Hawaii cited a slave code to defend its gun law. The court didn't buy it

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The Supreme Court struck down Hawaii’s concealed carry law last week in Wolford v. Lopez, and the law’s defenders have been long on outrage, attacking the decision without a care for accuracy or honesty.