Yukutake v. Lopez<\/a><\/em> upheld a district court ruling striking down two of the provisions to the Aloha State\u2019s gun laws. One involved the very short time (10 days) a firearms purchaser has to buy a gun after receiving the permit required to make a firearms purchase.<\/p>\n\u201cThe panel affirmed the district court\u2019s judgment that the short timeframe for completing the purchase of a firearm after obtaining a permit was unconstitutional under the Second Amendment,\u201d the ruling stated. \u201cThe purchase and acquisition of firearms is conduct protected by the plain text of the Second Amendment. Because \u00a7 134-2(e) regulates conduct covered by the Second Amendment\u2019s plain text, the Second Amendment presumptively protects that conduct. The burden, therefore, fell on the State to justify its regulation by demonstrating that it is consistent with the Nation\u2019s historical tradition of firearms regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the opinion explained, 10 days is a very short period, despite the state arguing otherwise.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough the State presumably has a valid interest in ensuring that the background-check results are not stale, the State pointed to no evidence that anything over 10 days or 30 days counts as stale,\u201d the ruling stated. \u201cIn Section IV(B)(4) of the opinion, the panel concluded that the temporal limitation was \u2018abusive\u2019 within the meaning of Bruen<\/em> and remanded for the district court to revise its permanent injunction, as appropriate, in light of the recent amendment to \u00a7 134-2(e) and to conform to the panel\u2019s ruling.\u201d<\/p>\nThe other struck-down provision that was upheld by the circuit court was the requirement for gun buyers to bring their new guns to the police station for an in-person inspection. According to the ruling, this restriction is also overly burdensome and, therefore, unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven assuming arguendo that Hawaii\u2019s basic system of registering firearms by owner, type, serial number, etc., was valid under Bruen<\/em>\u2014a point the panel did not decide\u2014Hawaii\u2019s broad in-person inspection requirement could not be justified as merely a proper ancillary logistical measure in support of such a system,\u201d the ruling stated. \u201cThe government failed to point to evidence supporting its conclusion that the addition of a broadly applicable and burdensome physical inspection requirement will materially advance the objectives of the registration system. As with plaintiffs\u2019 challenge to \u00a7 134-2(e), the panel remanded to the district court to revise its permanent injunction, as appropriate, in light of the recent amendment to \u00a7 134-3 and to conform to the panel\u2019s ruling.\u201d<\/p>\nLawful Hawaii gun owners shouldn\u2019t begin celebrating too soon, however. It\u2019s likely the state will ask for the entire 9th<\/sup> Circuit to consider the case sometime in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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