What an absolute dumbass. I feel for him, I do, he'll have to live with that for the rest of his life and I'm sure that ain't easy, but damn dude. I am like a sloth with guns around the family. The wife knows how to use them, but hugging while strapped? How about you take 3 steps back and say, hang on, lemme put my LOADED HANDGUN away before we continue. These things are not belt buckles. SMH. What a tragedy.

What a bunch of double standard loving money grubbing hippies. The left pledges allegiance to Almighty Mother Earth and all the while they've discovered that global warming is actually...global cooling! Idiots. Want to see a liberal's head explode? Start talking facts and not emotions or feelings. They won't know what to do. They can't possibly comprehend something being factual. This state pledges to go green in the name of saving the planet and then we have officials that destroy wetland habitats and give waivers for the birds that are being killed as a result of windmill usage. Man those windmills look so beautiful against the Ko'olaus (see: sarcasm).

I'm so sick of this state and the single party corrupt Democrat system. Hey, Detroit, how's that 40+ years of Democratic rule going for you? I hear those Unions worked out really well! Hey, Chicago, how's that gun control working out for you? Luckily the strict gun laws prevent murders by criminals who obey the laws! Hey DC, how are your gun laws working out for you? Oh that's right, Anacostia in SE DC is one of the most dangerous places in the world (second to the US House).

I don't like pulling the, "where I'm from" card very often, but gimme a break! Tennessee (and others like it, see: Texas) values small business, capitalism, growth, jobs, innovation, and personal freedoms. This state is so backwards, so one sided, so screwed up that it's difficult to even ride a bicycle around here. A permit for riding a bike? I thought the lady at the Satellite City Hall was yanking my chain. What a joke our state leaders are, I mean really. This place (Hawaii) could do so much better! I'm not a resident, so I don't truly have a dog in the fight, but I'd be fighting tooth and nail to get these clowns replaced. The folks here seem just like the people I grew up around in the Southern US; hardworking, honest, good down to earth folks. And they've all been tricked into the left's trap of broken promises and nice sounding rhetoric. The leaders of this state and its communities are such a joke. It is a tragedy that the residents have to endure the asinine rules and regulations imposed on them by the People's Republic of Hawaii.

My orders can't get here fast enough, good luck with the marsh, the gun laws, having to register for damn near everything, needing the state's permission to do anything of merit or value, making three trips to the police headquarters to buy a long gun, not being allowed to shoot fireworks, and the list goes on and on. I've met so many folks visiting Hawaii that were born here but decided to leave this place, as beautiful and special as it is, because they just couldn't take it anymore and found a state where they could flourish. I see so many people in small business and around town and think, "man this guy or girl is really sharp! They'd do so well in Dallas, Nashville, etc." 

Hawaii to me will always be one of the most beautiful places in the world that's been tainted by the rule of amateurs who impose their agendas on everyone from the bike rider to the gun owner.

Me neither bunker. What gives? Even the HPD crime stats don't show it. WTF?

Hope he had insurance.

My point exactly. Monopolies kill growth and jobs. Period. I'm thinking it's time for a change.

Wow. I see why Lingle pushed for this thing to go through. The SF created jobs and opportunities and the liberal govt screwed up the whole thing. It's pretty clear the EIS was the (very heavy) straw that broke the camel's back. It is such a shame. Other countries and states don't require the huge amounts of red tape. The use of logic here would have gone a long way.

This was my thought exactly.  It's a boat.  It floats on the water.  There are literally thousands of them in and around the Hawaiian Islands already; what was the big environmental impact concern with this?

100% concur with this. I get the chance to fly around the islands on a weekly basis and you are correct...there are thousands of boats out there every single day. Everything from the Matson cargo ships, to oil tankers, to barges. So you're telling me two more ferries are going to break the Hawaiian environment so much that they should be shut down? It's good to learn from your mistakes, but it's better to learn from others'. I am convinced that this could be successfully reattempted.

^The airlines and the federal govt do the same thing. I just don't see why Hawaii is any different than any other group of islands in the world. And yes, BHO is proud I'm sure, to see its demise. I'll never understand it myself, and I'm sure HAL and others paid big bucks to put up some major opposition.

The Obama administration is waging a (successful) war on gun owners. Like any war, the tactics change and evolve. When he couldn't accomplish his primary tasking which was to get enough congressional support for a renewed AWB or universal background check system, he had successfully accomplished his secondary tasking. He is helped in accomplishing this tasking by the media who is at his beck and call. They worship him and he can do no wrong. So he says, "guns are bad," and they immediately run countless stories on how evil guns are and even worse: gun owners.

Wherever you work, it is probably considered unacceptable to smoke in your office. If you work from home, good for you. Yes, smoking is actually bad for your health, so please don't compare the health aspects of cigarette smoking to gun ownership. Anyways, over the years we were bombarded with anti-smoking campaigns. You used to be able to smoke on board commercial aircraft and it was considered normal and completely acceptable. Now, if you smoke within 50 feet of any building, you are considered a "jerk", and in some places a criminal. Laws can be passed or not, but the stigma we all carry is only getting worse. Obama's war on the gun owner (and Christian, and business owners) is going ok for him, unfortunately for us. In the minds of many we are members of society that are on the fringe. Gun ownership is starting to be considered somewhat faux pas, much like driving a diesel truck, smoking in public, or not recycling. I don't really care about all that crap, but what I do care about are the liberal judges being appointed by BO that rule based on emotion and how they perceive the case, not based on law. Once they set legal precedents, those cases are on the books and they essentially become law.

Perhaps I am missing something, but wouldn't bringing two printed copies solve the issue?