Many times  when state Supreme Courts make a ruling on independent state grounds based upon that state’s constitution there is some textual difference between the US Constitution and the state constitution. The opinion of the Hawaii Supreme Court begins by stating ” Article I, section 17 of the Hawai’i Constitution mirrors the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. We read those words differently than the current United States Supreme Court. We hold that in Hawai’i there is no state constituional right to carry a firearm in public.”

 The Supreme Court of Hawaii unanimously ruled this week that the state’s constitution does not include the right to carry a firearm in public. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Read the opinion. SUPREME COURT OF HAWAII