Hawaii gun-rights group warns businesses over ‘no guns’ signs

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What we know

A Hawaii gun-rights group is warning businesses that display signs prohibiting firearms on their premises. The group is raising the issue with Hawaii businesses that post no-guns signage on their property.

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⚖ The Constitutional Angle

Wolford v. Lopez struck down Hawaii's law requiring express owner permission for concealed carry on property open to the public, restoring the implied-license default. But property owners retain the right to withdraw consent, so a business may still post a no guns sign to exclude firearms from its premises. What the state cannot do is flip that default so carry is forbidden absent express authorization.

Jason Wolford v. Anne E. Lopez, Attorney General of Hawaii 609 U.S. ___ (2026) (slip op.); U.S. Reports page not yet assigned

Vote: 6-3 · Opinion: Alito

Hawaii's law (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-9.5(a) (2023)) prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the owner's express authorization violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. The decision restores the common-law default: a person lawfully carrying enjoys the implied license to enter property held open to the public unless the owner withdraws consent — a State may not flip that default to require express permission.

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