{"id":225967,"date":"2025-12-01T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=225967"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:25:18","slug":"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Lott just dropped a major update in the fight over Hawaii\u2019s sweeping gun-free-zone law, filing a fresh amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/supreme-court-wolford-v-lopez-vampire-clause-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\" title=\"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban\">Wolford v. Lopez<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yes, this one\u2019s loaded. Lott teamed up with the Peace Officers Research Association of California (<a href=\"https:\/\/porac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\" title=\"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban\">PORAC<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecahp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\" title=\"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban\">California Association of Highway Patrolmen <\/a>to walk SCOTUS through 46 pages of data, research, and, frankly, common sense about why Hawaii\u2019s law is both unconstitutional and dangerous to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lott\u2019s core point is simple: concealed-carry permit holders aren\u2019t the problem, never have been. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Supreme Court considers overturning Hawaii&#039;s strict gun laws\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lWHA9TV9kUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A local media report on the case.  Seems like many of the residents like their strict gun laws&#8230; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-holiday-gun-gear-2025-5-picks-that-deliver\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/holiday-gun-gifts-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\" title=\"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban\">Holiday Gun Gear 2025: 5 Picks That Deliver<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The brief cites sixteen of his own peer-reviewed papers and multiple studies by CPRC research director Carl Moody, showing that CCW holders are some of the most law-abiding people in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 26 states with comprehensive data, revocation rates for permits sit under 0.2%, and permit holders are convicted of gun-related violations at 1\/12th the rate of police officers and 1\/240th the rate of the general population (yes, really).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PORAC\u2019s own president, Brian Marvel, said it plainly: violent criminals don\u2019t bother with CCW permits. <em>They just carry illegally<\/em>. Hawaii\u2019s law, by default, disarms the good guys while criminals ignore the rules entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The data in the brief also hits the bigger picture: the whole narrative that \u201cright-to-carry laws increase crime\u201d falls apart under real statistical scrutiny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you compare apples to apples (properly controlling for differences in permitting systems), Lott shows that right-to-carry laws actually reduce violent crime, with murders dropping by as much as 6.47% and rapes by nearly 10%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even using cost-weighted models that combine all violent-crime types, the analysis shows RTC laws cut violent-crime costs by 5.7\u20136.5%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-the-college-kid-christmas-gun-gift-list\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/college-student-gun-gifts-wish-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\" title=\"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban\">The College Kid Christmas Gun Gift List<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there\u2019s the gun-free-zone problem. The brief lays out decades of data showing that the overwhelming majority of mass public shootings &#8212; 92% &#8212; take place in gun-free zones where killers know victims can\u2019t shoot back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even mass shooters themselves have admitted they choose these locations on purpose. Hawaii\u2019s law would turn nearly all private property into one massive \u201csensitive place,\u201d exactly the kind of blanket ban <em>Bruen<\/em> warned against. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lott\u2019s conclusion is blunt: Hawaii\u2019s presumption-of-non-consent rule isn\u2019t just historically unsupported, it actively <em>makes people less safe<\/em>. Law-abiding citizens are chilled out of carrying, criminals face less resistance, and police can\u2019t be everywhere at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With SCOTUS already agreeing to hear the case, this brief lands at exactly the right time. If the Court follows the Constitution, and the numbers, Hawaii\u2019s law should fall hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>You can read Lott&#8217;s full brief <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5784482\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\" title=\"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban\">HERE<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lotts-brief-blasts-hawaii-gun-ban\" title=\"Lott\u2019s Brief Blasts Hawaii Gun Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Lott just dropped a major update in the fight over Hawaii\u2019s sweeping gun-free-zone law, filing a fresh amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Wolford v. 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