Aloha Representative Takai

Thank you for your prompt response.
I understand the feeling for a need to do something about the illegal use of firearms across this great nation, It is extremely alarming to see these mass shootings occurring time and time again. the problem i have is that all of the law proposed do very little to target the source of these crimes. Mass shootings continent to growing in an alarming rate because we have created a narcissistic society where every one feel they should be the center of attention and when they are not they choose to act out to get this attention. We have created a situation where people worship reality tv stars for no other reason then they are on tv. When these mass shootings happen we create a whirlwind of media coverage around them turning these evil people into stars and giving them there 5 minutes of fame. Banning a certain class of firearm (that is responsible for less then 1% of all gun deaths in the united states) will not stop these shootings from happening and will not contribute to a decline in gun violence overall. In fact the first real school shooting (Columbine) happened during the assault weapon bans with weapons were obtained illegal via straw purchases. these events happen in schools for a reason, These people plan out there attacks knowing that there is little to no threat to there safety, We teach our children to run and hide instead of allowing teachers and trained officials to fight back and end a institution before it results in the death of children. If the government of this nation really cared we would be funding training and firearms education in schools, we would be providing security and police officers in our schools and we would be preventing these situations from happening instead of disarming law abiding citizens.

An assault weapon ban as the 1992 ban showed is ineffective at combating gun violence as figures show gun violence actually increased during the ban and infact since the ban ended the number of firearms in the united states has doubled but yet the gun death rate has decreased to all time lows. Passing laws which are ineffective for feel good reasons is deceptive to the public and creates a situation that shows the ineptness of our government.

Lets enforcer the laws that we have on the books before we start making new ones that do NOTHING to solve the situation. Lets stop glorifying these shooter and making the celebrity and take away the motivation for these incidents to happen and most importantly of all lets stop putting our children in to gun free zones where these crazy people can go and kill them with no protection

FYI -- medical marijuana disqualifies you from owning firearms in Hawaii.

Just saying ...   

AMEN to that!  We've been trying for years to get everyone rolling in the same direction. It's a very difficult thing to do.  There are so many different factions, disciplines, and facets in the shoot community.

After a great meeting with Sen Espero on Monday, I was able to talk to him in person regarding SB 2954. He told me to make sure I sent an email voicing my concerns to the Attorney General's office and CC him as well.

Just for the community's edifcation, I am including the contents of my email... and of course their respsonse, which was pretty unbelievable.

Feel free to discuss & share your comments

~Friction

His name was Marcus L. Landsberg IV

Yep she dident realize that the state and city twist the numbers to show what they want and what actually happens.