Hawaii Firearms Seizure Bill
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 8 months ago
Kailua, HI -(AmmoLand.com)- The Senate Public Safety Committee, Chairman Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, will hold a public hearing on HB2632 March 17, 2016.
Please click on the bill number above for bill information and to send testimony. HRA OPPOSES.
Deadline to submit testimony, 1:45 pm Wednesday March 16.
Requires the county police to seize all firearms from any person who is a danger to self or others due to mental health reasons and requires emergency hospitalization. Good idea! But where’s the due process?
The bill language in the present draft is unclear as to whether a judge’s order is required to seize guns. HPD thinks they won’t need one.
HRA remains STRONGLY OPPOSED unless the bill is amended to specify that a court order must be obtained for the hospitalization before firearms can be seized, as required under the 2nd and 4th Amendments and Hawaii State law: capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0334/HRS_0334-0061.htm.
MAHALO,
HARVEY GERWIG, LEGISLATIVE LIAISON and PRESIDENT, HRA
For more information, visit: www.hawaiirifleassociation.org.
Ah, mental health again. So tell us, Senator Nishihara, all about the awful things you’re going to stop with this additional power and bureaucracy? Remember that we’ve got mental health professionals on record stating that mental health maladies do not constitute propensity to violence, and that they cannot be predictors of violence with their profession. So with that in mind, tell us all about how you’re going to stop awful things from happening? We’re listening. Tell us all about your scholarly prowess in mental health and how you know more than the professionals.
I’ve exchanged email with Harvey Gerwig. Nice guy, and I hope Hawaii gun owners are able to wrap their arms around the problem of this terrible, totalitarian state government.
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On March 18, 2016 at 6:12 pm, Haywood Jablome said:
Completely off topic, it is hilarious to look at the comment count below your articles. Without even reading the headline, I can tell you if Trump is involved….cause if he is the comment count is exponentially higher.
No wonder the media is carrying his water….the longer they keep him in, the more money they make. Then, once he is the nominee, they can pull out the big guns, take him down, and get their beloved Hitlary in office. Talk about a win win for them!
On March 21, 2016 at 10:32 pm, Herschel Smith said:
Yes, I’ve noticed, and it’s very frustrating. I can call Donald Trump a shithead and get all kinds of traffic. On the other hand, I covered an issue of revenue stream as a result of permitting recently, and I had someone in the gun rights community contact me (he wants his name withheld because he has to maintain relationships with LEOs around the country) and tell me that this post hit the spot. He knows personally that LEOs around America are concerned about loss of revenue and potential layoffs because of reduction in permitting schemes.
Now, I would think that a fairly important observation, worthy at least to be known far and wide so that we know who we’re dealing with, and are prepared for the objections when they come. We need to have a compelling answer for that without sounding like we’re pissing in their faces (because it will be rejected out of hand).
And yet, I struggle to get 1000 visits per day, even during the week days. In order to push it to 2000 or 3000 I have pimp my stuff with email distributions, plugs to other bloggers, etc., to the point that it’s embarrassing.
Go figure. Okay, if it brings more traffic, Donald Trump is a shithead. Now, about that permitting revenue stream …