Second Amendment

...Balisong knives are legal to possess and carry in at least 43 states (16 because of Knife Rights' efforts repealing switchblade and butterfly knife bans since 2010), and Hawaii is one of only three states that specifically ban these knives....

...Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 6 measures....

...The lawsuit alleges that Hawaii's ban on Handgun magazines with a capacity greater than ten rounds in unconstitutional....

... As soon as the HPD officers working the desk found out he was a US national and not a citizen he was swiftly denied the opportunity to apply ....

...KPD requests that the public please complete and print them prior to arriving at their scheduled gun registration appointment....

...the legislature did pass two anti-gun bills....

... The issue before the en banc Young court is whether the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to openly carry firearms outside the home .... 

... The number of appointments available to the public is completely full. Every morning, hundreds of people try to access the website to get an appointment. This causes the system to freeze and crash, something reminiscent of the state's unemployment website in the early days of the pandemic ....

...Despite making a commitment to working on COVID-19 related legislation and budget issues, anti-gun legislation continues to move forward in the Hawaii legislature....

...Online registration pilot project complete. Walk-in range usage beginning Wednesday, July 1....

...hearings June 24 and 25....

...Young v Hawaii challenges Hawaii statutes regulating carry permits – and lack thereof – on Second Amendment grounds....

"...From now on everyone who is in line at HPD's firearms registration department by 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays will be served...."

...Parks and Recreation Online System, PROS, available to public beginning Wednesday, June 3 at 12 noon....

...“Hunters have asked us to increase open hunting days to help them feed our community,” said Sheri S. Mann, Kaua‘i Branch Manager for DLNR-DOFAW....

...The Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs deferred HB 2736....

...Thursday, March 12th at 1:30PM in Conference Room 229....

... Just last year, a 9th Circuit opinion ruled that California's ban on standard capacity magazines was unconstitutional ....

...California’s neighbor to the left is seeking to outdo the Golden State tyrants with an even more intrusive scheme to harass law-abiding gun owners....

...The House passed HB 1902, HB 2736, and HB 2744. The bills will now move to the Senate for further consideration. On the Senate side, the Judiciary Committee passed SB 2519 and SB 2635, both with amendments....

...On Thursday, February 27th, the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a decision-making hearing on SB 2519 and SB 2635....

...This Thursday, February 27th, three anti-gun bills: HB 1902, HB 2322, and HB 2736 will be eligible for floor votes in the House....

...House Bill 1902 to ban most standard capacity magazines is now eligible for a floor vote in the House at any time....

...Whenever we as gun owners object to yet another second amendment infringing law, we hear the same old line, "well, we have to do something," but year after year, law after law is passed, and it changes nothing....

...Giffords Center recommends legislators, "...direct funding to evidence-based, community-driven violence intervention strategies...."

...While some bills were deferred, a number of bills unfortunately passed out of committee and will continue on. Additionally, some of the deferred measures on the House side were amended into other measures that were passed....

...To give you an idea of the disrespect for your freedom, the joint committee in the House has scheduled 10 minutes to consider five anti-gun bills....

...Thursday, February 13th, 6PM-8PM -- Weinberg Memorial Hall - Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial....

...Rally begins at 8:30AM -- Legislator visits begin at 10:30AM....

...Some of the more egregious bills introduced include....

...Current list of Firearms-related Bills introduced in the 2020 legislative session....

...bad guys ignore the law and obtain them illegally anyway....

...a poll asking gun owners if they would talk to their doctors about any mental health issues they may be having, knowing that their doctor could file a red flag order against them....

...for a criminal to possess a "ghost gun" and use it for crime,  they must have violated eight separate laws....

...state laws requiring the transportation of a firearm to the police station to register it have already been ruled on by the D.C. Circuit Court and were found unconstitutional.  We expect the same to be found in this situation....

...Federal law prohibits a foreign national living in the United States pursuant to a non-immigrant visa from possessing any firearms....

...Highly Touted Study Tests Non-Existent Policies, Uses Deceptive Data....

... The units were closed to protect public safety and provide security for the safe movement of heavy construction equipment associated with the Thirty Meter Telescope ....

...Hawaii state law completely forbids anyone who is not a citizen of the United States of America from even applying for a gun permit....

...Ige signed the final remaining anti-gun bill awaiting his consideration, Senate Bill 600. This comes on the heels of him signing Senate Bill 1466 on June 27th.... 

...Those unfamiliar with the Hawaii case may wonder what it has to do with the New York action, and the answer to that is that the notoriously anti-gun Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals tied the two together....

...In Hawaii, state law imposes a registration requirement on almost all firearms. Under a bill signed into law in June 2016, Hawaii became the first state to couple this registration requirement to the Rap Back service....

...For those that are not counting we currently have 4 lawsuits open that HIFICO (and/or its directors) are involved in directly and 2 more that we’re indirectly involved in....

...NRA-ILA will be back at the Capitol for the 2020 session....

...Hawaii Firearms Coalition Today Filed Suit in the D.C District Court Seeking Information Regarding Hawaii's use of the FBI Rap Back Service for gun owners....

...On April 24th, Governor David Ige signed House Bill 720 to impose criminal penalties upon gun owners if they fail to follow government requirements for how lost or stolen firearms must be reported....

...Under the bill, gun owners are required to report lost, stolen or destroyed firearms to the county police department within 24 hours of discovering the loss, theft or destruction of the weapon....

...After receiving a notice of disagreement for the House amendments to both Senate Bill 600 and Senate Bill 1466, the conference committee has met and agreed to the House amendments for both bills....

...2019’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry....