The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Wolford v. Lopez , a constitutional challenge to Hawaii’s 2023 law restricting where individuals with concealed carry permits may bring firearms. The case, which the justices added to their docket following their annual “long conference,” could have sweeping implications for gun rights and state-level firearm regulations nationwide.

Hawaii enacted its law in 2023 in response to the court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen , which expanded public-carry rights and required governments to justify firearm restrictions by reference to the nation’s “historical tradition.”

Under the Hawaii statute, individuals with concealed carry permits cannot carry handguns onto private property open to the public unless

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