Feds overstep in game room probes
According to Hawaii News Now, federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations and Honolulu police are increasing their efforts to shut down illegal game rooms.
According to the Homeland Security website, “DHS is responsible for counterterrorism, cybersecurity, aviation security, border security, port security, maritime security, administration and enforcement of our immigration laws, protection of our national leaders, protection of critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, detection of and protection against chemical, biological and nuclear threats to the homeland, and response to disasters.”
I don’t see anything about state gambling violations. DHS doesn’t seem to be doing much about immigration laws, and I doubt any of the game-room participants are national leaders who need protection. DHS is another federal agency that continues to overstep its boundaries.
James Pritchett
Pahoa, Hawaii island
Outlaw AR-15s, Kevlar vests
Do the lawmakers of America have any idea how many of us are sick and tired of their stock reply to the continuing gun violence here?
“Thoughts and prayers” are what they mouth to us, hoping it will let them off the hook and won’t have to do more to ease the heartbreak we all feel after the massacre of the innocents in Uvalde, Texas.
Do something. Outlaw the possession of AR-15s and Kevlar vests. Do the sellers even care to ask: What are you going to do with an AR-15 and a Kevlar vest? So many hearts are broken. Please do something other than accept money from supporters of the National Rifle Association.
Daci L. Armstrong
Kakaako
Politicians committed to NRA
The failure of politicians to make meaningful reforms on gun control in the face of continuing gun violence stems not from their commitment to the Second Amendment, but rather, their continued dependence on financial contributions from the National Rifle Association.
How can U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney objectively address gun reforms when he takes $13.6 million in contributions from the NRA? Is this the way democracy works? We need campaign finance reform and we need it now.
Michael Bornemann
Hawaii Kai
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