Hawaii state Senator Joy Buenaventura, who is typically a supporter of gun control measures, said the bill would criminalize existing owners of assault rifles, per Hawaii News Now.
She said: “Now, by their mere possession, because we decide to pass this bill, we decide to label them as criminals and that to me, it’s unethical and should not be tolerated by this body.”
However, Senate Judiciary chair Karl Rhoads disagreed with this take on the bill saying it allowed for “grandfathering.”
Sooo… which is it?
But yeah. Obviously America should do this.
YUP. Seems like an important contradiction where a good journalist could then go to the bill text and determine which one of them is lying.
Says it “allows” for grandfathering, so I bet they pick & choose who’s a criminal and who gets a pass.