Second Amendment

... 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 ....

... House Bill 2464 empowers law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their loved ones by repealing the requirement in state law that citizens must retreat, relinquish property, or comply with the demands of assailants before defending with deadly force ....

... This is in order to comply with the recent Yukutake v. Connors court case decision ....

... Please join our webinar this Sunday 6pm where we'll go over upcoming bills in the legislature and how you can help ....

... before you can even purchase a taser or stun gun, and legislators are already moving to make it so that you can’t carry them ....

... we’re also being told that we can’t fully open the State Capitol to public interaction because it isn’t safe ....

... This year needs to be the year you step up and put in the work to protect your rights ....

... This, in combination with the settlement agreement in Yukutake v. Connors, means that on Oahu, you can obtain a firearm with a single trip to the police station ....

... It was reported to us that the officer's (personal) AR-15 was dropped and discharged a round. This round then struck another occupant (relative) in the same home ....

... PBS video: Will Hawaiʻi Become an Open-Carry State? ....

... the county can no longer use a blanket denial process for those with harassment or disorderly conduct convictions but MUST show that the charge actually included a "crime of violence" ....

... The Requirement to Bring Firearms to Police station and Register Firearms in Person is no longer Hawaii law ....

... In addition to the lawsuit, they filed a temporary restraining order against the Police department to stop them from taking away Lance's lawfully owned firearms ....

... A common misconception in Hawaii is that the size of a knife is used to determine the legality ....

... The order of summary judgment will not take effect until 15 September 2021 ....

... Today's ruling against the State eliminates the ten-day expiration period of pistol permits....and the requirement that an individual physically brings a firearm to the police station to register....

... On August 16th, a fully executed stipulation and order was finalized, delivering a huge victory to attorney Alan Beck and his clients ....

... the Government has entirely failed to demonstrate how each law effectuates its asserted interest in public safety, neither law can pass constitutional muster ....

... Both plaintiffs were sent letters from HPD denying them the ability to obtain a permit or register firearms and ordering them to surrender any they may have in their possession ....

... HB891, written by the Attorney General's office, makes tasers and other electric weapons legal in the state.  The Governor did not sign the law but did not veto it either. This means the bill becomes law without his signature ....

... leadership from Hawaii Rifle Association with the Hawaii Youth Livestock Association has teamed up with the Kids S.A.F.E. Foundation ....

... Governor David Ige has signed House Bill 1366 and House Bill 31 into law ....