Lawyer who beat Hawaii gun law calls state’s reliance on Black Code ‘disgraceful’

The Supreme Court struck down Hawaii's private-property concealed-carry restriction in a 6-3 decision, criticizing the state's use of a Reconstruction-era Black Code to justify the law. Attorney Kevin O'Grady, representing plaintiffs, condemned Hawaii's reliance on the 1865 Louisiana statute, calling it a 'tainted artifact' designed to disarm newly freed Black Americans. The ruling rejected the Black Code as a valid legal precedent under the Second Amendment.