Today, November 24, 2025, NJFOS joined with the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, and the Gun Owners Action League in Massachusetts to file an important brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the matter Wolford v. Lopez. The Supreme Court granted cert in Wolford this term after the 9th Circuit upheld Hawaii’s no-carry default rule with respect to private property held open to the public, the so called ‘vampire rule.’

In 2022, the Supreme Court put an end to interest balancing in Second Amendment cases in the landmark case NYSRPA v. Bruen. In the years since, more activist judges in places like the 9th Circuit in the captioned matter, and more recently in the 3rd Circuit in the consolidated cases of Koons v. Platkin and Siegel v. Platkin, have twisted the clear guidance from the Supreme Court in Bruen.

The Supreme Court, in striking down Hawaii’s vampire rule, can right the ship and squarely address the procedural error that many lower courts in the U.S. are committing. Our brief hopes to help draw the Court’s attention to this major issue.

While the question before the Court in Wolford is very narrow, there is a significant opportunity to impact many future cases in the Garden State and across the U.S.

Read the full brief here: https://www.njfos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/24-1046-Amicus-Brief-of-ANJRPC-NJFOS-NYSRPA-GOAL.pdf