The recent law sought to expand a colonial-era law that prohibited unauthorized hunting on private land.
The Supreme Court ruled this past week that colonial-era laws prohibiting hunting on private land did not justify the ban by the state of Hawaii of firearms on all private property open to the public, unless the gun carrier has the consent of the owner.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority, “The gap between the State’s anti-poaching analogues and its new rule is just too wide.”
Gun owners brought the lawsuit against the new state law, maintaining that such a ban made carrying a gun in public virtually illegal in much of the state.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Chief Justice John Roberts as he presides over the Supreme Court.
- For the high court justices as they author the remaining outstanding opinions of the current term.
- For wisdom for the justices and judges of the federal judiciary as they hear and decide constitutional challenges to federal and state laws.
Sources: Roll Call, MSN, CNN
