The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a Hawaii law that restricts concealed carry permit holders from bringing firearms onto private property without explicit permission from the property owner. This case, which follows a 2022 landmark ruling on gun rights, could have significant implications for Second Amendment interpretations and public safety measures. The decision may also affect similar laws in California, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.
This what is commonly known as the Vampire Rule. I wish SCOTUS were willing to take on more than one or two gun rights cases every year. There is so much stuff to be cleaned up. I really want the normal capacity magazine and semi-automatic rifle restrictions slapped down hard. But it seems those cans keep getting kicked down the road.
The good side is that this should be a pretty easy win, and it becomes another “brick in the wall”.
Also listen to what Mark Smith has to say about it:
Yeah, this is the easiest thing about GFZ to strike down. However, it has the effect of delaying if not denying harder things. Classic Roberts trimmer ploy. How about stopping private property owners from intentionally denying civil rights. Or how about defining “sensitive places” in some sort of coherent way. Right now it is a hodgepodge of Potter Stewart (I know it when I see it) case law and statute. I hope but don’t expect that the Post Office ruling will hold as there is not rational basis to consider that a sensitive place. I have a hard time thinking of anything other than jails as being a sensitive place.
A place working with large quantities of highly energetic materials such as a refinery or explosive production facility would qualify in my book.