Aloha all,

I am trying to locate an old (pre-Heller I believe...) gun case.

The case revolves around a Sheriff (could have been a Chief of Police) in a may-issue state that simply denied all ccw applications. When sued, he admitted such in court. The decision was that he could not arbitrarily and without reviewing the individual applications to determine "good cause" deny every permit application. But, that after actually reviewing those applications wasn't obligated to actually approve any of them. So, the bottom line was that he had to read the applications and actually exercise his lawful discretion in approving/denying submitted applications, but not that he actually had to approve them....which, if I remember correctly, was exactly what he did.

Anybody willing to exercise their google-fu to see if they can locate this case? I have so far have not been able to do so, but just haven't had a lot of free time to do a more comprehensive search. Thanks in advance....

First it was Katie Couric, then Bryan Gumbal, now another MSM author is accused of creatively editing an interview with a pro-gun person to fit the author's presumed anti-gun agenda...

http://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2016/06/02/ny-times-author-become-latest-doctor-anti-gun-quotes/

The Secret Service will be doing background checks on the press for the Democratic and Republican conventions. And, seems the press doesn't like it. It appears that they are concerned that some non-violent crimes might prevent then from getting credentialed and that there is no appeal process should they be denied....

Sounds like the First Amendment, at least for "the Press" is being treated a lot like the Second Amendment....and I don't recall many in the press being terribly concerned about that....

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/04/secret-service-takes-on-new-credentialing-role-for-conventions-222017

SB2954 was heard in committee today and was scheduled for a vote. One of our friendly legislators thought there was a problem because there was absolutely no testimony in opposition so he was able to defer it until tomorrow. He called and asked why there was no testimony. It originally appeared that the committee wouldn't take testimony but then changed their mind and opened it up late yesterday sometime.

Bottom line: We need to bury the Reps. with testimony. Even if you have sent it in before, send it in again, soon! Contact your reps and send it to them. I was looking over the number of testimonies sent in and considering the number of firearms owners, the numbers were pretty slim. Especially for the latter hearings. We really need to flood them with testimony.

Here is the message that HRA just sent out:

We just received word from our supportive Representatives that SB2954, the Senate version of HB 2692 (Rapback), is up for floor vote in the House on Thursday, 4/7, at noon.  The vote was deferred until tomorrow to give the representatives the opportunity to see how their constituents feel about the bill.  You MUST contact your representative and let them know you are STRONGLY OPPOSED to this bill.  If you aren't sure who that is, go to: www.capitol.hawaii.gov and on the upper right of the page, enter your street name where it says "Find your legislator".
 
If your representative is on the list below, you don't need to contact them, these representatives are already supportive of your Second Amendment rights:
Representatives:
Henry Aquino
Isaac Choy
Ty Cullen
Lynn DeCoite
Sharon Har
Ken Ito
Derek Kawakami
Sam Kong
Bob McDermott
Marcus Oshiro
Calvin Say
James Tokioka
Andria Tupola
Ryan Yamane
 
Points of concern regarding the bill:
Strongly Oppose.  It's similar to HB 2692.
* It enrolls law abiding applicants for firearms permits into a Federal Database to track criminal activity.
*  It violates Federal law, which protects all legal firearms owners from being placed in a Federal firearm owners database.  The law is the "Firearms Owner's Protection Act of 1986".
* No other state in the United States is using this mechanism to track firearms, most likely because they have realized that doing so violates Federal Statutes.
* HPD Major Richard Robinson stated in Senator Nishihara's PSM hearing that the database will include the applicant's name,  identifying demographics, such as birth date and physical characteristics and the category listed will be firearms. This violates the Federal Statute above.
* If passed an additional fee will be charged to each applicant for a firearms permit. The fee indicated is around $50.00.
* If passed this becomes an unfunded mandate on HPD to assign HPD firearms staff to track all of the hits that come in from the Rap Back system and to track them through to dismissal or conviction, a  very time consuming  and unnecessary endeavor.
MAHALO
 
HARVEY GERWIG, LEGISLATIVE LIAISON and PRESIDENT, HRA
 
EMAIL:  HGHAWAII@GMAIL.COM,    PHONE:  (808) 306-7194

A "new" product.....

A novel wound dressing now used to control severe bleeding on the battlefield will be available to civilian first responders treating trauma patients, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced.

The agency today cleared XSTAT-30 (RevMedX) wound dressing for patients at high risk for immediate, life-threatening, and severe hemorrhagic shock and noncompressible junctional wounds when they can't be treated at an emergency-care facility within minutes. XSTAT-30 is not indicated for certain parts of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, or tissue above the collarbone, according to an FDA news release.

The wound dressing product consists of a syringe-style applicator holding 92 compressed cellulose sponges with an absorbent coating. The sponges expand with blood and fluid to fill the wound cavity, temporarily blocking blood flow for up to 4 hours. Each applicator's worth of sponges can absorb about one pint of blood, although the number of sponges needed to control bleeding will vary by the size and depth of the wound.

http://www.revmedx.com/#!xstat-dressing/c2500

Attention all you Kaiser members who have had some problems with HPD in obtaining firearms permits.

The same attorney that took on HDF's Chris Baker's case and the resident alien (Fotoudis) case, is looking for Kaiser members for a possible legal action. If you are a Kaiser member and have had any problems relating to obtaining a firearm permit, please given him a call to discuss your circumstances. He is particularly interested in the gentleman who was denied based on some diabetic counseling he received.

Here's the contact info:

Richard Holcomb
(808) 545-4040

Aloha,

On Sunday, the Hawaii Rifle Association will be cleaning the Kokohead Range. We will begin at 8 am and run until we are done.  We hope to finish before noon, as we will have some big machinery there.  Please bring your weed whackers, mowers, metal rakes, and chain saws.  We will provide water, energy drinks, and some fruits.  If the work takes longer than we expect, we will provide lunch, but we hope to finish quickly.

We still need at least two open bed trucks to move the tree trimmings and other yard debris.

If you are interested in joining us or have any questions, please send your email to hramemberships@yahoo.com.  Thank you!

I know this a late notice, but there were a few "hiccups" getting it arranged. If you can come out to help, we can always use the help. All are welcome and encouraged to come down. Hope to see you there.

Looks like the AG didn't want to arrest him 'cause he was a good guy and didn't have a criminal record.....

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2559132

Double standard much?

Teddy apparently used it to control varmits on his Long Island estate....

http://nrablog.com/post/2012/05/17/Teddy-Roosevelts-1894-Winchester-on-Curators-Corner.aspx

The President of HRA and myself will be squaring off against Peter Carlisle and Karl Rhoads this Thursday at 2000 on PBS Hawaii's Insights.

The topic will be Hawaii gun laws and what additional gun laws are needed. Note that one of the panelists is Karl Rhoads, the Chair of the Judiciary.

The show has the ability to take calls and respond to email and tweets from the viewing public. If you can watch and join in on the discussion, it might be good for the "cause." 

http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insight.php

This will be the third time Insights have aired a firearms related discussion. The other two (links to shows) are here:



http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insights_programs/insights20110203_gunctrl.htm