Can you spell “unconstitutional”? Apparently Hawaii’s legislators can’t and neither can the Aloha state’s Governor, Josh Green (D, but you probably knew that).
KHON2 reported on the bill . . .
Gov. Josh Green is expected to sign a new bill into law that will ban those under 21 from purchasing ammunition.
Those in support say it is a step in the right direction for public safety but others against it say it does not address the primary issue.
So, if you’re a young adult and you want to protect yourself, your home and your family from a violent criminal attack, you can’t legally do so legally with a firearm as possession of ammunition is now verboten. Unless, that is, you can convince a retailer that you satisfy one of the two exceptions to SB2845’s ban on ammo possession.
There are exceptions for those who have jumped through the hoops necessary to legally possess a firearm or if you’re actually hunting or target shooting, or traveling to or from such a venue. But how can you have an exemption for hunting or target shooting if you’re done hunting or target shooting for the day? Or how can you purchase the ammunition if you haven’t started target shooting or hunting yet?
SB2845 seems in direct violation with the Second Amendment and the rest of the rule of law, including the Heller and Bruen decisions from the US Supreme Court, not to mention the Spirit of Aloha.
That didn’t stop Gov. Josh Green from signing the bill. Hawaii Public Radio has the details:
Selling firearm ammunition to anyone younger than 21 years old is now illegal in Hawaiʻi.
On Tuesday, Gov. Josh Green signed a bill that sets the age limit for buying, owning or controlling ammo.
The measure notes that Hawaiʻi has some of the strongest gun safety laws in the United States and one of the lowest death rates per capita.
“Gun safety” laws? Is that what they call Hawaii’s tyrannical gun control schemes these days?
But before this week, the state had not set a minimum age for buying and owning ammunition.
In other words, before this week, young adults could buy ammo to defend their homes and families from violent criminal attacks, but no more. Not legally anyway, and not without jumping through a lot of “gotcha” hoops.
No doubt this will convince violent criminals who are more than willing to ignore laws about committing violent crimes from doing so with now-illegally possessed ammunition.