What will it take to bring about change? Why is that if a person is seen driving they must “click-it, or ticket,” while others continue to ride in the back of pickup trucks without any protection at all? And to make it worse, seats are being fastened to provide a more comfortable ride.
Maybe one of these candidates running for office can answer this question. Maybe our laws need to be looked into.
Mark Duffy
Aiea
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Electronic devices fail to bring peace
About 2,500 years ago, a fellow named Buddha learned to quiet his mind. This practice of meditation lessened his desires and opened his heart to others. Many humans came to know peace and happiness.
Then one day a fellow named Corporation created a device to distract the mind. This habit of texting, tweeting and playing games increased the speed of the mind. It became agitated, often addicted.
Practically all humans from age 10 to death choose to increase their desires, to choose distraction over peace. Will they live happily ever after?
William Metzger
Manoa
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Driver’s license renewal was easy
My husband had an appointment to renew his driver’s license on July 24.
We arrived at the Fort Street Mall substation at 9:20, to be met with a very long line of customers who were waiting to renew their license.
Additionally, customers who had just arrived were told to return in the afternoon.
At precisely 9:45, my husband’s appointment time, his name was called. It took less than 10 minutes to complete everything.
Mahalo for having the appointment service; it’s super-efficient and it works.
Joyce Chun
Kaimuki
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Trust law-abiding citizens with guns
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Clearly, the Founding Fathers knew the necessity of an armed citizenry to preserve liberty and to maintain a free State, since they had just emerged from a revolutionary war that gave birth to a new nation. That war could not have been fought without arms.
The Supreme Court has found that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right, as is the right of free speech. It “shall not be infringed.”
There is a lot of infringing going on through Hawaii’s laws because legislators are afraid to trust the people. There already are laws that prevent felons and recognized mental cases from obtaining arms. There is no reason to distrust law-abiding citizens with arms beyond their homes.
If the police can daily bear arms for their jobs, law-abiding citizens should be able to defend themselves when violence visits them.
Michael Lee
Wilhelmina Rise
