A coalition of leftist Attorney Generals for sixteen states and the District of Columbia has filed an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit appeal by the State of Hawaii, claiming state power to ban common arms is essential. On August 7, 2023, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit reached the unsurprising conclusion that knives, particularly the type of pocket knife called a “butterfly knife” or “balisong,” were bearable arms. Therefore, they were protected by the Second Amendment of the Constitution, and the State of Hawaii did not have the legal authority to ban them.
On September 20, 2023, the State of Hawaii appealed to Teter v Lopez, claiming the three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit mistakenly applied the law, asking for a new panel or a hearing en banc. The Ninth Circuit has historically been hostile to the Second Amendment and has reversed the decision of three-judge panels that uphold Second Amendment rights.
On September 22, the plaintiffs, Teter and Grell, were ordered to file a response to the appeal within 21 days.
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