One of the most common arguments against the issuance of concealed carry permits in Hawaii is the low rate of violent crime on the islands. While it is certainly true that we enjoy a fairly low rate of violent crime, we are far from living in a zero-crime utopia. One need only look at [...]
Over at the Hawaii Defense Foundation, the instructors are preparing to teach another Hawaii Gun Safety class on the weekend of the 22nd of April. These classes are a great opportunity for you to sit down and learn what you should and shot not do with a firearm. During the class they will be covering [...]
If there were any doubts that Christopher Baker’s lawsuit against the Hawaii’s ban on carrying firearms has the gun control lobby worried, they should be thoroughly dispelled now. On the 13th of February, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence filed an amicus brief with Hawaii’s District Court, urging the judge to uphold the ban. [...]
Most of you will be familiar with the dustup that’s forming over Starbucks’ common sense stance on gun control. In case you’re not, Starbucks made big waves with the various gun-grabbing groups for their response to gun owners open-carrying in their coffee shops. The National Gun Victims Action Council and their ilk over at the [...]
I love guns. I love sporting guns, I love military guns, I love antique guns, heck, I even love crazy guns like the one I saw on TV that used triangular cartridges instead of round. Some would say that this passion for firearms borders on an obsession, and recently, I started thinking that maybe [...]
Hawaii Defense Foundation presents Clark Neily co-counsel in D.C. v. Heller “Gun Litigation and Judicial Engagement” On November 5th at 5:30 p.m. Clark Neily will be conducting a presentation for the Hawaii Defense Foundation on Gun Litigation and Judicial Engagement. Every day, judges are taking it upon themselves to distort the meaning and spirit of [...]
With the lawsuit against the state of Hawaii’s infringement of 2nd Amendment rights moving forward, the issue of concealed carry is getting some air time in various news outlets around the state, and the usual suspects’ anti-CCW propaganda is being re-hashed. One of the worst propaganda machines is the Violence Policy Center (VPC), a [...]
Recently, a Mr. George Quarles of Forestville, California sent a letter to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser thanking Police Chief Louis Kealoha for not allowing another concealed-carry gun on the island. He seems to believe that by not allowing a law abiding citizen to conceal carry that it will limit the number of firearms that are in [...]
For Immediate Release: 8/23/2011 Honolulu, HI – The Hawaii Defense Foundation’s founding director and president, Christopher Baker, has filed a lawsuit against Honolulu Chief of Police Louis Kealoha, the Honolulu Police Department, the City and County of Honolulu, the State of Hawaii, and Governor Neil Abercrombie in connection with civil rights violations of the Second [...]
Over the past couple of days people have watched as London has been ripped apart by rioters. While we are used to seeing so called ‘third-world’ countries riot (i.e., Egypt), we are not used to seeing large scale riots in more developed areas. It’s important that we explain to the non-believers riots still happen, and [...]
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