Sotomayor asks why gunowners should have right to enter private property while armed

Justice Sonia Sotomayor sharply questioned lawyers on Tuesday over why a Hawaii law that preemptively bars gun owners from carrying their weapon on private property should be struck down, as the Supreme Court heard arguments in the high-profile gun rights case.

During oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, Sotomayor pressed lawyer Alan Beck, who argued on behalf of the gun owners suing over the 2023 Hawaii law, over where gun owners’ rights begin and property owners’ rights end. Sotomayor began her questioning by asking why gun owners should have a presumptive right to carry their weapons on private property.

“So you say that there is a right to enter private property with a gun without an owner’s express or implicit consent. The answer has to be