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.

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[+] -27 points 3 years ago (4 children)

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.

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  • [–] 51 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [+] -16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Genuine question, does anybody ever hunt with pistols?

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

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years 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

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    They're made to kill. Hence, unsafe

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