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The United States has filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in Wolford v Lopez, the case concerning Hawaii's "Vampire Rule" law which requires those with carry permits to get consent before entering any private property, even businesses otherwise open to the public. The brief represents the first time the United States Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief in support of the Second Amendment and gun rights litigants in a case granted review by the Supreme Court. It follows their earlier support of the Wolford petition at the cert stage, which was likely a major reason the case was granted review in the first place.

The United States writes that Hawaii's restriction is "blatantly unconstitutional as applied to private property open to the public. States cannot evade Bruen by banning public carry through indirect means."