A 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran is asking an appeals court to speed up the processing of a gun permit he first sought 11 years ago, now that the Supreme Court has ruled that Hawaii’s gun-permitting system is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court determined on June 23 that there’s a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. On June 30, it found that Hawaii’s burdensome permitting process violates the Second Amendment and ordered the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the man’s case. But the appeals court hasn’t wrapped up the case, and it’s unclear when it will do so.
