Bruen Train Has No Brakes: SCOTUS Drops 6-3 Hammer on Unconstitutional Blue-State Gun Bans
Hawaii’s gun-grabbers just got absolutely wrecked by the Supreme Court, and Second Amendment supporters are racking up another massive win.

The Supreme Court just dropped another absolute banger for the Second Amendment. In a 6-3 decision on Thursday, the court’s conservative majority completely dismantled a ridiculous Hawaii law in Wolford v. Lopez that banned citizens from carrying firearms on private property without getting express permission first. The gun-control crowd is officially in shambles as the high court continues its streak of restoring constitutional sanity to the country.
Before this ruling, five deep-blue states—Hawaii, California, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey—held onto these unconstitutional laws that essentially treated legal gun owners like criminals the second they stepped onto private property. If you didn’t have explicit permission in writing or verbal consent, you were banned from carrying. Now, thanks to the Supreme Court, those restrictive state laws are officially void.
Here is how the legal default flipped, and it is a massive win. Previously, the state’s default rule was that guns were banned on private property unless the owner proactively said otherwise. Under the new ruling, the default is flipped: carrying a firearm is permitted unless the owner explicitly bans it. If a homeowner or business owner doesn't want guns on their property, they still have every right to ban them. But the key is that the state can no longer set a tyrannical default ban for them.
Naturally, the left-wing academic establishment is crying tears of absolute sorrow over this. Jeffrey Fagan, a law professor at Columbia Law School, complained that the decision creates an “extraordinary burden” on private property owners. Apparently, having to decide your own store policy and put up a simple sign is an “extraordinary burden” for a hardware store or a shopping mall. Fagan lamented that business owners will actually have to be clear about where they stand, risking alienating customers who want to carry or those who don't.
But Second Amendment advocates aren’t crying; they’re celebrating. Gun rights groups praised the ruling as another major win and an important step toward dismantling other arbitrary gun control laws that have zero historical basis. Under the 2022 Bruen precedent, any gun law must have a "historical twin" from the time of the nation’s founding to be considered constitutional. Hawaii's law obviously didn't have one, and it got wiped out accordingly.
This is actually the second time just this month that the Supreme Court has used the decision to absolutely wreck unconstitutional gun grabbers. Earlier in June, the court handed down the decision, siding with a Texas gun owner and striking down a federal law that banned gun ownership for anyone who illegally uses drugs. The train truly has no brakes, and the conservative majority is making it clear they are here to clean house.


