A federal judge has blocked the state of Hawaii from enforcing a recently enacted ban on firearms on its prized beaches and in other areas including banks, bars and parks, citing last year's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights.

A federal judge has blocked the state of Hawaii from enforcing a recently enacted ban on firearms on its prized beaches and in other areas including banks, bars and parks, citing last year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights.

  • moody@lemmings.world
    6211·
    1 year ago

    Guns, by definition, are not safe. They’re literally made to kill people. You can take all the precautions in the world to mitigate the risks, of course, but the safest gun is the one that nobody can touch.

    • XbSuper@lemmy.world
      1228·
      1 year ago

      They’re made to kill, what they kill is up to the person holding it. They aren’t something people should be toting around at the beach, you take them hunting, or to a range.

      • DulyNoted@lemmy.world
        193·
        1 year ago

        Genuine question, does anybody ever hunt with pistols?

        Long guns are one thing, handguns are pretty explicitly anti-personnel weapons from my understanding.

        • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
          51·
          1 year ago

          The hunters I know who carry a pistol do so do put down the animal in the case that the first shot didn’t do it but I don’t think it’s that common especially now that it’s virtually impossible to get a permit for pistol in my country