategy CA lawmakers copied almost word-for-word.
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A Major Victory for the Second Amendment
Just minutes ago, the United States Supreme Court issued one of its most significant Second Amendment decisions since New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the Court ruled that Hawaii’s law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying firearms on private property open to the public—unless the owner first gave express permission—violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. Justice Elena Kagan filed a dissent, while Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a separate dissent joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The Court concluded that Hawaii’s law “severely hampers the ability of law-abiding citizens to exercise the right Bruen recognized as they go about their daily lives.” Perhaps the most important sentence in the opinion comes when Alito writes: “This regime hobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives.”
For Californians, this decision is especially significant because Sacramento enacted virtually the same default rule through Senate Bill 2 immediately after the Supreme Court decided Bruen.
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Why today’s ruling directly threatens one of California’s most controversial gun laws.
The key mistake the Supreme Court says Hawaii—and California—made.
Why this decision reaches far beyond firearms.
What today’s ruling likely means for the ongoing challenge to California’s SB 2 in May v. Bonta.
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