The Court holds that a Hawaii law barring licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public unless the owner gives express authorization violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. By flipping the common-law default — under which anyone has an implied license to enter property held open to the public unless the owner withdraws consent — the law imposes a severe new burden on the right to carry arms for self-defense, and the State's historical analogues, mostly old anti-poaching hunting laws, are too far afield to justify it.
CASE: Wolford v. Lopez
AUTHOR: Alito, J.
DECIDED: 2026-06-25
OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1046_nmio.pdf
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