Скачать или смотреть AP Explains: Hawaii loosens strict weapons laws after U.S. Supreme Court ruling

(28 Aug 2024)

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Honolulu - 22 June 2024
1. Various of Second Amendment activists marching

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Honolulu - 23 August 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press:
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"They carried swords, butterfly knives, battle axes as they marched through Waikiki. These Second Amendment activists were celebrating a change in Hawaii law that allows them to openly carry weapons around in public."

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Honolulu - 22 June 2024
3. Second Amendment activists showing swords
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Beck, gun rights attorney:
"Hawaii laws has been revised to allow for the open carry of all melee weapons. By melee, I mean like, swords, axes, halberds, anything that is actually is a non firearm weapon."
5. Activists sitting on bench

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Honolulu - 23 August 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press:
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"Hawaii has long had some of the strictest gun restrictions in the nation, but a 2022 US Supreme Court decision has been forcing states, including Hawaii, to revamp its gun laws. That decision says Americans have a right to carry firearms for self-defense."

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ARCHIVE: Washington - 7 October 2022
7. U.S. Supreme Court justices posing for picture

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ARCHIVE: Honolulu - 7 March 2024
8. Exteriors of Hawaii state capitol

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Honolulu - 23 August 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press:
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"Waikiki resident Andrew Roberts is director of the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, and he's been taking a 15th century style battle ax along on his evening walks."

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Honolulu - 22 June 2024
10. Various of Roberts
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Roberts, Hawaii Firearms Coalition:
"I get stopped probably 2 or 3 times on an average evening walk, and just have a conversation about what gun laws are in Hawaii and what the weapons laws are."
12. Roberts talking to person

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Honolulu - 23 August 2024
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press:
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"The Hawaii Attorney General's office warns there's still a lot of laws in place that govern how these kinds of weapons can be used. And some who advocate for gun safety say they're also concerned about these kinds of weapons on the streets."

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Honolulu - 22 June 2024
14. Man in kilt with weapon

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Honolulu - 23 August 2024
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press:
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"But at least one person in the group says carrying these weapons allows him to connect with his Hawaiian culture."

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Honolulu - 22 June 2024
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Rice, Hawaii resident:
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"This is is just like, you know, part of my heritage, like, because, you know, everybody think, 'oh, Hawaiian hula skirts, you know, hula dancing, eat poi.' No, we were warriors too."
17. Rice at gathering


STORYLINE:
Hawaii's tourist hotspot of Waikiki is known for bikinis, shopping and surfboards. But resident Andrew Roberts has recently introduced a different item on evening walks through his neighborhood: a battle-axe on a long pole.


The so-called Bruen decision upended gun laws nationwide, but especially in Hawaii, which has long had some of the country's toughest restrictions — and some of the lowest rates of gun violence.
















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