Last February, we reported on the judicial equivalent of a temper tantrum emanating from the Hawaii Supreme Court over the U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence. That outburst finally reached the ears of its intended targets, the nine justices of America’s highest court, as they considered earlier this month whether to review the case of State v. Wilson. … Read more
California became the first state to enact medical marijuana legislation in 1996 with the Compassionate Use Act, followed in the next four years by Oregon, Alaska, Washington, Maine, Hawaii, Nevada and Colorado. Ultimately, this led to Colorado being the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use in 2014. Since then, many states have shifted … Read more
The SAF has filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Hawaii, challenging gun control laws that prohibit young adults between the ages of 18 and 20 from purchasing or possessing firearms and ammunition. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, argues that these restrictions violate the plaintiffs’ … Read more
Michigan and Hawaii, both Democrat-led states, have launched taxpayer-funded tip lines for individuals looking to report perceived firearms violations anonymously. While these dumpster fire states claim the lines are aimed at lawbreakers, Second Amendment groups are reasonably skeptical, as they should be, because such a system can easily be abused. Let’s face it, we know … Read more
Only in Hawaii would prosecutors arrest an armed homeowner who stopped a violent neighbor who had just rammed several cars with a front-end loader, shot and killed three women, wounded two others, and posed an immediate threat to shoot more. Yet, that’s exactly what law enforcement officials did before ultimately deciding not to pursue charges, … Read more
A particularly brutal attack at a party in a Waianae, Hawaii, neighborhood has at least one lawmaker in the Aloha State considering reintroducing a Stand-Your-Ground proposal when the state legislature reconvenes next year. On August 31, party goers were enjoying themselves until a neighbor rammed his tractor into several vehicles at the house and then … Read more
Hawaii might be the picture of paradise with swaying palm trees and sugar-sand beaches. Beyond the postcard-worthy landscapes, though, there’s a troubling trend by state officials to write Second Amendment freedoms out of the island state. In Hawaii, lawmakers are taking the approach that Second Amendment rights are a problem to be tamped down and … Read more
Young adults in Hawaii just lost the ability to buy ammunition for self-defense. Hawaii’s Democrat Governor Josh Green signed a bill banning ammo sales to anyone under age 21. Clearly Josh Green can’t read the 2nd Amendment or Supreme Court decisions in Heller and Bruen or lacks the capacity to understand them. Hawaii Public Radio shared … Read more
Despite boasting some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, some Hawaii legislators want to make them even stricter, by outlawing firearms that aren’t even a problem, are never used in crime, and honestly, aren’t owned by very many people. They want to ban .50-caliber guns and ammunition. A .50-caliber round is the largest … Read more
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