There’s a strange world that anti-2A people live in that I wish were actually reality. I admit it. I would love for the world to work in such a simplistic way that just doing one thing magically makes all the bad stuff go away. If life were that easy and simple, it really would be nice.
But that’s not the way the world works, and you would think that grown adults would get that by now.
Apparently, though, one state’s Supreme Court not only doesn’t get that, but they think that their desire for “good vibes” (or something along that line) will keep them safe from criminals.
I wish that I were kidding.
But you can read about their bizarre reasoning for yourself. Carlos Garcia writes,
The state Supreme Court of Hawaii cited “the spirit of Aloha” in a 57-page ruling that residents did not have a Second Amendment right to bear arms, and it was mocked and ridiculed mercilessly on social media.
“The spirit of Aloha clashes with a federally-mandated lifestyle that lets citizens walk around with deadly weapons during day-to-day activities,” read the ruling written by Justice Todd Eddins.
“The history of the Hawaiian Islands does not include a society where armed people move about the community to possibly combat the deadly aims of others,” Eddins added. “We hold that in Hawaii there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public.”
The “spirit of Aloha?” I mean, I understand being friendly and wanting peace. I really do.
But criminals (including tyrants) don’t exactly go along with the idea that if you’re friendly to them, they’ll be nice to you. No, they want you to comply and give them what they want and to serve them or your life may be forfeit.
Not exactly friendly.
So, while the Hawaiian Islands may not have a history of violence and warfare (possibly due to how remote they are from other populous areas), that doesn’t mean that it won’t come to them whether they like it or not.
Because criminals don’t respect your intentions. The only thing that they respect is your ability to hurt them worse than they hurt you.
