This morning, the Supreme Court handed down Wolford v. Lopez, striking down Hawaii’s “Vampire Rule” in a 6-3 decision and reversing the Ninth Circuit.

Hawaii “Vampire Rule” said you couldn’t carry in any business open to the public, your grocery store, the gas station, or a restaurant, unless the owner had posted a sign saying guns were welcome. No express consent, no carry. It quietly turned a right you already have into a privilege you had to be handed. The Court saw through it. And because California, New York, and several other states adopted the same scheme, this ruling extends far beyond Hawaii.

Writing for the Court, Justice Alito said Hawaii’s scheme hobbled the very thing the Second Amendment protects: the right to carry for self-defense as you go about daily life.

That makes it twice within a week that we’ve received a Second Amendment win at the Court. On June 18, the justices sided with the gun owner in United States v. Hemani.

Source: Second Amendment Foundation, https://saf.org