The Supreme Court handed gun owners another Second Amendment victory, striking down Hawaii's "vampire rule" and rejecting the state's attempt to make concealed carry illegal on most private property open to the public. The post WIN: SCOTUS Dumps Hawaii’s ‘Vampire’ Rule appeared first on The...
The Supreme Court ruled that Hawaii cannot make concealed carry illegal by default in businesses open to the public, handing gun owners a major post-Bruen victory.
The Supreme Court’s 9-0 Hemani judgment rejected automatic disarmament based solely on regular marijuana use. Its rigorous historical analysis could also spell trouble for Hawaii’s “Vampire Rule” in Wolford v. Lopez.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Firearms Policy Coalition took Maryland to the Supreme Court, and the petition lays out exactly how far a state will go to keep people from carrying after Bruen. On May 20, 2026, FPC filed a petition for writ of certiorari in Novotny v. Moore, asking the justices to strike ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has struck down New York’s Vampire Rule, which banned carrying firearms on private property without express permission. The ruling restores the default right to carry in businesses unless signage is posted. While a victory for gun rights, the cou...
Maryland could no longer deny ordinary citizens carry permits after Bruen, so it tried a new tactic: ban carry almost everywhere people actually go. Now gun owners are asking the Supreme Court to step in.
A federal appeals court ruled New York cannot broadly ban licensed concealed carry on private property open to the public. The post 2nd Circuit Strikes Down New York’s ‘Vampire Rule’ Carry Ban on Private Property appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
NEW YORK, NY — A federal appeals court just struck down one of New York’s most aggressive post-Bruen carry restrictions, handing a major win to the Firearms Policy Coalition. But the same ruling left another gun ban standing, and both halves matter. On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appe...