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.

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.

  • XbSuper@lemmy.world
    1440·
    1 year ago

    Guns can absolutely be safe, and if they’re bringing it to the beach, it’s probably safe to assume it’s legal.

    However, why the fuck anyone needs a gun at a beach is beyond me (or a grocery store, or library, or any number of other ridiculous places to bring a gun). America really needs to get their priorities straight, because it’s not really funny anymore, it’s scary.

    • moody@lemmings.world
      6111·
      1 year ago

      Guns, by definition, are not safe. They’re literally made to kill people. You can take all the precautions in the world to mitigate the risks, of course, but the safest gun is the one that nobody can touch.

      • XbSuper@lemmy.world
        1227·
        1 year ago

        They’re made to kill, what they kill is up to the person holding it. They aren’t something people should be toting around at the beach, you take them hunting, or to a range.

        • DulyNoted@lemmy.world
          193·
          1 year ago

          Genuine question, does anybody ever hunt with pistols?

          Long guns are one thing, handguns are pretty explicitly anti-personnel weapons from my understanding.

          • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
            5·
            1 year ago

            The hunters I know who carry a pistol do so do put down the animal in the case that the first shot didn’t do it but I don’t think it’s that common especially now that it’s virtually impossible to get a permit for pistol in my country

    • yata@sh.itjust.works
      315·
      1 year ago

      As soon as a gun is introduced anywhere, safety automatically drops. That is a statistical fact.

    • Kage520@lemmy.world
      172·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know if they can really be safe at the beach though. You go in the water with your gun, or you leave it under your towel and hope a kid doesn’t find it?

      • XbSuper@lemmy.world
        612·
        1 year ago

        I totally agree it’s not safe at a beach, I was just stating that they can be safe, if treated with the proper respect.