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Does/can this case even address the indoctrination issue of the second amendment with regard to the states?
You mean incorporation? I expect that the Supreme Court will discuss its interpretation of the Second Amendment as it pertains to an individual right to possess firearms, and perhaps to articulate a test under which federal restrictions on that right may be evaluated. As they do not have to address the issue of incorporation, I expect that they will avoid doing so.
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Further I'm wondering if SCOTUS rulings can affect state supreme courts. For instance, the State of Hawaii's constitution has the exact same language as the US constitution. If the SCOTUS rules that the 2nd is an individual right would a state's constitution with the exact same wording be tied to the SCOTUS's ruling?
States interpret their own constitutions. They may permissibly apply a different interpretation to identical language. The Supreme Court's ruling would likely have a significant influence on how state supreme courts interpret similar language from a state constitution, but it isn't binding.