Hawaii curbs Gun Violence

After the violence Policy Center (VPC), The Aloha State has fewer deaths by firearms per 100,000 people than any other state. The VPC, this leads to a no-nonsense attitude of government officials regarding the purchase, registration, licensing, transport and use of all types of firearms.

VPC statistics show that in Hawaii, the possession of the family in another state about 9.7 percent lower than all. The small number of weapons directly translates into aShooting death rate of just 2.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. In other words, fewer guns mean fewer people on the street shot and killed each year.

This conclusion contradicts the position as the National Rifle Association (NRA), who argued for years that more and nothing less, the weapons should be in circulation, to "ensure the safety of law-abiding citizens."

The most dangerous state of Louisiana, where an estimated 45.6 percent of households have at least one firearm. L ' Mortality rate per 100,000 is an amazing 19.04, almost ten times that of Hawaii. Other states with high gun ownership and consequently high rates of mortality are taken in Alaska, Montana, Tennessee and Alabama.

Virginia (my state), it ranks somewhere near the center of a household gun ownership rate of 35.9 percent shooting and a mortality rate of 11.7 per 100,000. Still, that is five times more than the islands that the state ofHawaii.

Regulations on firearms in Hawaii are severe. According to Community litigation against violence (Lcable) include:

• No person or carry a concealed handgun or revolver may be obvious to do without a license, but permits for concealed weapons are rarely acknowledged.
• Hawaii has no rules, the holders of concealed weapons by other states to carry concealed firearms. This includes police officers from other States, theHawaii on a business trip are.
• Persons who are required to purchase firearms for a permit from the town's police chief, who want to apply 'the Federal government bans buyer. "Then 14 days later, the buyer can pick up the gun.
• magazines of 10 rounds or more are prohibited.
• assault rifles and pistols attacks are prohibited.
• No person shall be issued a permit to purchase a pistol or revolver, unless the individual has completed six hoursFirearms safety training.
• All firearms and ammunition must be registered with the police chief of the county where the owner lives in the gun.
• It is illegal to possess or wear to bring a loaded weapon on a public road without permission.
• If weapons are sold, even privately, the seller must provide the name of the weapon has been transferred and a description of the firearm to the Commissioner of Police, by registered letter within48 hours.
• The owner of a gun is guilty of "negligent storage of a firearm" if it is held, where a small risk of having access to it.
• All firearms permits must be renewed annually.
• During a national emergency, can be kept all the weapons seized from retailers and taking possession of the state.

As a question on the report VPA and related statistics, Maxwell Cooper, legislative co-chairman for the Hawaii Rifle Association (dissolvedwith the NRA), told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin: "I think that VPC has manipulated statistics to support it." He added that in his opinion, "the strict laws have no relation to criminal abuse of firearms, because criminals do not comply with the law." After

But Hawaii residents and visitors have little to fear from armed violence. thoughtful people attribute that to what they do.