02-26-2018, 01:11 PM
10 rounds for pistols. Assault type rifles are sold here with 20 rd mags from factory typically. 30rd mags or even 60rd drums can be purchased from stores here.
Three huge differences that could be made without causing much of an issue with people would be to stop selling magazines that carry over 10 rds, move the purchase age of all firearms to 21 minimum and raise the minimum price for the ar and ak to $1000-$1500.
For those of us who know about guns, the ar 15 is a horrible close range rifle because of the caliber. So many more students would be killed if a handgun and multiple clips where used or god forbid a shotgun like a mossberg 500 pistol grip which sells for a meager $200. Much easier to conceal and MUCH deadlier depending on the type of rounds used.
I spoke with Daylan from Pahoa police dept recently about how many long rifle registrations go through and she said I wouldn’t believe her if she told me. Ar being the top dog registered here. Hawai‘i really doesn’t have that strict of laws. You pass a background check after filling out a form and that’s it for rifles. No biggie.
There are more people here with guns than people want to realize. I had to pass a background check in Washington st before I could buy a rifle. Every one. Here in Hawai‘i I can pass the background check and I’m good for a year to purchase. Strict? Not in my opinion. Too much can happen to someone in a years time to allow them to purchase all year long and yet our gun deaths are so low because our laws are strict? Not a valid argument.
Trust me, it is not the ar-15 to blame here although it is the tool used. 18 is too young to own a firearm. No civilian firearm needs to carry more than 10rds.
Assault rifles should be sold at a much higher price.
We don’t blame the 400 horsepower Mustang when it crashes at 100+ mph with some drunk idiot behind the wheel do we? Most of us would point to the drunk idiot and yet there sits a car that goes over double, even triple the highest posted speed limit on any road. 700 hp Dodge hellcat 200mph+ club.....
Just like there will always be high horsepower cars that really don’t make sense, there will always be high powered rifles. Banning them is a wasted effort. Making them less appealing and harder to get is the way to go.
Three huge differences that could be made without causing much of an issue with people would be to stop selling magazines that carry over 10 rds, move the purchase age of all firearms to 21 minimum and raise the minimum price for the ar and ak to $1000-$1500.
For those of us who know about guns, the ar 15 is a horrible close range rifle because of the caliber. So many more students would be killed if a handgun and multiple clips where used or god forbid a shotgun like a mossberg 500 pistol grip which sells for a meager $200. Much easier to conceal and MUCH deadlier depending on the type of rounds used.
I spoke with Daylan from Pahoa police dept recently about how many long rifle registrations go through and she said I wouldn’t believe her if she told me. Ar being the top dog registered here. Hawai‘i really doesn’t have that strict of laws. You pass a background check after filling out a form and that’s it for rifles. No biggie.
There are more people here with guns than people want to realize. I had to pass a background check in Washington st before I could buy a rifle. Every one. Here in Hawai‘i I can pass the background check and I’m good for a year to purchase. Strict? Not in my opinion. Too much can happen to someone in a years time to allow them to purchase all year long and yet our gun deaths are so low because our laws are strict? Not a valid argument.
Trust me, it is not the ar-15 to blame here although it is the tool used. 18 is too young to own a firearm. No civilian firearm needs to carry more than 10rds.
Assault rifles should be sold at a much higher price.
We don’t blame the 400 horsepower Mustang when it crashes at 100+ mph with some drunk idiot behind the wheel do we? Most of us would point to the drunk idiot and yet there sits a car that goes over double, even triple the highest posted speed limit on any road. 700 hp Dodge hellcat 200mph+ club.....
Just like there will always be high horsepower cars that really don’t make sense, there will always be high powered rifles. Banning them is a wasted effort. Making them less appealing and harder to get is the way to go.