The call by the Legislature and the Star-Advertiser to enter all gun owners into a national FBI database (“Put gun owners on FBI database,” Star-Advertiser, Our View, Feb. 23) seems a little like putting all baby boys on the sex-offender registry when they are born — just in case.
What is next? Will we have to be entered in a database when we buy a set of steak knives because people are being stabbed with knives?
When you start entering law-abiding citizens into government databases, the only ones not in the database are the criminals.
Stop this crazy bill. You don’t control crime by harassing the good guys.
If our legislators would spend as much time supporting our police officers in performing their job as they do criticizing them, they might be able to clean up the streets.
Pam Smith
Ewa Beach
Rescue at Waimea Bay earned respect of crowd
I was at Waimea Bay on Tuesday and can say that the lifeguards on the North Shore are the best I’ve seen.
I witnessed one of the best wave-ski rescues ever. The surfer was told where to come in, but was being driven into the rocks on the west side of the bay by thick white water.
The lifeguard almost lost the ski but did a great job saving both himself and the surfer. When the surfer returned to shore, the crowd clapped with joy.
When the lifeguard came to speak to him and scold him in a professional way, another man with a lifeguard buoy but no uniform gave the surfer a big shove. There was no need for that.
Rob Funk
Paia, Maui
Police seemingly ignore noise that’s too loud
I second the observations of John Wesley Nakao regarding outrageous noise from illegally modified mufflers and boom boxes (“Safety checks could stop illegal mufflers,” Star-Advertiser, Jan. 19).
Why are these allowed by the police? Surely they can hear them, too, but seemingly they do little or nothing to halt this infraction.
Noise can cause great distress in many people and should be kept to acceptable levels whenever possible. I urge the police to try harder to help us.
Barbara Grim
Waikiki
Hikers should pay when they impose on 911
A very close friend, a retired fire-rescue person, has told me of many, many instances of hikers who called 911 because they were just too lazy to hike back out on the trail.
Anyone who is incapacitated after a long, dangerous hike should be taken to a hospital for a complete checkup and, of course, sent the bill.
These exceptionally skilled rescue personnel are putting their lives on the line daily to rescue unprepared or clueless hikers.
Ken K. Shibuya
Kaimuki
Wrestler’s achievements deserved recognition
It’s great to see all the coverage that wrestling is now getting in the Star-Advertiser, so it was a bit baffling when I saw no coverage given to our former state wrestling champion, Angela Lee, when she won for the fifth consecutive time in the recent One Championship’s MMA tournament.
Nor did I see any coverage given to her when she was nominated female fighter of the year, among such well-known fighters as Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm.
The nomination was pretty exceptional, given that last year was Angela’s rookie year. Additionally, she was awarded with “Submission of the Year” for her rarely successfully executed “Twister.” Again, no coverage.
Let’s give our local sports stars the recognition they deserve.
John Floyd
Kailua
