Reply #33: But Hawaii has a very high general crime rate.

[GreenStormCloud]

You say: The "Hawaiian woman" being stalked is less likely to be killed with a gun in Hawaii, because their are very few guns in the islands. However, being killed by stabbing, being beaten, etc is NOT an improvement. By restricting her ability to have a gun you have reduced her ability to protect herself. The stalker is now able to overpower her. You have made her position worse, not better.

Further, according to http://www.criminalwatch.com/stats/hi.asp "The crime rate for the state of Hawaii is 27.59% higher than the national average according to the National Institute of Corrections." Your violent crime rate is climbing, and that is at a time when violent crime is dropping in most of the rest of the U.S.