WASHINGTON, June 25 (DC Times Online) — The Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday struck down Hawaii’s so-called “vampire rule,” ruling 6-3 that the state cannot require concealed-carry permit holders to get a property owner’s consent before entering certain privately owned places open to the public.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority in Wolford v. Lopez and said Hawaii’s law “violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms,” according to the court’s opinion.
The decision said the restriction conflicts with the Second Amendment and follows the court’s earlier gun-rights cases, including District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008 and McDonald v. City of Chicago in 2010.
In Heller, the court struck down Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban and a requirement that firearms be kept disassembled or fitted with trigger locks. McDonald later extended the Second Amendment right against state and local governments.
