Court Grants Cert

Wolford v. Lopez (9th Cir. 2024).  Hawaii responded to Bruen as did several other states: "I guess we can no longer only concealed carry licenses to the politically connected and givers of bribes, so well make most of the state a "sensitive place" where licensees may not carry.  Yes, this the same reasoning in play in May v. Bonta, which i am currently working. 

The Supreme Court granted writ of certeriorari, which says they will hear an appeal concerning one particular question where different circuits have reached different conclusions.   

'1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding, in direct conflict with the Second Circuit, that Hawaii may presumptively prohibit the carry of handguns by licensed concealed carry permit holders on private property open to the public unless the property owner affirmatively gives express permission to the handgun carrier?"

Several states have passed laws that require that a business must affirmative state that licensees are allowed to enter, usually by a sign.  Such a sign should, in my opinion, have this wording: "The state trusts you with a license to carry a concealed handgun.  I trust you to be in my business if a robber or mass murderer chooses to threaten the lives of others."

I am hoping that even if the Court's  decision goes no farther than ruling that there is no need for an invitation, it will in some way make clear that the "sensitive places" doctrine is much narrower than the "any place that a criminal might enter" is a sensitive place.