Supreme Court rejects appeal challenging Hawaii gun licensing requirements under Second Amendment
1 month ago

Supreme Court rejects appeal challenging Hawaii gun licensing requirements under Second Amendment

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Hawaii’s gun-licensing law on Monday, though three justices expressed a willingness to hear arguments over the issue later. But Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, wrote that he would vote to hear a case to “reaffirm that the Second Amendment warrants the same respect as any other constitutional right.” In a separate statement, Justice Neil Gorsuch said the court could later revisit the case of Christopher L. Wilson, who argues his Second Amendment rights were violated when he was charged with carrying a gun without a license. Wilson fought the charges, citing the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision that expanded gun rights and led to upheaval in the nation’s firearms law landscape. But Hawaii’s highest court revived the case in a blistering opinion, calling the 2022 Supreme Court decision “fuzzy” and “backward looking” over its requirement for modern gun laws to be rooted in the country’s historical regulations. They also pointed to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurrence to the U.S. Supreme Court decision expanding gun rights.

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Hawaii Supreme Court opinion 'got under Clarence Thomas’ skin': legal expert
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Hawaii Supreme Court opinion 'got under Clarence Thomas’ skin': legal expert

Raw Story  

In February 2024, the Hawaii Supreme Court was highly critical of views on the Second Amendment expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court's far-right justices. In an opinion on Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, railed against the Hawaii Supreme Court's top-to-bottom evisceration of his own gun rights opinions. But Thomas and Alito protest too much: Their grousing …

U.S. Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are big mad that a court called out their gun extremism.
4 weeks, 2 days ago

U.S. Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are big mad that a court called out their gun extremism.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last February, the Hawaii Supreme Court dared to call out the U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence for what it is: unworkable law built on bogus history and pro-gun fanaticism. Nonetheless, Thomas, in his opinion joined by Alito, seized …

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now
1 month ago

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now

NPR  

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Supreme Court declined to intervene or overturn a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying a loaded pistol without a license. Justices Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito criticized the Hawaii court's ruling, but supported …

Lawsuit challenges Hawaii’s gun ownership ban for young adults
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lawsuit challenges Hawaii’s gun ownership ban for young adults

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — The latest lawsuit to take aim at Hawaii’s gun laws challenges the state’s ban on gun ownership for young adults 18 to 20 years old, which Second Amendment advocates say is an unconstitutional restriction on the right of Americans to bear arms. “That’s not an accident, but it hasn’t stopped extremists from attacking Hawai’i’s gun laws at every …

Appeals court says Colorado ban on gun sales to those under 21 can take effect
2 months ago

Appeals court says Colorado ban on gun sales to those under 21 can take effect

Associated Press  

DENVER — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Colorado law raising the age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21 can take effect while the legal battle over it continues. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said that lawyers for one of the young men who challenged the law with a gun rights group, Rocky Mountain Gun …

Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says
4 months ago

Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii can enforce a law banning firearms on its world-famous beaches, a U.S. appeals court panel ruled Friday. Hawaii, which has long had some of the nation’s toughest firearm restrictions and lowest rates of gun violence, has been wrestling with how to square its gun laws with a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding the right to bear …

Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says
4 months ago

Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hawaii can enforce a law …

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements, rejecting an argument from gun-rights activists that the law violated the Second Amendment by making it too difficult for people to obtain guns. In their split ruling in November, the 4th Circuit panel said it considered the case in light of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision …

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons
5 months ago

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons

Associated Press  

— A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s decade-old ban on military-style firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. Circuit Court of Appeals judges rejected gun rights groups’ arguments that Maryland’s 2013 law is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The weapons banned by Maryland’s law fall outside Second Amendment protection because they are essentially military-style weapons “designed for sustained …

Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The moves came after the justices upheld a gun law intended to protect victims …

Supreme Court turns down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state bans on assault weapons
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court turns down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state bans on assault weapons

LA Times  

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento. The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state laws in Illinois that prohibited the sale of rapid-fire assault weapons. “For now at least, the 2nd Amendment is a second-class right, and it will remain so until the Supreme …

Opinion: By keeping guns away from domestic abusers, the justices set an example for other courts
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: By keeping guns away from domestic abusers, the justices set an example for other courts

LA Times  

The justices affirmed that the federal government and states can continue to restrain gun rights in some ways. The Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday finally brought common sense to analyzing gun rights under the 2nd Amendment. The court’s holding should be noncontroversial: A person can be prohibited from having a gun “once a court has found that represents a credible …

9th Circuit says California ban on gun sales on state property is constitutional
6 months, 4 weeks ago

9th Circuit says California ban on gun sales on state property is constitutional

LA Times  

California laws barring the sale of firearms and ammunition at fairgrounds and other state property are constitutional, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Clifton wrote that the laws don’t violate the 1st Amendment because they “solely restrict nonexpressive conduct — contracting for the sale of firearms” and don’t violate the 2nd Amendment because they do not “meaningfully …

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. The Maryland plaintiffs, including gun rights groups, argued that semi-automatic weapons like the AR-15 are among the most popular firearms in the country and banning them runs afoul of the Second Amendment, …

A State Supreme Court Just Issued Another Devastating Rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A State Supreme Court Just Issued Another Devastating Rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court

Slate  

The Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate SCOTUS’ shoddy historical analysis into Hawaii law. It’s a unanimous opinion authored by …

Hawaii’s high court cites ‘The Wire’ in rebuke of US Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights
11 months ago

Hawaii’s high court cites ‘The Wire’ in rebuke of US Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — A ruling by Hawaii’s high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit cites crime-drama TV series “The Wire” and invokes the “spirit of Aloha” in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide. Ben Lowenthal of the Hawaii public defender’s office, Wilson’s …

Federal judge blocks California law that would bar guns in many public places
1 year ago

Federal judge blocks California law that would bar guns in many public places

LA Times  

A new California law that would bar licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms into an array of public places will not go into full effect on Jan. 1 as scheduled, after a federal judge blocked major parts of it as unconstitutional Wednesday. The law, Senate Bill 2, was part of a slate of new gun control measures passed this …

Judge rejects attempt to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark gun law passed after Sandy Hook
1 year, 5 months ago

Judge rejects attempt to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark gun law passed after Sandy Hook

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun control law, passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, until a gun rights group’s lawsuit against the statute has concluded. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven ruled the National Association for Gun Rights has not shown that the …

The sun may be out, but guns are not. A lawsuit challenges a new gun ban on Hawaii beaches
1 year, 6 months ago

The sun may be out, but guns are not. A lawsuit challenges a new gun ban on Hawaii beaches

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Before a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year expanded …

The sun may be out, but guns are not. A lawsuit challenges a new gun ban on Hawaii beaches
1 year, 6 months ago

The sun may be out, but guns are not. A lawsuit challenges a new gun ban on Hawaii beaches

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Sun’s out, guns out? Before a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year expanded gun rights nationwide, Hawaii’s county police chiefs made it virtually impossible to carry a gun by rarely issuing permits to do so — either for open carry or concealed carry. “But a lot of these beaches in Hawaii aren’t the beaches people think of when, …

The Supreme Court will decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions
1 year, 6 months ago

The Supreme Court will decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A year after its sweeping gun rights ruling, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether judges are going too far in striking down restrictions on firearms. The justices will hear the Biden administration’s appeal of one such ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a federal law meant to keep guns away from people who have domestic violence …

Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun restrictions
1 year, 7 months ago

Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun restrictions

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one of three measures recently signed by Democratic Gov. “In light of recent mass deaths caused by assailants using assault weapons, it is appropriate for governmental bodies to find ways to protect the public from dangerous …

Hawaii allows more concealed carry after US Supreme Court ruling, but bans guns in most places
1 year, 7 months ago

Hawaii allows more concealed carry after US Supreme Court ruling, but bans guns in most places

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. The legal overhaul comes in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from last year that expanded gun rights by saying Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. “And so anything that we can do, we should.” Rep. David Tarnas, chair of the House judiciary committee, said lawmakers carefully crafted the measure …

Turmoil In Courts On Gun Laws In Wake Of Justices' Ruling
1 year, 10 months ago

Turmoil In Courts On Gun Laws In Wake Of Justices' Ruling

Huff Post  

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington. A landmark Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is dismantling gun law across the country, dividing judges and sowing confusion over what firearm restrictions can remain on the books. Experts say the high court’s ruling that outlined a new test for evaluating gun laws left …

Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
1 year, 11 months ago

Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the government can’t stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them from owning guns — the latest domino to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation’s gun laws. At first, a federal appeals court ruled against him, saying that it was more important …

US Supreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit

Firstpost  

New York lawmakers rewrote the state’s handgun laws over the summer after a June Supreme Court ruling invalidated New York’s old system for granting permits to carry handguns outside the home Washington: The Supreme Court is allowing New York to continue to enforce a sweeping new gun law banning guns from “sensitive places” such as schools and playgrounds for now …

Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. The cases the justices declined to hear were an appeal from a Utah gun rights advocate and another brought by …

Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban
2 years, 3 months ago

Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. “Connecticut’s gun laws save lives, and we are not going back,” state Attorney General William Tong said in …

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws
2 years, 5 months ago

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over everything from bans on AR-15-style guns to age limits. “The gun rights movement has been given a weapon of mass destruction, and it will annihilate approximately 75% of the gun laws eventually,” said Evan Nappen, a New …

After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws
2 years, 5 months ago

After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court ruling expanding …

Supreme Court says several gun cases deserve a new look
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court says several gun cases deserve a new look

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that gun cases involving restrictions in Hawaii, California, New Jersey and Maryland deserve a new look following its major decision in a gun case last week. In light of last week’s ruling — which said that Americans have a right to carry a gun outside the home — lower courts should take another …

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?
2 years, 6 months ago

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade. In its decision, the Supreme Court struck down New York’s “proper cause” requirement, but other states’ laws are expected to face quick challenges. States can still require people to get a license to carry a gun, Kavanaugh wrote, and condition that license on …

States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
2 years, 6 months ago

States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York state law that had restricted who could obtain a permit to carry a gun in public. A rundown of the similar laws in the other states, reaction to the Supreme Court ruling and what could happen next: CALIFORNIA The court’s ruling invalidated the “good cause” requirement in California’s permitting …

US Supreme Court Expands Gun Rights, Overturns New York Handgun Law
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court Expands Gun Rights, Overturns New York Handgun Law

The Quint  

Americans have the right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, the United States Supreme Court said Thursday, 23 June. The Supreme Court also struck down a New York gun law, which will not only affect New York but also California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. The law in New York required people to show a specific …

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?
2 years, 6 months ago

After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In its decision, the Supreme Court struck down New …

States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
2 years, 6 months ago

States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Attorney General Rob Bonta told California law enforcement agencies …

Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Gun Law, Setting Major New Precedent
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Gun Law, Setting Major New Precedent

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York state gun control law, setting a major precedent that expands the reach of the Second Amendment and puts existing firearm restrictions in other states into immediate legal jeopardy. In a 6-to-3 ruling, with Republican-appointed justices in the majority and Democratic-appointed justices dissenting, the court determined that …

Second Amendment: What the Supreme Court’s new gun rights ruling means
2 years, 6 months ago

Second Amendment: What the Supreme Court’s new gun rights ruling means

CNN  

CNN — Justice Clarence Thomas opened the floodgates for all sorts of gun safety laws to be challenged in federal court. “Despite the popularity of this two-step approach, it is one step too many,” Thomas wrote Thursday, calling the second step inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s previous gun rights precedents. Courts are required to “assess whether modern firearms regulations are …

US Supreme Court strikes down New York restriction on guns
2 years, 6 months ago

US Supreme Court strikes down New York restriction on guns

Al Jazeera  

The ruling says a law requiring a resident to show ‘proper cause’ to carry a concealed gun in public is unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court has deemed unconstitutional a decades-old New York state law that requires gun owners to show “proper cause” to carry a concealed handgun for self-defence in public. It is outrageous that at a moment of …

Supreme Court bolsters gun owners’ right to carry a weapon in public
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court bolsters gun owners’ right to carry a weapon in public

LA Times  

High court strikes down gun laws in California, New York and six other states that restrict permits to carry a concealed weapon. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the rights of gun owners to carry a loaded weapon in public, ruling that the 2nd Amendment right to “bear arms” overrides laws in New York and California that restrict who may …

Supreme Court strikes down N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court strikes down N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns

NPR  

Supreme Court strikes down N.Y. law that restricts concealed carrying of guns Enlarge this image Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative supermajority on Thursday declared for the first time that there is a constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self defense. Writing for the court majority, Justice Clarence …

Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law
3 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court seemed ready to expand Second Amendment rights after hearing arguments for over two hours and expressing skepticism about a New York law that restricts individuals from carrying concealed handguns outside the home for self-defense. Residents must show that they have a great need for the license and that they face a “special or unique danger …

US top court hears biggest guns rights case in over a decade
3 years, 2 months ago

US top court hears biggest guns rights case in over a decade

Al Jazeera  

US Supreme Court is mulling whether New York law requiring a licence to carry a concealed weapon is constitutional. The United States Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could loosen gun restrictions in New York state, the biggest guns rights case heard by the nation’s top court in more than a decade. The top court’s eventual …

Trump-appointed justices give gun rights activists the Supreme Court case they've sought for decades
3 years, 8 months ago

Trump-appointed justices give gun rights activists the Supreme Court case they've sought for decades

Salon  

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it's set to hear a landmark gun rights case which, if ruled in favor of the plaintiff, could set a radically conservative precedent for the judiciary's interpretation of the Second Amendment. The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, likely to be argued this fall, will address whether …

Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. The case marks the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative …

Ruling upholds Hawaii limits on carrying guns in public
3 years, 9 months ago

Ruling upholds Hawaii limits on carrying guns in public

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s strict limit on openly carrying firearms is lawful, a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled Wednesday in a lawsuit by a man who tried unsuccessfully several times to obtain a license to carry a loaded gun in public. The Second Amendment allows states “to enact common sense regulations like those we have in Hawaii,” state Attorney …

Supreme Court to discuss case that could expand Second Amendment rights
3 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court to discuss case that could expand Second Amendment rights

CNN  

CNN — When Supreme Court justices meet behind closed doors Friday, a conference that comes three days after the country’s latest mass shooting, they are scheduled to discuss whether to add a blockbuster issue to the docket for next term: the scope of the Second Amendment. Three years ago, for example, Justice Clarence Thomas charged that the “Second Amendment is …

10 cases that could change how the Supreme Court looks at the Second Amendment
4 years, 7 months ago

10 cases that could change how the Supreme Court looks at the Second Amendment

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s solid conservative majority could soon choose to take up its first major Second Amendment case in nearly a decade, positioning the court to override state laws established to limit the availability and accessibility of some firearms and when they can be carried in public. Last month, Justice Brett Kavanaugh expressed his concern that lower courts …

Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights
4 years, 8 months ago

Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City’s former ban on transporting guns. The anticlimactic end to the Supreme Court case is a disappointment to gun rights advocates and relief to gun control groups who thought a conservative Supreme Court majority fortified by two appointees of President Donald …

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