Trouble in paradise for Hawaii gun owners

For a brief period of time I’d allowed myself to hope that Hawaii County council members were going to buck the post-Bruen trend of Democrat-dominated jurisdictions imposing a host of unconstitutional restrictions on the right to carry.

The county council’s first attempt at trying to impose a host of “sensitive places” didn’t go well for gun control advocates; dozens of residents showed up to object to the measure, and council members ended up pulling the bill from committee in order to revise it before bringing it back to the public.

Unfortunately, while the amended bill is slightly better than its original form, it still contains a number of “sensitive places” that aren’t likely to pass court muster and will result in law-abiding citizens being unable to protect themselves in many locations that are open to the public at large, including parks and playgrounds, houses of worship, all government buildings, and more.