Supreme Court to hear challenge to Hawaii's limits on guns

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Hawaii's limits on guns

Alyssa Kapasi

October 03, 2025 / 11:27 am

The Supreme Court waded Friday back into gun-rights in a case that tests the constitutionality of a Hawaii law that restricts where gun owners can carry their weapons.

At issue is the state law that bans guns on private property that is open to the public — places like clubs, bars and restaurants — unless the property's owners have allowed them. The Ninth Circuit, which oversees Hawaii, held that the 2023 law is constitutional. The Second Circuit disagreed and paused an identical New York law.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 struck down a century-old gun law in New York and ruled that there is a a constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self defense. The court could use