I guess i missed it when it came out.

The State of Hawaii is one of the most repressed state when it comes to personal liberty. Neck deep in the fight for personal liberty ins Christopher Baker (USN). Chris, today the 21st of March 2012 will be in court to challenge the City and County of Honolulu over their repeated violation of the Second Amendment .  But before  that he takes time to talk with The Gun Runner Podcast about the case and some of the things that many may not know about Hawaii and their gun laws and culture.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thegunrunnerpodcast/itune/feed/~3/-PRsBr_OKhw/

Here is a good link that ranks the American states on their public policies that affect individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres.
The attached pdf details how each state ranks in several areas. As expected, Hawaii is near the bottom of the list. I'm afraid most people in Hawaii just don't care how oppressive the gov't here is, as long as the weather is nice and the trade winds blow.
 
http://mercatus.org/freedom-50-states-2011

Good link, thank you!

The trouble is, as spanner1751 touched upon, is that a lot of people don't know what freedom is until they experience it.  I know that's obvious to an outsider looking in, but I lived in New York until I was about 22 years old and when I moved out to Colorado, I was stunned to see the difference.

I just didn't know what breathing "free air" was like. Now that I've smelled it, I never want to go back to New York again.

You can be born in a slaughterous or a stable and if you never go outside, you think that the smell is part of the natural state of affairs.

Terry, 230RN