The Supreme Court handed Second Amendment advocates a major win Thursday, ruling 6-3 in Wolford v. Lopez that Hawaii’s law requiring licensed concealed-carry permit holders to obtain a property owner’s express permission before carrying a firearm onto private property open to the public violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and sent the case back for further proceedings.
The decision dismantles what critics called Hawaii’s “vampire rule”, a framework that treated licensed gun owners like uninvited guests who could not cross a threshold unless explicitly welcomed. Under the state’s Act 52, every commercial property in Hawaii functioned as a gun-free zone unless the owner posted an affirmative “guns welcome” notice. A licensed carrier who walked into a gas station, hotel, or grocery store without first securing the owner’s written blessing faced up to one year in prison.
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