WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 in Wolford v. Lopez that Hawaii’s gun control law is unconstitutional. Hawaii banned gun owners with concealed-carry permits from bringing their guns onto private property unless they had express permission from the owner.  

Cully Stimson, acting director for The Heritage Foundation’s Institute of Constitutional Government, made the following statement:

“Today, the Supreme Court held that Hawaii’s law, which said no one carrying a firearm may enter private property held open to the public without the owner’s express authorization, was unconstitutional under the Second and Fourteenth amendments.  

"The law departed sharply from the standard common law rule where everyone, including those lawfully carrying firearms, could enter private property held open to the public. The Hawaii law hobbled the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives.”