On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that Hawaii’s “vampire rule” violates the Second Amendment.
After Bruen, Hawaii passed a law banning concealed carry on most private property open to the public, like restaurants, parks and banks, unless the owner gave permission. In practice, that made “no guns” the default almost everywhere outside your home. The Court struck it down.
Compare that to Arizona, where the default is the opposite: you can carry into a business unless the owner posts a “no firearms” sign. Hawaii said no unless the owner says yes. Arizona says yes unless the owner says no.
Wolford settles that a state can’t flip the default to “no.” It doesn’t stop a property owner from posting a sign.
Should property owners be able to ban carry on property open to the public, or should that be off the table too?
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolford_v._Lopez
https://constitutioncenter.org/educ...adlines/second-amendment-at-the-supreme-court
After Bruen, Hawaii passed a law banning concealed carry on most private property open to the public, like restaurants, parks and banks, unless the owner gave permission. In practice, that made “no guns” the default almost everywhere outside your home. The Court struck it down.
Compare that to Arizona, where the default is the opposite: you can carry into a business unless the owner posts a “no firearms” sign. Hawaii said no unless the owner says yes. Arizona says yes unless the owner says no.
Wolford settles that a state can’t flip the default to “no.” It doesn’t stop a property owner from posting a sign.
Should property owners be able to ban carry on property open to the public, or should that be off the table too?
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolford_v._Lopez
https://constitutioncenter.org/educ...adlines/second-amendment-at-the-supreme-court