{"id":109743,"date":"2025-05-01T16:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109743"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:47:41","slug":"109743","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109743","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hificoorg\/status\/1918050811772584440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hawaii firearms coalition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Government Just Asked the Supreme Court to Strike Down Hawaii\u2019s Gun-Carry Law<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know:<br \/>\nIn a high-profile Second Amendment case (Wolford v. Lopez), the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief urging the Supreme Court to review\u2014and reverse\u2014the Ninth Circuit\u2019s decision that upheld Hawaii\u2019s controversial concealed carry restriction.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the law?<br \/>\nHawaii makes it a crime (punishable by up to 1 year in jail) for a licensed gun owner to carry a firearm on any private property open to the public (like gas stations, stores, or restaurants) unless the property owner gives express permission, such as posting a sign.<\/p>\n<p>Why is the DOJ opposing it?<br \/>\nAccording to the DOJ\u2019s brief:<br \/>\n\u2022The law inverts centuries of legal tradition, where people could carry arms unless told otherwise.<br \/>\n\u2022It functionally bans public carry\u2014turning everyday errands into legal minefields for gun owners.<br \/>\n\u2022It targets gun rights, not protects property rights\u2014especially since it exempts police, government employees, and others.<br \/>\n\u2022It conflicts with NYSRPA v. Bruen (2022), where the Supreme Court ruled states cannot impose burdens on the public\u2019s right to carry without clear historical justification.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s at stake?<br \/>\nThis case could shape the future of the Second Amendment. Since Bruen, 5 states (including CA, NY, and NJ) have passed similar laws\u2014impacting over 75 million Americans. There\u2019s also now a conflict between federal appeals courts, making Supreme Court review more likely.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line:<br \/>\nThe DOJ\u2014under the TRUMP administration\u2014is siding with gun rights advocates here, warning that Hawaii\u2019s law &#8220;effectively nullifies&#8221; the right to carry firearms for self-defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hawaii firearms coalition The U.S. Government Just Asked the Supreme Court to Strike Down Hawaii\u2019s Gun-Carry Law Here\u2019s what you need to know: In a high-profile Second Amendment case (Wolford v. Lopez), the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief urging the Supreme Court to review\u2014and reverse\u2014the Ninth Circuit\u2019s decision that upheld Hawaii\u2019s controversial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109743\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,79,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courts","category-government","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109744,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109743\/revisions\/109744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}