Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- Several weeks ago we alerted NRAILA.org readers that the City of Honolulu and the police department were intent on destroying over 2,300 used firearms worth an estimated $575,000, rather than raise revenue by selling them to lawful purchasers.
Since then, Hawaii has continued to move forward with the planned destruction. While Honolulu’s decision is an unfortunate waste of firearms and taxpayer resources, the entire episode is instructive in that it lays bare the true motives of gun control advocates.
When asked for comment on Honolulu’s plans, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Spokesman Ladd Everitt stated, “It beats putting those [guns] back on the streets… There are so many loopholes in federal law that dangerous people often get guns legally in this country.”
Of course, Everitt’s talk of “loopholes” is nonsense. If Honolulu had chosen to spare their taxpayers this egregious expense, the guns could have been sold to a firearms distributor. The firearms would then have been sold to the public through a federal firearms licensee (FFL) in sales requiring a background check. If the firearms were to be sold to residents of Hawaii, the requirements would be even more stringent. Hawaii law requires a permit to purchase firearms, and that firearms be registered within five days.
It is clear then that Everitt and CSGV aren’t simply interested in keeping guns out of “the wrong hands,” as so many gun control advocates falsely claim, but out of everyone’s hands. For them it’s not about restricting firearm access, but abolishing it entirely.
For the sake of accuracy, we hope that CSGV goes back to using its former name, National Coalition to Ban Handguns.
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The Law applies to PELLET and BB Guns, not Hand Guns…
You GUY’S did read the Restriction’s from the Source of the Controversy, DIDN’T YOU? The Restrictions Apply to PELLET and BB Guns, NOT Standard Hand Guns.
$500,000.00 correction; some new in the box
Hawaii’s legislature and national reps are, for the most part, goose stepping Obamacrats. Police Chiefs are political animals and follow their masters dictates.
The union ruled and low to no information voters led by their ignorance and fear has kept feudal/plantation system alive and well.
$500.00.00 of tax payers money thrown away due to political correction and ambition.
Anyone familiar with Hawaii’s strict gun laws would know that the excuses given by the mayor and police chief for the destruction of these guns was pure unadulterated nonsense.
As the former chief lobbyist for the firearm industry I should congratulate Hawaii on its “full employment” for firearm manufacturers action. Inasmuch as the gun market is completely demand driven the only effect of their destruction of used firearms in the marketplace is to drive costs up and insure that newer, better made (read more lethal) guns are the only ones sold in Hawaii. To working class folks in Hawaii it appears your state government insists on you paying a premium. To your elected representatives please bend over and say, “Thank-you sir, may I have another”?
Ahhh, YES. This coming from the Lower 48 Other States in the Country, that treat Hawai’i like a “PARIAH”. Now, They Want Hawai’i To Conform. GOOD LUCK!!!
“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed”.
Thomas Jefferson
Molon Labe
“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”
Thomas Jefferson
Molon Labe
Remove the equivalent funding from their budget .They are not lawmen they are Police state puppets.