The Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate SCOTUS’ shoddy historical analysis into Hawaii law. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the ruling on this week’s Slate Plus segment of Amicus; their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

  • @[email protected]
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    110 months ago

    The rest of the world considers it INSANITY, that Americans think guns and RIGHTS belong in the same sentence

    • @aidanM
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      010 months ago

      Other countries have rights to gun ownership you know

        • @aidanM
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          010 months ago

          I said rights

          Now whether the law is followed depends on the country. But the country I live in does.

          • @[email protected]
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            110 months ago

            Well I stand corrected on it being UNIQUELY American, but not by much, and of those that share similar laws, I’m not sure the states should be striving to be compared to many of them. It’s still however insane as a right