Supreme Court blocks Hawaii curb on guns at private businesses

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Hawaii law that barred permitted gun owners from carrying handguns on publicly accessible private property unless a business owner gave consent. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices found the restriction violated the Second Amendment and reversed a lower-court decision that had upheld it. The case was brought in 2023 by three Hawaii residents and the Hawaii Firearms Coalition. The ruling leaves intact other Hawaii limits on carrying guns in places such as schools, government buildings, bars, beaches and parks. Hawaii had treated carrying a gun without consent on private property as a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison.