I think we all feel a certain way about firearms here and we know that if the government outlawed guns the outlaws would still have them. That being said there are way more anti-gun people than there are pro-gun people and an even larger group that are ignorant to the issues at hand. If something like this ever takes shape in Hawaii we would best be served by placing a positive spin on it and outline the follies of turning in guns for the perceived intent of safety because we all know how many crimes are committed with rusted, broken, antique firearms.
Not sure about that one, (anti's out number the pro) unless you have a source for this. I think, IMHO, there are way more progun than anti. That being said, there are also a large bulk of the population that are indifferent and just mis-informed. This mis-informed and mis-guided populous can easily be swayed to the anti crowd.
The reason it seems that the anti crowd is so large, again IMHO, is that they are much more vocal, media spins all gun news in a negative light, and the anti crowd are much more able to work together for their common goal. Gun owners are more likely to be a more independant bunch and usually have slightly differing veiws on this an that, thus causing much difficulty in mounting an effective counter to the anti gun propaganda machine.
I can't state any particular source for this info, but of all the people I know, this seems to ring true. Maybe it's just the folks I hang and work with, but that's how it is for me.