- cross-posted to:
- guns@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- guns@lemmy.world
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.
Hawai’i isn’t legally part of the US; the federal judge’s opinion has no bearing there.
I’m sorry, what now?
Hawai’i was illegally annexed and the indigenous people never agreed to joining the US.
BBC article covering the basic facts, with something of a pro-US slant Wikipedia’s summary of the issue, with links to more references
I hate to break this to you but that’s true for literally all the continental US too.
You mean like every U.S. state? Or did we ask permission from the indigenous people the rest of the time?
Does the state flag have gold fringe? Does this fall under Maritime Law?
I bet you’re one of those “sovereign citizen” types, aren’t you?
How much do you bet?
So long as the people with political and physical power follow that opinion, I think you’ll find it has rather a lot of bearing, actually.