Gun safety advocates, however, emphasize that the court’s ruling was limited in scope and still allows states to regulate types of firearms, where people can carry firearms and the permitting process, including requirements for background checks and training. Bruen has opened the door to overturning many other state gun restrictions. “We finally have our Second Amendment rights affirmed,” said Roberts, who is director of the Hawaii Firearms Coalition.Įlated gun rights advocates say the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v.
Roberts likely won’t receive his gun permits until the legislature amends state law or the state attorney general issues new guidance, but he is eager to carry a gun outside his home because he is convinced it will make him safer. And it means similar laws in five other states, including Hawaii, are now unconstitutional. The high court’s June 23 decision struck down a New York law that required people to show a specific need to carry a firearm in public. He was fourth in line, surrounded by excited Hawaii gun owners who felt vindicated in their crusade for greater firearm access. Supreme Court ruling last month that expanded the right to carry firearms outside the home, gun rights activist Andrew Namiki Roberts rushed to the Honolulu Police Department to apply for four permits to carry handguns in public.
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