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.
Hopelessly argumentative.
You have no facts, only contrary opinions and the opinions of the few people you bother to listen to on their podcasts.
The HSC didn't bother to address the fact that the HI right to keep and bear arms is identical to the 2nd Amendment word for word. They simply said "It means what WE say it means," and will defy the SCOTUS precedences on the matter.
And if you don't think quashing individual rights after the highest court IN THE NATION, of which HI is a part, gave us all the 411 on 2A being an individual right ... that that is not tyrannical government behavior, go do some more of that research you bragged about -- because you'd be wrong.
i'm shopping around for anything resembling honesty and intelligence. I must be shopping at the wrong place, because you obviously have none to offer.