“While the number of times a gun was used during a violent crime in Hawaii has grown by a third since 2000, legal gun ownership in Hawaii has soared from 13,617 guns registered in 2000 to 40,635 in 2017.
Perrone and others say a rise in legal gun ownership has nothing to do with crime trends here because the background check is so extensive.”
That’s quite a logical leap on the part of Perrone, and betrays a somewhat Pollyannish take on American gun culture.
