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5 Killer Quotes From Alito’s Takedown Of Hawaii’s Illegal Gun Control Law

Here are the best quotes from Justice Alito’s majority opinion in Wolford v. Lopez.

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is having quite the year. After authoring a major decision nuking race-based redistricting earlier a few months ago, the senior justice just released a new ruling protecting Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

Writing for the 6-3 majority in Wolford v. Lopez, Alito and his fellow conservative justices found Hawaii’s law restricting concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property that’s open to the public to be unconstitutional. The majority more specifically determined that this “vampire rule” unlawfully burdened Americans’ Second and 14th Amendment rights.

Like many of his opinions, Alito’s Wolford decision contained everything one would expect from a strong, originalist justice. From its reliance on the Constitution’s text and history to its overall practicality, here are the best lines from the court’s ruling.

A ‘New Burden’ on Permit Holders

Alito noted how Hawaii’s restriction imposes a “new burden” on permit holders by forcing them to acquire permission from the property owner or manager before entering the premises.

Some proprietors who do not themselves object to entry by carry-permit holders may be reluctant to post a sign welcoming such individuals for fear of alienating other customers. So under Hawaii’s new default rule, a proprietor in this category may only be........

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