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Hawaii Could Be First to Put Gun Owners in Federal Database

Hawaii could become the first state in the United States to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the country.

Most people entered in the "Rap Back" database elsewhere in the U.S. are those in "positions of trust," such as school teachers and bus drivers, said Stephen Fischer of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Hawaii could be the first state to add gun owners.

"I don't like the idea of us being entered into a database. It basically tells us that they know where the guns are, they can go grab them," said Jerry Ilo, a firearm and hunting instructor for the state. "We get the feeling that Big Brother is watching us."

Supporters say the law would make Hawaii a leader in safe gun laws. Allison Anderman, a staff attorney at the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said the bill was "groundbreaking," and that she hadn't heard of other states introducing similar measures.

Sen. Will Espero, who introduced the bill, and the Honolulu Police Department said Hawaii could serve as a model for other states if it becomes the first to enact the law.

 

Yet others say gun owners shouldn't have to be entered in a database to practice a constitutional right.

"You're curtailing that right by requiring that a name be entered into a database without doing anything wrong," said Kenneth Lawson, faculty at the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law.

Legal experts say the bill could face challenges, but would probably hold up in court. Recent Supreme Court rulings have clarified states' ability to regulate gun sales, said David Levine, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

The bill will undergo a legal review process by departments including the Attorney General's Office, which supported the bill, before Gov. David Ige decides if he will sign it into law, said Cindy McMillan, a spokeswoman for the governor.

The cost to enter names in the database will be covered by a fee paid by gun owners, which wasn't defined in the bill.

Even though other states don't enter gun owners in the database, Honolulu Police Department Maj. Richard Robinson said it will still benefit Hawaii police. Right now, Hawaii gun owners undergo a background check only when they register a gun, so police have no way of knowing if they're disqualified from owning a gun in the future unless they try to register a new firearm.

"We were only discovering things by accident," said Robinson, who helped draft the bill. "They happen to come register another firearm, we run another background check, and then we find out they're a prohibited person."

That happens about 20 times each year, he said.

Some local gun owners say the law confirms their fear that the government would know exactly who and where people keep their firearms.

"This is an extremely dangerous bill. Exercising a constitutional right is not inherently suspicious," said Amy Hunter for the National Rifle Association. "Hawaii will now be treating firearms as suspect and subject to constant monitoring."

© 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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M, We will agree to disagree. Let me just say that all have seen what Obama has done. The militias have a good solid leadership behind the seens. This will be fought on the information battlefield. Our military men will not side with UN mercs. The leadership of the Obama military will not get the men to fight. The infantrymen are learning of the truth. They understand much more than you give them credit. They are not the robots that Obama wishes they were. His project fell short. Militia agenda is to make sure they know the truth. Like I said, IT`S THE INFORMATION BATTLE.

I would like to give a shout out to my community Militia...I am proud of them ,and lucky to have a fine group of people ready if and when things go bad.

Kevin, I have absolutely no objection to it being an information battle,in fact I would encourage that kind of resistance/revolution. However Civilian forces can not compete with the new tech the military is currently testing in the final stages to deployment.

DARPA is finishing up on implantable bio-chips for want of a better name. These chips let a soldiers brain and/or muscle nerves integrate with computer systems, and computerized weapons systems for battlefield operations. I saw a demonstration where the test subject was basically plugged into battle computer net and could control movement of mechanical arms and hands just using his brain like anyone would to move their arm and hand.That is already declassified and it's just the tip of the iceberg. 

So, The best scenario is to use the three pronged attack of 

1. Informational onslaught to keep the truth in front of the public.

2. Vote against Hillary and all her ilk that are running for office in Congress, State Legislatures, and Local Elections. If we don't go out in droves and vote we will lose everything.The President is important, but the rest are even more important to our future.

3. Keep hammering at State Legislatures and even Congress to Repeal the 14th,16th&17th amendments, and to institute term limits for every government elective job.Remember that a States petitioned for Amendment proposal convention can not be taken over by the corrupt Congress that has initiated the vast majority of amendments that work to their and not our benefit.

The Militia still has a very important role in the mix too, but only as a last possible resort like the Federal Government pulling a Hitler like ethnic cleansing should they be used in a shooting war. At ths point their operational value is as a deterrent, not a strike force. Should that change in the future then, and only then, that problem can be addressed.

We need more Senators like Rand Paul.

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