Posted on 07/16/2019 12:21:29 PM PDT by Black_Rifle_Gunsmith
Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed two new pieces of gun control legislation seven days ago, severely restricting the rights of thousands of travelers entering the state with firearms and imposing potential gun consifactions without due process. Senate Bill 600 effectively raises the minimum age to transport a firearm into the state to the age of 21. This legislation discriminates against lawful, adult Americans who may otherwise travel to the state for the purposes of hunting, target competition, or even relocation.
Speaking of relocation, the state of Hawaii plays host to more than 36,000 U.S. service members who currently live and serve on the tropical island chain. Approximately 15% of the U.S. military consists of men and women under the age of 21. SB 600 effectively targets the one demographic who should perhaps never have such rights restricted.
But the Hawaii Governor did not stop there. Senate Bill 1466 enacts more Red Flag gun laws that have already been seen across the country, which Ige signed the same day. The bill creates a "Gun Violence Protective Order" clause, allowing any individual to report a gun owner to the authorities on suspicion and conjecture. Any issued Protective Order automatically allow law enforcement and courts to temporarily confiscate a shooter's collection of arms without due process or any real consideration of the preponderance of evidence.
IN OTHER NEWS, Sen. Kamala Harris was apparently not content with being out of the spotlight for long. The Californian legislator recently reiterated her promise to bypass Congress and ratify her own gun control measures unilaterally through executive action, should she win the White House in 2020. Harris tweeted: "Gun violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men in American. We must stop this. When president, I will take executive action to ensure guns do not fall into the wrong hands." On April 22, Harris stated she'd give Congress 100 days to pass new gun control measures before she would take her own (potentially unconstitutional) actions.
It appears to me that America's once carefully-protected Second Amendment is quickly becoming more vulnerable and unconstitutionally restricted. In just the last two years we've seen California require background checks for merely buying ammunition, Washington attempted to completely ban receiver blanks and gun-making kits (and was partially successful, polymer receivers are now illegal), and we see elected officials blatently disregarding the will of the people who elected them. Senators like Kamala Harris are dangerous for the Constitution. Let's all work together to ensure she, nor any Democrat with similar tyrannical views, does not take the most important seat on Earth.
Thoughts? Feedback? Anger? Let's hear it. I enjoy our discussions. -- Black Rifle Gunsmith.
Does China or Japan want them?
As a practical matter, we should have removed the Hawaiians from the islands, liberated them. Outside of the tourist enclaves, it is a 3rd world cesspool.
I’d cite the documentation but I’d prefer that you and others do your own as how one interprets a scholarly finding (not some one’s baseless opinions often found in online articles) might be different.
Those numbers are close to correct as I recall. There were vastly more people on the continents than commonly believed - all this is coming to light as people go back and study what was written at the time in light of extensive new finds across the US and in the Amazon forests.
And yes we do know when and how they died - mostly smallpox and mass slaughter - not to mention the near complete cultural destruction.
I get your point and like your humor. But, this would be fast tracked to the Supremes ....
I have read a number of articles on this subject.
The numbers are hotly contested.
Determining populations and deaths that occurred when almost no records were being kept is extremely difficult.
Populations are recorded in early Spanish explorers - it just that no one has looked at their writings in nearly a century or more until just in the last 2 years.
These are detailed accounts that have long been forgotten. “Almost no records” is not true. No one has looked or have discounted their records as fantasies because “everyone knows no one lived there or in just very small numbers”. The prevailing “consensus” is like the consensus for MM global warming - it has to fit pre-existing models and bolster reputations.
The latest “everyone knows consensus” to be over turned is the Clovis First Theory. Which had prevailed due to the force and vehemence of certain personalities for decades - is now acknowledged to be false. This is a rapidly evolving field and what was true yesterday is proving to be false in light of new discoveries. So keep and open mind here.
Your comment made me laugh, Oldexpat. I thought her little tweet was humorous, too. She didn’t bother saying, “Gun violence is a leading cause of death for Americans”, which it isn’t. She specifically targeted people of color. And her implication is this: “Black men are shooting themselves more than other demographics, so we must confiscate everyone’s firearms.”
If you think about her statement, it’s actually incredibly racist and deflects blame away from people like herself. She appears to imply that this one group of people is incapable of addressing a statistic of violence in any other constructive, constitutionally agreeable way. I think Harris should instead address the fact that gun violence is likely higher among black men today because for the last 40 years, Democrats (like her) have largely been responsible for destroying urban centers and cities with “progressive” legislation, promoting a system of welfare, crime, and unemployment. Let’s also not forget the draconian anti-crime laws passed by the Clinton administration in the 90’s. Those bills put hundreds of thousands of black men (and many others) behind bars for potentially decades, over minor and often nonviolent offenses.
If Democrats want to place blame for gun violence in minority communities, they should look in the mirror and not at the Second Amendment.
Good thing we didnt have that insipid
mentality in 1776, 1812, 1861, 1941, etc.
War has already been declared on decent Americans
by a rainbow connection of freaks
There are people in Hawaii very adamant about reclaiming sovereignty. But, I think that most Hawaiians understand/realize that they are better off as US Citizens Or.... that Federal welfare benefits wouldn’t be available to a poor struggling nation. So, the entire Hawaii nation thing is really just a feel good thing by the dopers to sound self important...
Accurate analysis.
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