Hawaii Lame-O: State Wants to Repeal Second Amendment
Last updated: March 7, 2019 · Originally published: March 6, 2019
Shaka, brah. You don’t seem to be doing real well with this whole “America” thing…
You know how, every single time the anti-gunners get going with some cockamamie gun-ban scheme, they love to condescendingly tell us that nobody’s trying to take away our guns? The next time you hear that particular canard, I recommend you direct the speaker to HR167, the resolution passed yesterday by the Hawaiian state House of Representatives. In it, they plaintively beg the federal government to hurry up and repeal the Second Amendment already. Their reasoning? Let me quote them:
“WHEREAS, under this ‘individual right theory’, the United States Constitution restricts legislative bodies from prohibiting firearm possession, or at the very least, the Second Amendment renders prohibitory and restrictive regulation presumptively unconstitutional…”
Yes, you read that correctly: The problem for them is that since the 2008 D.C. vs. Heller Supreme Court case, it has become accepted constitutional law that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms…not a “collective right,” which basically protects nothing. They’d really like to get going with some prohibitory and restrictive regulation, but that pesky 2A is in the way. Not very aloha of them, wouldn’t you say?
What’s particularly interesting here is that Hawaii was, in living memory, attacked by a foreign power. And why did the Japanese choose to bomb Pearl Harbor instead of going right on ahead and invading the continental U.S.? Because “there’s a rifle behind every blade of grass,” that’s why. The Japanese high command knew that if they invaded California, they wouldn’t just be dealing with the might of the U.S. Army; they’d be dealing with every flatfooted 4-F, housewife, and child old and strong enough to lift a rifle.
Of course, those hostilities are long over, and now the Japanese arrive on Hawaiian shores with cameras and fistfuls of cash. One of the big draws for them to visit the U.S. is to take advantage of a little-known tourist industry that thrives in Hawaii: public gun ranges. The Big Island is literally festooned with flyers, many of them in Kanji characters, offering the chance to go shoot a real, live gun. After all, there are plenty of other tropical Pacific islands that are just as close or closer. However, with this particular move, the state seems to be signaling that they don’t really need all of those tourist dollars after all.
I don’t know about you, dear readers, but I personally enjoy leaving the mainland U.S. for vacation while remaining on American soil, so that brings us to the other non-contiguous and Johnny-come-lately state: Alaska.
Alaska may only have beaten Hawaii to statehood by about 9 months, but the 49th state seems to have this whole America thing down pat. (In fact, they seem to be better at it than many of the original 13 colonies, but I digress.) First, they have Constitutional carry. If you can pass a NICS check, you can carry your gun concealed…no permit necessary. Secondly, they have amazing hunting opportunities, including moose, mountain lions, brown bears, Dall sheep, and so much more. If you’re not a hunter, no worries; the fishing’s great, too! You can see the Northern Lights, whales breaching, and see a glacier up close. That’s why I just got done switching my Hawaiian vacation to an Alaskan cruise.
How about you, dear readers?
Thank you.
Here’s the fact. Hawaii being so far away from the rest of the USA mainland and if there were no one allowed to “help” protect those Islands…it would be an easy takeover. Now CA would be in the same boat eventually. But past that point, there will be too many patriots to stop any invasion into the 2nd Amendment lovers. Of course there are still a few other states I wouldn’t want to protect…such as IL, Maryland and a few other anti-2nd Amendment traitors.
What the hell Hawaii we could control crime better if we repeal 4 thru 8 too. Might even be able to control crime better if we keep 2 and repeal 4 thru 8. How about it if that is your proposition, controlling crime?
Oh, so Tourist Season means something else? No wonder everyone gave me a strange look when I asked what the bag limit was on tourists…..!
Oath of office violations are treasonous. Hang a few gun grabbers.
Shut down Cia, mk ultras program that insight out cries. Shut dow.n cia and their involvement in drug trade. That would save lots of lives and lies.
Let them succeed from the United States and become their own nation. We’ll keep our Military Bases there as pay back for saving them from the Japs during WWII. I’ll enjoy watching those inlands sank into poverty as dirty and nasty as the philippines.
DEEK, YOU’RE A MORON AND IGNORANT!!! LOOK THRU THE MIRROR AND SEE FOR YOURSELF SCUMBAG.
Please learn to spell. The word is secede.
Hawaii…another 3rd world paradise that was colonized as a place to store coal, and later oil, for our deep water navy. We were nuts to allow a bunch of remote islands with a stone age culture to become a state. We already had Chicago…why did we welcome in more corruption, stupidity and incompetence into the union?
All of those Island “nations” are crossbred with shitcagoans!
Stop!!! Cancel the cruise! Rent a car, take the train, hike up a mountain and on a glacier! Don’t just sail past Alaska!
Oh, and take your .45 – you’re part of the food chain… even if you stay in town.
I was also a native Californian and loved it. Left for the military in the 60’s. Came back and saw every indication of my home state going into the ibis. Haven’t looked back but miss the sunshine.
ibis? Did you actually mean up a bird’s ass? How about ABYSS!
Okay – that cracked me up big time!!
Ok, that has got to be the funniest thing I’ve read in a comment in a long time!
I went into the military in the 60’s also, I left California and I sure as hell won’t be back to the “Peoples
Republic of California”. Their Flag should have a granola bar on it, there are enough Fruits, Nuts and Flakes
there to make a bunch of them.
Oh, they already have a red star and a bear, both symbols of the failed Soviet Union which the shit bags running the state so admire and are doing their damndest (SP) to imitate (recent escapee from Commiefornia).
Ah, don’t feel bad about missing sunshine Michael. The sun is all dimmed these days by aerosol injections sprayed from airplanes overhead. That aluminum, among other particulates, of course falls to the ground, making things more flammable with the states regular wildfires due to low/high pressures being manipulated by HAARP, preventing regular rains that used to fall on the state. The smoke from wildfires in turn adds more “cloud” cover to the sky. They haven’t seen a pristine clear day in California in a long time. Of course, geo-engineering doesn’t happen according to our anti-american law passing Government…anyway…the moral is. You ain’t missing much sunshine in CA. So be happy you ain’t in CA anymore.
Great idea! I think it’s time that several states pass resolutions that an amendment be proposed and passed to clarify that the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is an individual right.
Why not set the record straight, once and for all? Can we get the NRA to push for this?
This is exactly why our founding fathers authored “The Bill of Rights” and why short of a “coup”; there is no short cut to changing or deleting them. I am afraid that a “Civil War” may be in our future. I really hope not!!!!!
Maybe we should use the same logic and assert that the 1st amendment to free speech should be repealed as the left uses it to insight the weak minded. What happens when you seek to infringe on my individual rights is that I will use my 2nd amendment right to protect my 1st amendment right.
Then when some left wing democrat attempts to prosecute me for exercising my 2nd amendment right to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness I will invoke my 5th amendment right.
These RIGHTS are a house of cards, if one falls…They all go away.
maybe that volcano with blow and take care of the stupid people that elect other stupid people to try and pass stupid rules…
Hawaii state politicians may be guilty of Sedition. A few of them serving 20 years in Fed Pen would solve their problem immediately.
Why do you want to waste money feeding and housing them? Give them a choice 1) Exhile to another country, or 2) Execution for sedition and treason! Putting these scum in jail is like trying to save every feral dog and cat – no one wants them, they provide no contribution to society, and you have to feed them.
Trace, FYI, no mountain lions in Alaska. But we do have the strongest right to privacy, afforded to us by our state constitution. Just about everyone I know carries some kinda fire arm up here, for many reasons. I also have a place on the big island of hawaii where its much more restrictive to have a firearm as you noted above. There is a lot of hoops to jump through to be legal there. Someday I will try to jump through them, as i would prefer to carry legally. meanwhile I figure its easier to ask forgiveness than it is to “get permission”( I got tired of carrying a claw hammer for backup while hunting pigs with a crossbow so i Mialed a.40cal handgun w/ laser to myself. Better to have and not need it ,than to need it and not have it
Actually you may want to research your claim. Although the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service doesn’t believe there is a breeding population, mountain lions have been sighted in southeastern Alaska on occasion. It’s believed that they are wanderers from BC. It is also noted that the range of the cougar is expanding and may possible include the southern portion of Alaska.
That damn Constitution always getting in the way of tyranny.
Another thing Alaska has over Hawaii… I can get there by motorcycle.
You can get to Hawaii by motorcycle… just ride it onto a ship, and ride off when you arrive. There. Problem solved.
I guess that would make it easier to to take a firearm with me. Those Canadians seem to have some problem with the idea of normal people having decent firepower.
We only vacation in states that recognize our Texas LTC, so Hawaii was already off our list. Want beaches, palm trees, and all that crap? Florida works for me. You can even be surrounded by water, if that’s your preference, in the Keys. Thank goodness we got our fill of Colorado before it became East California. 35 states honor the Texas license. And BTW, Texas honors a license from a number of states who don’t recognize ours. We figure if you’ve managed to get a license to carry in California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington, then you deserve an atta boy, and are welcome to carry here.
Exception: Tim Shaw, who doesn’t want our tourism money…you can just stay home and spend your Alaska allowance there (while it lasts, that is, since the new wave of Democrats plan to shut down fossil fuels.)
I moved to Virginia in 1990, just before the Gulf War started. Hawaii was a great place to hunt back then.
Hell, I had a great time growing up shooting in Hawaii. We(local clubs) competed in Police, Army, Navy, Marines in matches and shoots, 2700 as well as high power. Military was always gracious in allowing the events in their base ranges.
29 years have made my Aloha state a foreign land for me. It is now in the hands of the extreme left.
Little have changed in Virginia when it comes to personal freedoms. We thank that NRA and other pro 2nd amendment and pro gun organizations as strong here. I love Hawaii but we need to make sure that the Hawaii’s citizen rights are not eroded away. The right to gun ownerships and the sacred US Constitution should not be altered. Legislator all go through the process of swearing to protect and up-hold the US Constitution. They got elected to serve and protect the people and the US Constitution. Any legislator thinking that he or she is above the Constitution is crazy. Why don’t they migrate to a totalitarian country where it’s citizen have no rights?
Maybe we should just repeal statehood for Hawaii and sell it to Russia or China nothing of much value comes from there anyway.
criminals cannot be prosecuted due to the 5th amendment, a recent SCOTUS determination…….
Recent??? Where have you been for the past 51 years??? Do a google search for U.S. v. Haynes (1968).
Hey Trace,
I appreciate all the great articles you have been putting forth. Hawaii is dead to me, just as California. Would not go because I do not really consider them to be American or embracing our forefathers values. Alaska is great.
I totally agree with you friend. I’m a native Californianand I’m ashamed and embarassed to state that fact.
You didn’t control where you were born. I was born there also, but haven’t been back in almost 30 years,
“Individual right theory”? It’s not a theory. All of the first ten amendments address individual rights.
Not only address individual rights, but also restricts government infringement on those rights! Why is it that we constantly have to remind them of that fact, and yet they still create illegal/unconstitutional legislation concerning those rights.
unalienable (inalienable) something that cannot be taken or given away nor can it be sold or bought. The Bill of Rights is exactly that! and any politician that doesn’t get it needs to go.
Check your dates. Alaska beat Hawaii to statehood by less than 9 months.
Umm, Alaska became a state the same year as Hawaii. But I agree, we need to boycott them. Money talks.
Whoops! Can you tell I had a C in math? Thank you for letting me know…I’ve fixed it now.
As an Alaskan, please push another State. While I appreciate your 2nd amendment support, there are too many tourists up here already!
Hey, there’s nothing wrong with tourists, as long as they don’t stay too long.