Just can’t make this stuff up – Two WONDERFUL headlines (when put together) as a commentary on life

Obamas will spend holidays in Hawaii

Hawaii’s home-grown president, Barack Obama, is expected back in Honolulu on Dec. 23, according to sources in Washington.

In a previous Hawaii visit, Barack Obama — then the Democratic candidate for president — spoke to supporters at Keehi Lagoon Park. He introduced his wife, Michelle, during that summer 2008 stop.

The president and his family are expected to stay until Jan. 2, meaning he will celebrate both Christmas and New Year’s in the islands.

In the Honolulu Advertiser:

Gun registrations in Hawaii on record pace

Hawai’i residents have registered guns at a record pace for each of the past four years, and appear headed for a new high again this year, preliminary figures show.

Nearly 26,000 firearms — an annual record — were registered with the four county police departments during 2008…

….They attribute the increase in gun sales to a combination of factors, most notably the two Persian Gulf Wars, the terrorist attack on New York City and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, and most recently, the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States and fears he might back a prohibition on future sales of certain types of firearms.

…The 25,996 firearms registered last year was a 19 percent increase from 2007…

THE OBAMA FACTOR?

Nationwide, the year-to-date number of background checks through September is 19.3 percent higher than during the first nine months of 2008, the news service reported.

…The HRA’s Gerwig believes the biggest single factor driving gun sales in the past year was Obama’s election.

"There is a poster circulating in the pro-gun community with a picture of Obama on it wearing a nice suit with a headline that says, ‘Gun Salesman of the Year,’ " Gerwig said.

Gerwig said that though Obama did not make any direct statements during the final months leading up to his election about increasing restrictions on gun ownership, Obama’s voting record as a U.S. senator and Illinois state legislator showed he voted in favor of virtually every piece of legislation restricting gun ownership that crossed his desk.