The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez, strikes down Hawaii's law that required permission before carrying firearms onto private properties open to the public, saying the rule violates the Second Amendment as the court has interpreted it for public carry.The ruling leaves intact Hawaii's bans on guns in sensitive places such as beaches, parks, schools, playgrounds and government buildings but removes a state requirement that made public carry a misdemeanor when owners had not expressly allowed it.The case was brought by Maui residents and the Hawaii Firearms Coalition and was appealed with support from the Trump administration after lower courts split on whether the permission rule survived historical-tradition tests.Legal analysts say the decision follows a broader
Supreme Court trend expanding public carry rights and will force states and property owners to revise policies while the court considers related cases on firearm possession by drug users.