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WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0The Supreme Court\u00a0struck down\u00a0a Hawaii law\u00a0requiring people to get permission to carry guns into stores and hotels on Thursday, in its latest opinion backing Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n

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The high court\u2019s 6-3 decision\u00a0means people can carry guns onto privately owned property like shopping malls and gas stations, unless the owners specifically say guns are banned at their establishments. It comes shortly after\u00a0the court found\u00a0that marijuana users can\u2019t be completely banned from owning firearms.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a win for President Donald Trump\u2019s Republican administration, which argued the law violates the Second Amendment. The measure was sometimes referred to as a \u201cvampire rule\u201d because it required people with guns to get permission to enter, like vampire lore says, bloodsuckers need an invitation to enter a home.<\/p>\n

Hawaii argued that the 2023 measure ensured private owners could decide whether they wanted\u00a0firearms on their property. <\/p>\n

The state passed the law as thousands more people got legal permission to carry guns in the wake of\u00a0a 2022 Supreme Court ruling\u00a0that found the Second Amendment gives most people the right to have guns in public.<\/p>\n

About four other states have enacted similar laws, though presumptive restrictions for guns on private property open to the public have also been blocked elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Hawaii also restricts guns in places like parks, beaches, and restaurants that serve alcohol, but those rules weren\u2019t challenged before the court. They are being challenged in lower courts, however.<\/p>\n

The suit before the Supreme Court was filed by a gun rights group and three people from Maui. A judge originally blocked the measure, but an appeals court allowed it to be enforced. <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Republican administration backed the Supreme Court appeal.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s one of two gun cases on the docket this term. The other is over whether\u00a0people who regularly use marijuana\u00a0and other drugs can legally own guns.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re the latest in a series of gun cases that have come before the Supreme Court in the wake of its 2022 ruling that led to a flood of challenges to firearm restrictions around the country. <\/p>\n

The justices have since struck down a ban on\u00a0bump stocks, gun accessories that enable rapid firing, but upheld a federal gun law intended to protect domestic violence victims as well as strict regulations on firearms known as\u00a0ghost guns, which are nearly impossible to trace.<\/p>\n

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