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.
You can’t change the Constitution by executive action.
The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution.
Doubt that her EO would pass constitutional muster....
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The whore Harris has less chance of being elected president than I do of winning the Powerball.
HI should have never become a state.
We never should have overthrown the Monarchy, on behalf of the Dole Family.
....agree...! and what exactly is Mizz Harris thinking of doing re: “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.” Duh... I would imagine that the vast majority of guns used in these deaths are stolen to begin with then sold on street corners by thugs to other thugs....so what kind of “executive action” is gonna solve this problem? Of all the 20 or so Dummycrats vying for their party’s nomination, I fear her the most...ruthless; driven; would stop at nothing to get what she wants....
She has no idea what an Executive Order is or who it affects.
This alone should disqualify her holding office.
True... I travel to Hawaii a lot and just studied how Hawaii became a State. Flat out, we stole it...
Granted, if they were a sovereign nation, they’d be like Rico or even like Haiti..
I'm not so sure about that.
Been once lovely place have zero interest in go back zero
One less reason to travel to Hawaii. Stay away, I say.
Dah Bruddahs are going to start running out of haoles to beat up. Tourist traps will go out of business. Overpriced hotels & bars will suffer.
The U.S. mainland has thousands of miles of beaches. HI is becoming a hornets’ nest where the hornets all hate each other. They can enjoy their diversity.
Well, that statement solidified a nice block of independent voters for Trump should Kamala be the Dim nominee.
The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution.
Until a dim President ignores it. Like they ignore other parts of the Constitution.
Hawaii is a state because refueling the fleet for extended deployments required large caches of coal and lubricants.
The bases grew and our military presence was a projection of power. Midway, Pearl, Guam, Philippines, Diego Garcia, Roosevelt Roads (at el) were all in support of Naval Fleet activity.
I assert we still could have had those bases in an independent Hawaii, as we had a mutual interest in stopping Japanese domination of The Pacific.
That's news to me - and, apparently, to the industry.
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> You can’t change the Constitution by executive action. <
True, in theory. But in reality a president can do anything he/she wants to unless impeached (and removed) by Congress, or overruled by the US Supreme Court.
Would Congress impeach a President Harris over this issue? I doubt it, only because I think the House will be Democrat going forward. There is too much fraud (and illegal immigration) for it to be otherwise.
Would today’s Supreme Court overrule Harris? I think so. But 10 years from now, who knows?
Sorry for the pessimism. But this ain’t my grandpa’s USA.
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