I answered this 4-5 pages ago. You need to work on your memory skills, or quit try to just argue for no reason other than being contrary.
Here is part of my post -- again -- saying how the HSC is DEFYING the SCOTUS rulings:
Right to keep and bear arms has been defined as an individual right of the people in more than one Supreme Court case. HSC specifically said they do not agree with that opinion, and instead hold with the minority dissent opinion.
By stating they do not agree, they are stating they are in defiance of the rule of law as interpreted by the SCOTUS. There does not have to be a specific action to be in defiance. Maybe you just don't understand what "defiance" means. The analogy I gave of a kid not honoring his bedtime is an act of definace. He didn't behave in any way other than to ignore the bedtime. He didn't protest, throw a fit or mess up the living room. He just stayed up past 9.
Defiance can be passive. Was Rosa Parks defying the law when she sat where only Whites were permitted to sit? She didn't do anything other than ride the bus as she had dome many time before. Only this time, she defied the law by ignoring it. She didn't tell a White passenger to give up their seat. She didn't make a scene. She sat on the bus.
If you don't get it, then you don't get it. If you wanted to get it, I'd tray again.
I didn't see anyone but you defending the Hawaii Supreme Court decision in the Wilson case. Do you even get why this has blown up into worldwide news? Does the term "tyranny" hold any actual meaning for you, or is that just a word you'd have to start a thought experiment to understand?
Rather than just listening to podcasts, maybe try doing real research on your own. All you're doing is pitting us against "people you heard".
From your reply:
- Because the text of article I, section 17, its purpose, and
Hawaiʻi’s historical tradition of weapons regulation support a
collective, militia meaning, we hold that the
Hawaiʻi
Constitution does not afford a right to carry firearms in public
places for self-defense.
They were making the case that the Hawaii Constitution doesn't mean the same thing as the US constitution. The HSC gets to interpret the meaning of the Hawaii Constitution, SCOTUS rulings do not dictate how the HSC must look at the Hawaii constitution. Maybe its your reading skills rather than my memory skills.
Of course there has to be a specific action to be in defiance. Thats why I said if your kid criticized the bed time but still went to bed at 9 he wouldn't be in defiance.
I already clearly stated that I don't like the case but I don't let me not liking the outcome affect my analysis of the case. I am not defending their decision, I am pointing it out for what it is and what it isn't. Yes I understand why it is significant, because the HSC basically trolled and stuck their noses up at the SCOTUS, but their ultimate decision on this case (the last 2 pages basically) stayed within the bounds that SCOTUS had set out in allowing states to still implement licensing requirements. People are upset at the 50 pages of fluff, and rightly so, but being angry at that fluff seems to mislead you about the actual part of their decision, about Wilson's standing and their interpretation of the Hawaii constitution.,
Tyranny? Thats a bit of a hyperbole even for you. Maybe farther down the road, but not at this point.
So listening to legal experts on a podcast to help me understand better the complexities of constitutional law doesn't count as research but a lawyer on Youtube does? I read the whole decision, I "did the research" but that doesn't work for you either. Sounds like you are shopping around for an answer you like.