Gang violence Haha. Have you been to the mainland.? Hawaii does not have "gang violence"! I'm tired about hearing about teachers salaries. They make pretty good money when you break it down. They only work 9 months out of the year. Have you ever taken a look at how much a sheriff gets paid? Most of them could qualify for welfare and they carry a gun everyday. Most them that are assigned to patrol do the same job as HPD and encounter the same risk. 

I have been to the mainland, seen the gangs in LA and I know that Hawaii is not as bad as mainland... Thank god!!! but still it is here and its getting worse, you just don't hear about it in the news as much.  Schools with military families get a lot of action and confiscate weapons quite often in the past that I was exposed to including hand guns! I agree with you that state and federal employes across the board are underpaid!!!  Hawaii is not in a position to do anything due to our debt, unfortunately the wrong people suffer like law enforcement, teachers and many more.  My point is that why put all that money into something that isn't really needed here locally and it can get allocated to something better!  That's all... 

They can still import Russian guns. Hello Saiga! Hope you are listening.

It's just the beginning...The President knows he doesn't have the votes right now, so he's going to work on gaining support in the coming weeks/months. It's seemingly benign for that reason. If support grows, any legislation would extend beyond what was laid out today. Make no mistake these actions are just the "tip of the wedge".

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