Second Amendment

... House Bill 426 and Senate Bill 1230 ....

... PBS Hawai‘i is bringing together community leaders and citizens with varied perspectives to discuss next steps ....

... The bill, which was passed by the Honolulu City Council earlier this month, goes into effect on May 1, 2023 ....

... many bad changes to Hawaii's gun laws ....

... Pistol and rifle ranges at the Koko Head Shooting Complex on-track for reopening in April 2023 ....

... The state Attorney General's Office said the bill is in reaction to the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court last year ....

... House Bill 426 aims to undermine the PLCAA and subject licensed firearm manufacturers and sellers to frivolous lawsuits ....

... We started this legislative session with 49 gun bills and now at crossover were down to just four ....

... House Bill 984 massively expands “gun-free zones” ....

... Current schedule: archery range reopening March 2023, pistol & rifle ranges in April 2023 ....

... Last week, the Hawaii Legislature considered several anti-gun bills, and three more anti-gun bills are already scheduled to be heard tomorrow, starting at 2PM, by the House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee....

... Honolulu Police Department testimony was a factor ....

... New Hearings Set for Friday, February 10 ....

... Honolulu Council Bill 57 and Hawaii Legislature SB1230 ....

... The new session has started and there are 49 gun bills in the Hawaii Legislature ....

... we already have 12 Anti-Second Amendment bills ....

... the Average ‘Time-to-Crime’ for Firearms in Hawaii is 3x other states ....

... AGs voice support for New York gun-industry liability law and concealed carry law ....

... According to 2021 data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 78.9% of traced guns in Hawaii were sold by an out-of-state retailer - the third largest share in the country. Firearms traced by the ATF typically have been used, or are suspected to have been used, to commit a crime ....

... the first permit issued in modern history for Honolulu ....

... Is this intentional or incompetence? ....

... If you look at Bill 57, the Mayor has taken a cut-and-paste list from places such as New York, New Jersey, and D.C. to make a list that is currently failing at every challenge in court in those exact locations....

... Tuesday, November 29th, the Honolulu City Council will hear an ordinance to prohibit citizens from exercising their right-to-carry in many places ....

... these bills are a knee-jerk reaction to the Bruen decision ....

... Hawaii County has scheduled another hearing for Bill 220 Draft 3 - Sensitive Places which bans CCW in certain places ....

... Video of October 4th HPD hearing to set rules on our right to bear arms ....

... HPD will hold a public hearing to consider new proposed Rules governing Firearm Permits and Licenses ....

... hearing October 4th, 2022 at 9am ....

... it creates a default rule for private businesses and charitable organizations, to make it clear that the property owner gets to decide whether firearms are allowed on the premises ....

... The range is scheduled to remain closed until the completion of a berm renovation project, which is expected to begin next month and be completed a month later ....

“Ghost guns in particular present a threat to Hawaii and are increasingly showing up in our investigations...."

... They must immediately overturn their ‘assault weapons’ and magazine bans– and our suits argue just that.” ....

... In Hawaii, an estimated 11,000 guns were sold from January through July 2022 based on FBI background check data ....

... revised permitting process for license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms as a result of the July 23, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States decision ....

... I respectfully dissent from our failure to resolve the straightforward legal issues presented by this case. ...

... Hawaii Removes “Exceptional Case” Requirement for Concealed, NOT Open, Carry!? ....

... A total of 23,299 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2021, marking a 10.8% decrease ....

... In Hawaii, the ATF traced a total of 145 firearms in 2021 - or 10.2 for every 100,000 people, the fewest among states ....

... Hawaii Attorney General's Opinion issued Thursday July 7, 2022 ....

... This will result in an eventual win allowing for carry in Hawaii though it will take some time for it to conclude in the court .... 

... the first major Second Amendment decision from the court in more than a decade ....

... 1st place Kentucky has 69x more NCIS background checks per capita than 50th place Hawaii ....

... HB2075 (Act 030), restoring part of a previous gun law that was struck down by a federal court last year ....

“...This is a case where a state-actor purports to comply with the Constitution’s text and Supreme Court case law, while intentionally undermining the fundamental right at issue...."

... legislators (sneakily) decided (in conference committee, away from the public eye) to go ahead and re-write the law ....

... Currently, anytime a person applies for a permit to acquire a firearm, they must provide a waiver allowing HPD to contact medical professionals .... 

... The lawsuit is needed to force the County of Maui to start issuing electric gun dealers licenses ....

... Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Judiciary will hear House Bill 2075HD1, to make changes to Hawaii’s pistol permitting and registration system in an effort to comply with the recent Yukutake v. Connors court case decision ....

... HB2464 – Removes the duty to retreat when using deadly force to protect yourself from death or serious bodily injury ....

... Tasers were made legal in Hawaii on January 1st, and a new law has already been proposed to ban carrying them ....