http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/1999/11/14/hawaii1114_01.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>HONOLULU (AP) -- A media poll taken in the wake of Hawaii's most deadly mass shooting found most island residents favor a ban on the private ownership of handguns.
Of the 501 adults surveyed, 57 percent said they favored a handgun ban, while 34 percent said they would like to see all firearms banned in the state, The Honolulu Advertiser reported Sunday.
Thirty-eight percent were opposed any ban, and 5 percent said they were undecided, according to the telephone poll conducted for the newspaper Nov. 4-7 by Ward Research of Honolulu. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
Seven Xerox Corp. employees were shot to death at work Nov. 2 in Honolulu with a 9 mm handgun.
A coworker, Byran Uyesugi, 40, has been indicted on one count of first-degree murder and seven counts of second-degree murder. He also faces one count of second-degree attempted murder for allegedly shooting at, but missing, another Xerox employee.
Uyesugi, a copy machine repairman, had permits for 18 firearms.
Support for permit renewal
The poll also found 86 percent of those surveyed supported the idea of requiring firearm permits to be renewed on a regular basis, while 76 percent said they want a permit required to buy ammunition.
Allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons was opposed by 79 percent of those surveyed.
Dr. Maxwell Cooper, vice president of the Hawaii Rifle Association, suggested poll results may have been influenced by the Xerox shootings.
"You are approaching people who are relatively uninformed on the pros and cons, and they respond pretty much on an emotional bases -- especially when you take a poll after a multiple homicide such as (occurred at) the Xerox building," Cooper said.[/quote]
Of course we all know it doesn't matter what the majority says, it matters what the Constitution says.
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“The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals. ... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” -Alexander Addison, 1789
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>HONOLULU (AP) -- A media poll taken in the wake of Hawaii's most deadly mass shooting found most island residents favor a ban on the private ownership of handguns.
Of the 501 adults surveyed, 57 percent said they favored a handgun ban, while 34 percent said they would like to see all firearms banned in the state, The Honolulu Advertiser reported Sunday.
Thirty-eight percent were opposed any ban, and 5 percent said they were undecided, according to the telephone poll conducted for the newspaper Nov. 4-7 by Ward Research of Honolulu. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
Seven Xerox Corp. employees were shot to death at work Nov. 2 in Honolulu with a 9 mm handgun.
A coworker, Byran Uyesugi, 40, has been indicted on one count of first-degree murder and seven counts of second-degree murder. He also faces one count of second-degree attempted murder for allegedly shooting at, but missing, another Xerox employee.
Uyesugi, a copy machine repairman, had permits for 18 firearms.
Support for permit renewal
The poll also found 86 percent of those surveyed supported the idea of requiring firearm permits to be renewed on a regular basis, while 76 percent said they want a permit required to buy ammunition.
Allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons was opposed by 79 percent of those surveyed.
Dr. Maxwell Cooper, vice president of the Hawaii Rifle Association, suggested poll results may have been influenced by the Xerox shootings.
"You are approaching people who are relatively uninformed on the pros and cons, and they respond pretty much on an emotional bases -- especially when you take a poll after a multiple homicide such as (occurred at) the Xerox building," Cooper said.[/quote]
Of course we all know it doesn't matter what the majority says, it matters what the Constitution says.
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“The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals. ... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” -Alexander Addison, 1789
Hawaii. Using the liberal logic (I can't see why anyone needs it), should be enough to remove Hawaii from the map.