{"id":2619245,"date":"2026-06-25T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-delivers-big-2nd-amendment-win-striking-down-restrictive-concealed-carry-law\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:36:54","slug":"supreme-court-delivers-big-2nd-amendment-win-striking-down-restrictive-concealed-carry-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-delivers-big-2nd-amendment-win-striking-down-restrictive-concealed-carry-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Delivers Big 2nd Amendment Win, Striking Down Restrictive Concealed Carry Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-delivers-big-2nd-amendment-win-striking-down-restrictive-concealed-carry-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2619245&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down Hawaii&#8217;s law that prohibited gun owners from carrying firearms on privately owned,publicly accessible properties without the owner&#8217;s consent. justice Samuel Alito wrote that the law&#8217;s restrictions fall within the scope of the Second amendment and are thus presumptively unconstitutional, as they hinder the right to bear arms for self-defense. The 6-3 decision was supported by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, while justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson dissented. Justice Barrett concurred, emphasizing that banning guns on private property merely as of citizens&#8217; opposition to firearms violates constitutional rights, akin to banning religious attire without specific safety threats. The ruling is expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-review-pornography-age-verification-requirements-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... to review pornography age verification requirements - Washington Examiner\">influence similar laws<\/a> in states like California, Maryland, New York, and New jersey. The decision underscores the principle that constitutional rights should be protected from majority opposition and political controversy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Hawaii law that banned gun owners from carrying their weapons on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economic-freedom-allows-women-to-achieve-larger-family-size\/\" title=\"Economic freedom empowers women to have bigger families.\">privately owned property<\/a> that is open to the public unless they had the owner\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe restrictions imposed by Hawaii\u2019s challenged law fall within the plain text of the Second Amendment, so the law is presumptively unconstitutional,\u201d the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo party disputes that petitioners are among \u2018the people\u2019 protected by the Second Amendment or that they seek to \u2018bear\u2019 \u2018Arms.\u2019 Therefore, \u2018the plain text of the Second Amendment protects\u2019 what petitioners want to do: carry handguns for self-defense,\u201d he wrote in the 6-3 ruling in the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-1046_nmio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolford v. Lopez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law is presumptively unconstitutional,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Alito wrote that the law \u201chobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a Hawaii law in a 6-3 ruling that barred people with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-one-pro-women-camp-in-american-politics-and-its-the-right\/\" title=\"There Is One Pro-Women Camp In American Politics, And It\u2019s The Right\">concealed-carry permits<\/a> from bringing firearms onto private property open to the public \u2014 such as stores, restaurants, hotels, malls, and gas stations \u2014 unless the property owner\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/puREcKLnJV\">pic.twitter.com\/puREcKLnJV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWavePress\/status\/2070149216245068018?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined Alito. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissented.<\/p>\n<p>In a concurring opinion, Barrett said banning guns because they are unpopular is not a sufficient reason under the terms of the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>She further noted that the issue at hand is not whether a property owner can decide to ban guns, but whether a state can pass a law banning guns on privately owned properties where the public is allowed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court just struck down Hawaii\u2019s \u201cprivate property default rule\u201d law in a 6-3 decision, delivering a massive win for the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unconstitutional law prevented gun owners<\/a> from carrying their firearms in public places without express\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SNeb4hjc4U\">pic.twitter.com\/SNeb4hjc4U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NRA (@NRA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NRA\/status\/2070151466623386023?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Barrett wrote that \u201cthe rule does not target any particular abuse of firearms at all. Rather than identifying a specific threat to public peace and safety, Hawaii admits that it enacted the rule because many of its citizens oppose the public carry of guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other words, Hawaii is responding to the general danger associated with the presence of firearms, not to any specific, heightened risk of their misuse,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Supreme Court by a 6 to 3 decision strikes down Hawaii\u2019s regulations restricting concealed carry.<br \/> Barrett in concurrence has this powerful zinger: \u201cWhat if a State made it a crime to wear religious head garb (say, a hijab) onto private property open to the public without\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John R Lott Jr. (@JohnRLottJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnRLottJr\/status\/2070151253892399111?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile most Hawaiians might prefer that no one carry firearms in public places, a majority\u2019s opposition to a constitutional right is not a permissible basis for restricting it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, \u2018[t]he very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy\u2019 and \u2018to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials,\u2019\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Supreme Court bolsters right to carry by voiding Hawaii gun law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9425qwKVMp\">pic.twitter.com\/9425qwKVMp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BLaw\/status\/2070147146674766267?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In her opinion, Barrett further noted that a state law to ban guns brought onto private property is as much a violation of the Second Amendment as a ban on hijabs worn on private property would be a violation of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/06\/supreme-court-strikes-hawaii-gun-restriction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotusblog<\/a>, the ruling is likely to impact California, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey, which have similar laws.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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