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.

  • XbSuper@lemmy.world
    1036·
    11 months ago

    Guns can absolutely be safe, and if they’re bringing it to the beach, it’s probably safe to assume it’s legal.

    However, why the fuck anyone needs a gun at a beach is beyond me (or a grocery store, or library, or any number of other ridiculous places to bring a gun). America really needs to get their priorities straight, because it’s not really funny anymore, it’s scary.

    • moody@lemmings.world
      5610·
      11 months 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
        1025·
        11 months 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.

    • yata@sh.itjust.works
      275·
      11 months ago

      As soon as a gun is introduced anywhere, safety automatically drops. That is a statistical fact.