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IF PASSED, what would this mean for the 2nd Amendment/RKBA in Hawaii?
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Senate to Vote on Self-Government for Native Hawaiians
HONOLULU— Hawaii politicians are scrambling to gather enough votes in Congress to pass a bill that would grant Native Hawaiians a degree of self-government and possibly a share of the land ruled by their ancestors.[/b]
After seven years of debate, the proposal to recognize Native Hawaiians as indigenous inhabitants of the 50th state — a legal status similar to that of American Indians — has finally been promised a vote in the Senate. The vote could come as early as next week.
Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka[/b] says he has solid support from his party, but will need help from Republicans to pass the proposal.
The bill provides a process to set up a Native Hawaiian government and then start negotiations to transfer power and property from state and federal authorities to Hawaiians. The form of government and the amount of public land to be granted wouldn't be decided until then.
The new government would not be allowed to deny civil rights or set up gambling operations such as those allowed for Indian tribes on the mainland.
Akaka said the bill, which passed the House in 2000 but never made it to the Senate floor, will help right some of the wrongs done by the U.S. government in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197392,00.html
IF PASSED, what would this mean for the 2nd Amendment/RKBA in Hawaii?
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Senate to Vote on Self-Government for Native Hawaiians
HONOLULU— Hawaii politicians are scrambling to gather enough votes in Congress to pass a bill that would grant Native Hawaiians a degree of self-government and possibly a share of the land ruled by their ancestors.[/b]
After seven years of debate, the proposal to recognize Native Hawaiians as indigenous inhabitants of the 50th state — a legal status similar to that of American Indians — has finally been promised a vote in the Senate. The vote could come as early as next week.
Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka[/b] says he has solid support from his party, but will need help from Republicans to pass the proposal.
The bill provides a process to set up a Native Hawaiian government and then start negotiations to transfer power and property from state and federal authorities to Hawaiians. The form of government and the amount of public land to be granted wouldn't be decided until then.
The new government would not be allowed to deny civil rights or set up gambling operations such as those allowed for Indian tribes on the mainland.
Akaka said the bill, which passed the House in 2000 but never made it to the Senate floor, will help right some of the wrongs done by the U.S. government in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197392,00.html