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Chad Blair: Guns Suddenly Become An Issue In Governor’s Race PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Chad Blair: Guns Suddenly Become An Issue In Governor’s Race

Updated 3/7/2018: Challenger Clayton Hee demonstrates that he has not lost his ability to shake things up, politically and policy-wise. And Hawaii has lots of guns.
‘Red Flag’ Gun Laws Considered By Hawaii, Other States Cory Lum/Civil Beat

‘Red Flag’ Gun Laws Considered By Hawaii, Other States

Only a few states currently let courts take guns from people deemed a threat at the request of family members or police.
Honolulu Police Tell Medical Marijuana Patients To Give Up Their Guns Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu Police Tell Medical Marijuana Patients To Give Up Their Guns

Some say the department's policy of sending letters to patients is an escalation of efforts to deny gun permits.
Congress Must ‘Get Off Its Ass’ And Move To Stop Gun Violence AP

Congress Must ‘Get Off Its Ass’ And Move To Stop Gun Violence

The White House says the day following the Las Vegas massacre is not the right time to talk about gun control but now is precisely the time.
NY Congressman Wants To Take Away Hawaii’s Gun-Control Rights Cory Lum/Civil Beat

NY Congressman Wants To Take Away Hawaii’s Gun-Control Rights

Rep. Chris Collins' bill would ban state or local governments from regulating rifles or shotguns more strictly than federal laws do.
Gun Bills Advance In Hawaii Senate Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Gun Bills Advance In Hawaii Senate

Gun rights supporters won and lost on Thursday.
Police Are Shooting And Killing More People In Hawaii This Year The Washington Post

Police Are Shooting And Killing More People In Hawaii This Year

Data collected by The Washington Post shows that police statewide have fatally shot more people so far in 2016 than they did in all of 2015.
Hawaii First State To Link Firearms Owners To FBI Database Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii First State To Link Firearms Owners To FBI Database

Gov. Ige signed legislation authorizing county police departments to enroll firearms applicants and individuals registering firearms in a federal service that monitors criminal records.

‘I’m Going To Live For Those 50 People’ Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

‘I’m Going To Live For Those 50 People’

Hawaii's LGBT community mourns the loss of life in Orlando, but also talks about discrimination and political change.
Lawmakers Lauded For Gun Bills Pixabay

Lawmakers Lauded For Gun Bills

Bills that passed the House on Tuesday caught the attention of Gabrielle Giffords, the former congressman who survived being shot in the head.