Is Gun Confiscation Coming to Hawaii?

Lighten up.

Um, no thank you.

That is why no one protests in Hawaii about second amendment rights, no matter how loudly you may scream about it.

I didn't SCREAM or SHOUT about anything in my response.

My objection was to the "so there is no pressing need to own a handgun" fallacy.

If there's a single potentially violent criminal in the entire state of Hawaii (and there are many), that is certainly a pressing enough need.

After all, Thomas Magnum, P.I. needed his trusty Colt Government .45 several times during his sojourn in the state. ;-)

If (God forbid) you were suddenly assaulted by a violent attacker one night when your husband wasn't home, you might quickly reconsider what constitutes a "pressing need".

And the fact that "no one protests in Hawaii about Second Amendment rights" is doubtless a primary reason that any American who decides to own a gun in that state is now going to end up on a government watch list.

I'm not trying to be strident, but I maintain that it's important to protect Unalienable Rights even when one chooses not to exercise them, because when that doesn't happen, the State starts to treat such rights as if they are merely privileges.

Vote Trump!

I agree with you.However, Hawaii is a different story. They are never going to fight for second amendment rights.
They are going to fight against observatories on mountains that belong to their gods.
They are never going to fight for gun rights, because the crime in Hawaii is not at a level where they would feel the need to. You are wasting your time being mad about this, because that is the way it is.
Most of Hawaii crime is car and house break ins. Usually done when the victim is not around. I was a victim x 5 (at least) for these crimes.
Even if I were to come home while my house was being burglarized, chances are extremely high the criminals would leave when they heard me.
If Hawaii got an influx of mainland criminal element, then they might start to change their ideas about gun rights.
Hawaii does not have the Black or Mexican gangs. That is why they are not going to fight for second amendment rights.

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