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
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    -2811 months 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
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      5611 months 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
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        -1711 months 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.

    • @Kage520@lemmy.world
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      1511 months 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
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        -711 months 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.