Global Tariff War

what happened to no new wars (that's a rhetorical joke).

"it's a huge shit sandwich..."



I get the trade imbalance, EU has been having their way with us, from pillar to post, yup, it's a day of reckoning, just that it's a little painful to just rip the giant-size band-aid off.

just FWIW, neither here nor there.

Top ten states for per-capita homelessness:
DC (73/10,000)
New York (52)
Vermont (51)
Oregon (48)
California (46)
Hawaii (43)
Alaska (36)
Washington (36)
Maine (31)
Massachusetts (27)

These Are the 10 States With the Most Homeless People:
California (181,399)
New York (103,200)
Florida (30,756)
Washington (28,036)
Texas (27,377)
Oregon (20,142)
Massachusetts (19,141)
Colorado (14,439)
Arizona (14,237)
Pennsylvania (12,556)

These Are the 10 States With the Least Homeless People:
Wyoming (532)
North Dakota (784)
Mississippi (982)
Delaware (1,245)
South Dakota (1,282)
West Virginia (1,416)
Rhode Island (1,810)
Montana (2,178)
Idaho (2,298)
New Hampshire (2,441)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13929539/Moment-Royal-New-Zealand-Navy-vessel-catches-fire-sinks-running-aground-coral-reef-crew-members-shipwrecked-Samoa.html

NZ Navy hydrographic vessel ran aground, caught fire, sinking, of the coast of Upolu, Samoa.

I wonder if the wife was a passenger.

livestreamed, salmon jumping, just a couple weeks of the year, now.  interesting to watch.  the bears seem to only eat the skin, and throw most of the salmon fish away.




and then there's Katmai Park, bears going swimming.

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/account/login.aspx?return=/account/submittestimony.aspx?billtype%3dHB%26billnumber%3d1589
you'll need to create an account, they require an email address.

This bill will ban just about all semi-auto rifles and shotguns, pistols over 50 oz (Desert Eagle), 50 cal rifles, pistols with one-or-more "evil" features, and limit everybody and everything to 10rd mags.  Very drastic.

good luck getting parts for your AR's, AK's, Saiga's if this one goes through.  This is big.  This one is Giant-normous.

Testimony due by 9:30am Thursday 22 Feb.  Phone calls also appreciated.

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3196_.HTM

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I know this thread is a dupe, but I wanted to put out a thread with the key words in the thread title.  consider it a "bump".
https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=52690.msg474935#new
https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=52700.msg474812#new
https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=52717.0
https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=52638.0

my long-gun permit was issued March of last year (2023), will be void after its anniversary date in a couple of months.  I took my Hunter's Ed over 10 yrs ago, not sure if that's relevant.

question I have for the hive, with all the new HPD rules, SB1230, can I still use my long-gun permit as-is for the remaining couple of months to buy another rifle-or-two?

I am totally confused.     

thanks.


ETA:  I do submit written testimony, every frickin' year.

the dawning of a new era thanks to HIFICO, on-line registering your newly-acquired pistol, and getting your HPD pistol registration via email

on-line pistol registration

who's been successful?
how long did it take?
did anybody's get kicked back for corrections, clarification?

I'm all ears.

let's limit this thread to pistols only, not long guns,
and on-line registration only, not PTA's.

some background:
https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=45673.0

just a reminder, voting time, that Willie Espero is the guy that pushed Rap Back through, and he's proud of it.

he's running against Augie T.

I'm not sure what's worse, a clown, or certified anti-2A.  I might go with a clown.

in addition to establishing a commission to study gun violence, ban 80% firearms,

establishes a new definition of:
      "Firearm receiver" means the part of a firearm that provides housing for the firearm's internal components, including a hammer, bolt, breechblock, action, or firing mechanism.

I know this follows upon the ATF conundrum, but allows mischievious interpretation by Hawaii's anti-2A, anti-gun lawmakers, law enforcers?  since the AR upper receiver houses the bolt.

just playing devil's advocate here.


also, new definition of firearm receiver:
     "Firearm receiver" includes any object or part that is not a firearm frame or receiver in finished form but that is designed or intended to be used for that purpose and may readily be made into a firearm frame or receiver through milling or other means."

could be used to described a block of aluminum, 0% receiver, since it can be readily milled...  I don't think this language works.

what a can of worms.