In Honolulu, I would still see a "Pearl Harbor Survivor" license plate infrequently. There is a reverence for that stuff here that escapes the mainland fixation on the liberal idiocy that does exist. Gets my back stiff when I run into it, no offense intended.
OK, here’s off the top of my head: IIRC there was a governor of Hawaii who took umbrage at something some Republican president said or did, and he removed the U.S. flag from where it had flown alongside the Hawaii state flag (the kingdoms’s original combination of the British & U.S. ensigns).
Yes, liberal craziness in Hawaii is what makes it to the mainland: the recent `racial preference’ law (pureblooded Hawaiians were already rare a century ago), tour guides demanding `respect’ from haoles, a Congressional delegation more San Francisco than Honolulu.
I hope someday to visit the Arizona memorial; as a vet I will stay at the Hale Koa. FWIW, my Hawaiian first sergeant once loaned me his copy of “Pidgin to da Max”.
Gun rights on the Islands just seem to be an unusual topic. Favorable legislation even more so, IMO.