A 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran is asking an appeals court to speed up processing of a gun permit he first sought 11 years ago now that the Supreme Court has ruled Hawaii’s gun-permitting system is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court determined June 23 that there is a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. On June 30 it found Hawaii’s burdensome permitting process violates the Second Amendment and ordered the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the man’s case, but it has not wrapped up the case and it is unclear when it will do so.
George K. Young Jr. of Hilo is represented by attorney Alan Alexander Beck of San Diego….