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The Aloha Court just overruled the U.S.
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Posted By: Big Bopper, 2/13/2024 12:56:06 PM

In 2008, the United States Supreme Court decided in the Heller case that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies not just to militias, but also to individual people. While militias are mentioned in the Amendment, the noun to which the right is granted is the “people.” Individuals are “people.” After Heller, much teeth-gnashing and garment-rending ensued from the left. They had hoped that the second Amendment applied only to militias. There being essentially no legal militias in the country anymore, that would mean the Second Amendment would apply to nobody.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Quigley 2/13/2024 1:11:51 PM (No. 1657027)
The HI Sup Ct has just insurrected. Don’t tell Schumer; he’ll get the wrong idea.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Bur Oak 2/13/2024 1:12:03 PM (No. 1657028)
Perhaps we should return Hawaii to commonwealth status and remove a star from the flag.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: SkyKing1222 2/13/2024 1:23:39 PM (No. 1657034)
I guess eventually (sooner than later) the Aloha Spirit will say aloha to the peaceful safety of an armed citizenry.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Miceal 2/13/2024 1:48:45 PM (No. 1657043)
NO, they DID NOT! And soon they will find out why...
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Ashley Brenton 2/13/2024 2:44:16 PM (No. 1657062)
I don't remember reading that the men who ratified The Constitution and The Bill of Rights were subsequently annoyed that individuals continued to keep guns at their houses, and to sometimes carry them. Why didn't they complain that individual ownership of guns wasn't what they intended?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: franq 2/13/2024 3:07:37 PM (No. 1657082)
It's always something.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Foghorn 2/13/2024 3:17:34 PM (No. 1657087)
What is it about the Second Amendment that states the right to bear arms "shall not be infringed". It says nothing about a militia bearing arms. The states militia is the State Police and the reserve military and military stationed in the states. Hawaii is now Calipronia West.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Gordon Mills 2/13/2024 3:28:49 PM (No. 1657095)
#2, I've often wondered what this country gained by statehood for HI.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: chumley 2/13/2024 3:56:23 PM (No. 1657114)
Maybe its oceans that turn people and states into idiots. We sure seem to have a lot of them where an ocean is nearby.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Kafka2 2/13/2024 4:02:30 PM (No. 1657120)
Really! The global warming cult keeps telling us that CO2 is only bad. Even some of them would like to reduce it to zero.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Kafka2 2/13/2024 4:05:09 PM (No. 1657128)
Whoops, wrong article.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: MickTurn 2/13/2024 8:45:19 PM (No. 1657274)
ALL Military Veterans are the Militia, PERIOD! ALL 200 Million of us!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: coldborezero 2/14/2024 7:41:59 AM (No. 1657469)
Re#12: That’s a negative, Ghost Rider! Every single adult citizen is the militia, independent of any government permission. One does not seek the permission if one’s enemies to defend one’s family and property. Make no mistake; there are individuals in government who are our sworn, mortal enemies.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: mifla 2/14/2024 8:04:33 AM (No. 1657486)
Hey Japan, want to try again? Then we will see what Hawaii says about the second amendment.
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