Overview

• The Court agreed Friday to hear a challenge to Hawaii’s rule requiring concealed-carry licensees to obtain an owner’s consent before bringing a handgun onto private property open to the public.
• Oral arguments are scheduled during the new Supreme Court term that begins Monday.
• The challenge was filed by three licensed Hawaii residents and a Honolulu-based gun-rights group shortly after Governor Josh Green signed the measure in June 2023.
• The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld the law, finding it likely consistent with the Second Amendment.
• President Donald Trump’s administration submitted a brief backing the challengers as the justices continue to apply the Bruen framework alongside a 2024 decision upholding a domestic-violence-related gun restriction.