Court will consider legality of state law banning guns on private property open to the public unless owner allows it
Hawaii, which has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, will see its regulations challenged before the supreme court on Tuesday.
The court will consider the legality of the state’s law that bans people from bringing firearms on private property open to the public unless they have permission from the property owner.
The case, Wolford v Lopez, was brought by three Maui residents with concealed-carry permits and a local gun group.
In 2022, the supreme court ruled in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen that the second amendment included the right to carry concealed and loaded handguns in public. Before the ruling, Hawaii’s county police chiefs had only issued six permits to publicly carry a gun in 21 years, according to Hawaii Public Radio.
