The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the state of Hawaii's Attorney General in Wolford v. Lopez in a 6-3 decision Thursday, granting concealed carry holders a huge victory in the blue state.
The Supreme Court sided with the plaintiff, who contested Hawaii's state law requiring a property owner's explicit permission to allow lawful gun owners to bring firearms into public businesses.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
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