Democrats vote against gun control in surprise move

Hawaii state Democrats voted against a gun control measure which would ban assault rifles from the state.

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This was about a Hawaii state legislature bill to ban assault rifles there. The sticking point was about criminalizing existing owners.
I'm genuinely surprised Democrats were upset about the lack of a grandfather clause. I would have expected them to be happy about that, especially since that "spirit of Aloha" nonsense the state supreme court pulled.
- Hawaii Democrats are a bit more right-leaning than other Democrats.
  
  Lack of a grandfather clause opens it up to a challenge on ex post facto grounds. I don't know if this factored into their reasoning, stated or unstated, but it should be considered.
  
  According to the article, the bill did have a grandfather clause.
  
  so add an amendment and vote for it. people act like these are insurmountable issues when its literally just a 'duh' and a 10 minute conversation to fix. no they didn't want it to pass because they dont want to look anti-gun.

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