Hey guys! We’ve got some good news and bad news from the United States Supreme Court, as well as a housekeeping announcement here that I want to get to. First, we’ll do the bad news. The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied a writ of certiorari, denied to take up a case as it pertains to the Second Amendment, but honestly, what they did was 100% expected as they pretty much followed their blueprint on Second Amendment cases. I’ll explain it to you. Next, let’s talk about the announcement real quick before I get into the details of that bad news.

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Go to hiddenhybridholsters.com and let them know you saw it here, guys and gals. Back to the Supreme Court. Now, this case we’re talking about is the infamous Spirit of Aloha case out of Hawaii that I reported on where basically the State Supreme Court said that people don’t have a Second Amendment right because of the spirit of Aloha. I’ll pin that video above if you want more details on it, but this was a decision by the Hawaii State Supreme Court that denied a Second Amendment defense for a man who was carrying a loaded pistol without a license.

License. You look up the, I have it right on the wall, the Second Amendment doesn’t say anything about a license, but there we are. The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari on this case, but like I said, it was expected. Why? Because this case was before the United States Supreme Court on an interlocutory basis. Plain English, that means that this case is still running its course and had not reached a final judgment yet. As they have done before with many, many, many Second Amendment cases, the Supreme Court has said, do your job at the court levels, make it all the way through the process.

When you reach final judgment, then we’ll decide if we’re going to take it up or not. This basically came while the case was still running and they said, yeah, get back to go. Do not collect $200 or maybe actually do collect it because you’re going to need it, but you know what I mean. So as bad as it sounds, it’s not that bad. Even some of the Supreme Court justices alluded to that as well. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito both criticized the Hawaii court’s ruling, but supported the Supreme Court’s decision on technical grounds.

Like I said, it wasn’t on the final judgment. Clarence Thomas argued that the court should hear an appropriate case to clarify that Americans are always free to invoke the Second Amendment as a defense against unconstitutional firearms licensing schemes. Let me say that again. Clarence Thomas said that the court should hear an appropriate case to clarify that Americans are always free to invoke the Second Amendment as a defense against unconstitutional firearms licensing schemes. That’s huge. Huge. I’m sure that pissed off the liberal judges knowing that the case is probably going to make it.

I’ll explain it, but they’re probably going to see this case again. In 2017, this case, Christopher Wilson, he was hiking in the West Maui Mountains when he was stopped by the property owner. He was turned over to the police and he informed them that, you know, he was trespassing. And while speaking with the police, Wilson disclosed that he was carrying a loaded pistol after, of course, he was arrested as Hawaii, right? After the arrest, the state of Hawaii filed criminal charges against him for carrying a handgun without a license. And in 2022, following the Supreme Court’s decision in the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association versus Bruin, Wilson re-challenged that gun charge, asserting that under the Supreme Court’s ruling, carrying a firearm for self-defense was protected by the Second Amendment right to keep in their arms.

Now the trial court dismissed the charges, but Hawaii’s Supreme Court, in a crazy decision, reversed the dismissal. So the guy was clean. It was off-scot-clean. They dropped the case, dismissed the charges, but the Supreme Court said, and they reversed that ruling criticizing the United States Supreme Court’s ruling decisions that they say the state court claimed were interpreted incorrectly. And they used history to establish its own rules based off of the spirit of Aloha. Now Wilson countered that the state court was disregarding the Supreme Court precedent by refusing to follow its established guidelines in Bruin.

Thomas, yesterday, he stated, Clarence Thomas, he stated that if the Hawaii Supreme Court had considered the merits of Wilson’s defense, the unconstitutionality of the licensing scheme should have been evident. Those are some scathing words, guys and gals. Now, Clarence Thomas also noted that Wilson could request the Supreme Court to review the case again, and that sentiment was shared by Justice Neil Gorsuch, of course, once it reaches a final judgment. Finally, the good news. The Supreme Court will be deciding if it will take up the Snope v. Brown case this Friday. It’s on a docket for Friday the 13th to be distributed for conference.

And this case is a challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban, and it addresses whether or not states can ban commonly owned rifles and firearms like the AR-15 from law-abiding citizens. Remember, Heller was the one that said in the Heller v. D.C. case that the Supreme Court said if it’s commonly owned for lawful purposes, like self-defense, can’t be banned. The AR-15 is more than commonly owned, but we know what this case should do. We know what should happen, right? But first, it has to be distributed for conference. If they don’t hear it Friday, they’re going to be away for two weeks for the holidays.

They’ll come back in early January, and it’ll be redistributed. That’s what I expect will happen. It’ll be redistributed for conference, and then they would have to decide if they’re going to take up the case. We’ll see if we get a writ of certiorari or not. I will keep you in the know. If you live in a state that has an assault weapon ban, you should be focusing on this Snope v. Brown case out of Maryland, because it will affect you. So, you want to stay in the loop? Subscribe to the channel. I’ll give you that information as soon as it’s available.

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