NRA-ILA | Hawaii: Honolulu Seeks to Severely Restrict Carry

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29^th, the Honolulu Metropolis Council will hear an ordinance to ban residents from exercising their right-to-carry in lots of locations. That is an try to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court docket’s NYSRPA v. Bruen ruling that affirmed the right-to-carry applies outdoors the house, which compelled Hawaii to cease arbitrarily denying carry permits to candidates who met all goal standards. Please contact the Council members right here to submit testimony opposing Invoice 57 (2022).

Invoice 57 (2022) is an effort by the Honolulu Metropolis Council to discourage law-abiding individuals from exercising their rights, by creating as many “gun-free zones” as potential. This patchwork of so-called “delicate areas” does nothing greater than create confusion for law-abiding individuals, whereas being blatantly ignored by criminals. The ordinance prohibits carrying firearms in lots of public locations, together with city-owned or managed buildings, public parks, inside 200ft of any voter service or poll deposit location, in or on public transportation buildings, constructions, or grounds, or inside 100ft of anywhere the place 25 or extra folks collect to train their First Modification rights.  Additional, the ordinance prohibits carrying firearms on the premises of personal companies, together with parking tons, except the non-public enterprise “expressly” consents to it, equivalent to by signage. That is the Council making a one-size-fits-all determination for all non-public companies except they want to publicly declare their help for lawful carry and probably open themselves to harassment by anti-gun radicals.

The proposed ordinance claims that the aim is to “protect the order and safety of the Metropolis,” however it fails to clarify how disarming law-abiding, educated, and licensed people will accomplish that. It, additionally, presents no plan as to how the council intends to disarm violent criminals, who already ignore the present legal guidelines. It doesn’t prescribe energetic measures, equivalent to metallic detectors or assured police presence, for any of those areas to make sure that disarmed residents are stored secure.

Once more, please contact the Metropolis Council to submit testimony opposing Invoice 57 (2022). When you click on right here, choose the ‘Council Assembly (Nov 29, 2022)’. Then choose the primary agenda merchandise, Invoice 57 – regarding the general public carry of firearms. When you hit ‘Choose,’ click on ‘oppose’ and enter your contact data to submit.

Please ahead to your pals, household and different Second Modification advocates; the extra opposing testimonies the Metropolis Council receives, the higher!  Keep tuned to www.nraila.org and your electronic mail inbox for additional updates.