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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: kekoa on May 29, 2014, 02:33:48 PM
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Guys, check out the Garden Island Newspaper website for today. In the letters to the editor section a gentlemen slams Sport's Authority for selling 'military style assault' weapons on Kauai. Of all the places this island is full of anti everything ding dongs. If you have the inclination write in a favorable response for SA selling of any type of firearms in their store period.
Here is the link:
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-thursday-may/article_3c3f628a-e707-11e3-8d34-001a4bcf887a.html#user-comment-area (http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-thursday-may/article_3c3f628a-e707-11e3-8d34-001a4bcf887a.html#user-comment-area)
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Not surprised. They killed the ferry.
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JEsus, half the comments still think they're selling machine guns...
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He asks, is this what we really want in our community on Kauai?
That's easy to answer. If nobody buys the scary black military-style rifles, SA will probably make the decision to stop carrying them on their own. Why stock expensive items no one is buying?
However, several commenters feel the need to boycott SA until the guns are removed. Why do some people feel they have to impose their opinions and ideas on everybody else? I mean, if the don't like it, just don't shop there. But, to post in public for others to do that too is ignorant. Let others make up their own minds.
Again, if the rifles sell, there's your answer! In that case, Kauai DOES WANT this in their community. If they do not sell, then the answer is No.
Some days it's like we are being reminded, no matter how bad it gets, it can always be worse!
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Looks like Kauai has it's share of potsmokin, tree huggin, hippies. :'(
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Looks like Kauai has it's share of potsmokin, tree huggin, hippies. :'(
Hell to the yeah! Most of the whining pussified "Americans" here on Kauai are transplants from the great country of California; that says it all. They just want to push down our throats that liberalized control all, ban all, regulate all agenda.
A friend of mine has a sticker on his truck: "shut up hippie" :thumbsup:
I saw a post or two in the Garden Island in response to Mr. Blakes anti tirade by some of our members here on 2AHawaii. Just want to give it a big MAHALO!
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Hell to the yeah! Most of the whining pussified "Americans" here on Kauai are transplants from the great country of California; that says it all. They just want to push down our throats that liberalized control all, ban all, regulate all agenda.
A friend of mine has a sticker on his truck: "shut up hippie" :thumbsup:
You should watch the South Park episode Butters goes native - hits the nail on the head. They satirized the loss of the super ferry and that whole liberal "what's good for me is good for you" transplant attitude pretty accurately. :rofl:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s16e11-going-native (http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s16e11-going-native)
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These are probably the same people who complained about the super ferry bringing invasive species to Kauai. It is they who are the invasive species.
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Great reply from today's edition of the paper.
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-friday-may/article_5f121e58-e7d2-11e3-bb95-001a4bcf887a.html (http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-friday-may/article_5f121e58-e7d2-11e3-bb95-001a4bcf887a.html)
I predict at the prices they are selling them for, the people will vote with their dollars. And they will sell on Kauai. When I looked last they had Adams Arms for $1299 and Stags for $799 if I recall. Also they had Springfield pistols and some SigSauers. It was really crowded so didn't get a chance to look at the other stuff. It's a good thing grabagun beats all their prices and has better selection and my FFL is cool with doing $25 transfers for me all day long.
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kekoa hit the nail on the head all the new residents here are the crazy libs from the west coast. They don't speak for the rest of us.
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StevenMcMacken posted at 7:32 am on Fri, May 30, 2014.
"We live in a safe community here in large part due to the hunting community and the fact that many on Kauai own guns. Kauai is a perfect example of more guns in the hands of law abiding citizens resulting in less crime."
Dan, your statement is so far removed from the truth that it borders on the ridiculous.
There are nearly 200 million privately owned firearms in the U.S. alone and current estimates show that 40% of households have a gun. About 30,000 people in the United States die each year from firearm-related deaths. 30,000! Nearly 8 children and teenagers are killed with guns in the United States EACH DAY! The presence of a gun in the home triples the risk of homicide in the home and increases the risk of suicide fivefold.
In a recent year firearms were used to murder 56 people in Australia, 184 people in Canada, 73 people in England and Wales, 5 people in New Zealand and 37 people in Sweden. All these countries have strict gun control laws. In comparison, firearms were used to murder 11,344 people in the United States.
And you sit there and try to tell me that MORE guns in the hands of citizens will result in LESS crime? Are you really that naive?
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We easily lose 3 to 4 times as many people each year to traffic accidents - we should ban cars! Yes, let's ban cars because obviously NO ONE CAN BE TRUSTED TO DRIVE SAFELY enough so no one dies. We'll all ride bikes, yes, that's the answer.
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Hell, I guess alcohol and tobacco products should be banned and taken off the market. After all it is for the common good.
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We easily lose 3 to 4 times as many people each year to traffic accidents - we should ban cars! Yes, let's ban cars because obviously NO ONE CAN BE TRUSTED TO DRIVE SAFELY enough so no one dies. We'll all ride bikes, yes, that's the answer.
People are injured and die from bike wrecks, too. Have to mandate helmets.
And we know how the helmet laws in Hawaii are loved by bikers!
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These clownifornians just won't quit…
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-june/article_d73017ca-ea19-11e3-ad14-0019bb2963f4.html (http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-june/article_d73017ca-ea19-11e3-ad14-0019bb2963f4.html)
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Someone on Kauai should pen a letter setting "them" straight....
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Someone on Kauai should pen a letter setting "them" straight....
Theirs no sense in that. It's there agenda and no one else's. The shitty part is these dumb asses are the ones that are listened to. They kill anything that would make life easier on Kauai.
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Someone on Kauai should pen a letter setting "them" straight....
I wrote in and when I clicked submit the Garden Island said I need to remove any profanity or objectionable/offensive content. I have been known to use an S-word or F-word now and then but none were used in my letter. This leads me to believe my support of gun ownership and the sales of firearms by SA was deemed objectionable or offensive content.
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http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-june/article_d73017ca-ea19-11e3-ad14-0019bb2963f4.html?referer_url=/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-june/article_d73017ca-ea19-11e3-ad14-0019bb2963f4.html&mode=comments (http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-june/article_d73017ca-ea19-11e3-ad14-0019bb2963f4.html?referer_url=/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-june/article_d73017ca-ea19-11e3-ad14-0019bb2963f4.html&mode=comments)
I just typed something and its waiting for approval.
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You should watch the South Park episode Butters goes native - hits the nail on the head. They satirized the loss of the super ferry and that whole liberal "what's good for me is good for you" transplant attitude pretty accurately. :rofl:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s16e11-going-native (http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s16e11-going-native)
that was frikin funny and true as hell. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/04/zyta7apu.jpg)
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Theirs no sense in that. It's there agenda and no one else's. The shitty part is these dumb asses are the ones that are listened to. They kill anything that would make life easier on Kauai.
I see that you did write something up, so please take my following comments with that acknowledgement in mind.
"We" need to remain active and vigil against these antigun folks, whether it be because of their ignorance, fear, or political agenda. Saying "it won't do any good" or expecting someone else to "do it" has, and will continue to work toward our detriment. It's the same thing with regards to participation in the legislative process. "We" must realize that we are sometimes our own worse enemy, either through the divisiveness we tend to foist upon ourselves, or our inactivity. I know there are tons of pro-gun folks on Kauai. Why aren't they flooding the paper with editorials to counter the bogus crap the few uninformed weenies are putting out?
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I see that you did write something up, so please take my following comments with that acknowledgement in mind.
"We" need to remain active and vigil against these antigun folks, whether it be because of their ignorance, fear, or political agenda. Saying "it won't do any good" or expecting someone else to "do it" has, and will continue to work toward our detriment. It's the same thing with regards to participation in the legislative process. "We" must realize that we are sometimes our own worse enemy, either through the divisiveness we tend to foist upon ourselves, or our inactivity. I know there are tons of pro-gun folks on Kauai. Why aren't they flooding the paper with editorials to counter the bogus crap the few uninformed weenies are putting out?
I don't know why more people don't come out and speak up. When I drive around the westside of Kauai, where there's a lot of hunters, I see a lot of them with Schatz signs in there yards. Why, maybe there extremely missed informed about stuff. I know they watch TV and have seen his Ads.
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i brought this up with my mother (who, by the way, isnt TOTALLY into guns. she's not against them, but isnt really comfortable with me owning an "assault rifle", you know), and she laughed. her first thought was, "what do did those idiots think was SUPPOSED to be at a store called "Sports Authority"?
and then immediately mentioned how all of those complainers were obviously from california.
lol.
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I don't know why more people don't come out and speak up. When I drive around the westside of Kauai, where there's a lot of hunters, I see a lot of them with Schatz signs in there yards. Why, maybe there extremely missed informed about stuff. I know they watch TV and have seen his Ads.
you have to remember, a lot of hunters couldnt care less about gun rights past hunting rifles. i know we make fun of it when we hear the left talk about how a "majority of gun owners" support them, but you have to remember, there ARE a lot of people who do.