Costs lots of money now to exercise your 2a rights in Hawaii.
Our asshat leadership fail to understand or refuse to acknowledge count on the fact that there are some demographics that are deeply affected by the expense of firearm ownership.
Senior citizens with fixed incomes, the very ones that are most vulnerable to criminals are affected by these stupid laws.
But our lawmakers don't care. They have their security detail so why should they.
FIFY
They count on people not being able to afford guns, training, ammo, etc.
That's why they tried tacking on exorbitant taxes to guns and ammo. The problem with that particular scheme is you only pay it at initial purchase time. Transfers after that don't carry the tax burden. Creates a more lucrative and active secondhand market.
When they passed the ban on Saturday Night Specials in the GCA 1968, it was intended to stop the sale of small, inexpensive handguns because the guns predominantly wound up owned by Blacks and others of limited financial means. The logic told them if they banned the cheap guns, only more financially secure people (not as many blacks) could afford handguns. They never seem to grasp that theft, black market and secondhand sales sidestep those laws.
In OK, they raised the cost of registering a brand new vehicle so high, people either stuck to buying and keeping older vehicles longer, or driving around with temp plates for years figuring the cost of a ticket was more than offset by the super-high registration costs.
So, making something more expensive simply causes those unable to afford it to find other ways of getting what they want.
Has anyone on here ever been asked by anyone in law enforcement to see your firearm registration aside from doing a transfer at the police station or by a buyer needing to apply for a permit? Just curious.