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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
HRA: Hawaii Primary Results Positive for 2nd Amendment
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 4972 Views :: Second Amendment

...Newcomer Jarrett Keohokalole, A-rated, for State Rep., Kaneohe, won his Democratic primary against Sierra Club Pres., Robert Harris, F-rated....

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Monday, July 28, 2014
Hawaii Rifle Association Grades Candidates on Second Amendment
By News Release @ 4:39 AM :: 5838 Views :: Second Amendment

HRA publishes grades for candidates based solely on their support for firearms rights and hunting heritage....

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Friday, June 27, 2014
HPD Ordered to Pay $31K over Censored Facebook Comments
By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 AM :: 93641 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment

...plaintiffs sued alleging First Amendment violations after the HPD allegedly removed Second Amendment activists' Facebook comments from an HPD Facebook page....

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Thursday, June 19, 2014
Gun Control Group Points to Hawaii as Example
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 4967 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment

The state with the lowest gun death rate in the nation was Rhode Island, followed by Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey....

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Louie Applauds US Supreme Court Ruling on Firearm Background Checks
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 3897 Views :: Second Amendment

...preserving the United States' right to prosecute straw purchasers of firearms....

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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Hawaii Rifle Association Final 2014 Legislative Report
By News Release @ 4:42 AM :: 3895 Views :: Second Amendment

The Hawaii State Legislature has adjourned for the year. Once again, no restrictive firearms bills passed....

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Sunday, May 4, 2014
How Second Amendment Bills Did in Hawaii Legislature
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 4188 Views :: Second Amendment

On Thursday, May 1, the Hawaii Legislature adjourned its 2014 regular session....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
HB849 Will Compromise Civil Liberties
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 8837 Views :: First Amendment, Law Enforcement, Military, Second Amendment
What will happen to our rights if a State of Emergency is declared?
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
Plaintiff Speaks out After Big Win in Hawaii Concealed Carry Case
By News Release @ 12:58 AM :: 5824 Views :: Second Amendment

Since the decision a lot of people have been asking what is going on. Well, let’s try and break this down a little bit....

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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Hawaii Firearms Permits up 20% -- Hit New Record
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 3928 Views :: Second Amendment

A record total of 22,765 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2013....

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Friday, March 28, 2014
Hawaii Senate Committee Waters Down Pro-Hunting Legislation with Amendment
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 4398 Views :: Second Amendment

...as amended by the Senate Water and Land Committee, it has now been stripped of its purpose and instead only creates a hunting advisory council....

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Friday, March 21, 2014
Full Text: Hawaii restrictions on gun carrying held unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 1:02 AM :: 6624 Views :: Second Amendment

The case is Baker v. Kealoha (9th Cir. Mar. 20, 2014) ....

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Hawaii: Update on Second Amendment Legislation
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 5360 Views :: Land Use, Second Amendment

HB 1902, introduced by state Representative Cindy Evans (D-7), would integrate a no net loss policy for public hunting lands in Hawaii....

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Monday, February 24, 2014
SB2938: Online Gun Registration to be Heard Feb 25
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 4882 Views :: Second Amendment

Gun Bill Hearing Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 9:25 am, Rm 211, State Capitol....

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Thursday, February 20, 2014
House Committee to Hear Critical Legislation to Preserve Hunting Lands
By News Release @ 2:27 PM :: 3406 Views :: Second Amendment

Friday, February 21, the Hawaii House Finance Committee is scheduled to hear House Bill 1902 with amendment HD1....

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Saturday, February 15, 2014
Ninth Circuit Confirms Right to Carry Arms in Public
By News Release @ 11:57 AM :: 5221 Views :: Second Amendment

The landmark decision came in the NRA-supported case of Peruta v. San Diego County....

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
HB2148 Would Allow Military Pistol Training to Satisfy Handgun Training Requirements
By News Release @ 2:07 AM :: 3680 Views :: Second Amendment

February 12, the House Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts is scheduled to hear House Bill 2148 at 8:30 a.m., in House conference room 312....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Multiple Gun-Related Bills to be Heard in state Senate Committee Today
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 3842 Views :: Second Amendment

...Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee is scheduled to hear three different pieces of firearms legislation....

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Committee to Hear Multiple Pro-Hunting Bills This Week
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 4070 Views :: Second Amendment

This Wednesday, January 29, the House Committee on Water and Land is scheduled to hear several important hunting bills....

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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Koko Head Shooting Complex to reopen 8AM Saturday
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 3931 Views :: Second Amendment

...the facility will reopen at 8 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, January 25....

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Friday, January 24, 2014
2014 Legislative Session Underway, Pro-gun and Anti-gun Legislation Introduced
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 3866 Views :: Second Amendment

Please contact members of the House Committee on Water and Land and respectfully urge them to support House Bill 1907....

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Monday, January 20, 2014
Hunting bills introduced in House
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 4383 Views :: Second Amendment

...five bills aimed at recognizing the impact of hunting on Hawaii’s outdoor heritage and focusing on ways to help strengthen and improve hunting activities....

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Monday, January 6, 2014
Hawaii Rifle Association 2014 Sen. Sam Slom Fundraiser
By News Release @ 10:21 AM :: 3749 Views :: Second Amendment

January 11 2014, Saturday at 5:30 PM....

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Saturday, January 4, 2014
Invasive Species Briefing Set
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 5174 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
  • DATE: Wednesday, January 08, 2014
  • TIME: 10:00 a.m.
  • PLACE: Conference Room 225, State Capitol
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Hawaii Rifle Assn Leader Looks forward to 2014 Session
By Video @ 1:57 PM :: 5173 Views :: Second Amendment

Senator Sam Slom discusses gun control with Dr. Maxwell Cooper, Legislative Liaison for Hawaii Rifle Association....

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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Koko Head rifle range temporarily closed after new reports of stray bullets
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 3925 Views :: Second Amendment

The closure only applies to the rifle range.  The complex will remain open during normal hours and the pistol, silhouette, archery, action, skeet, and trap ranges remain open....

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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Pig War: DLNR, Rusty Boar Battle Over 'American Jungle' TV Show
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 8730 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

DLNR is a bully taking away rights, threatening cultural livelihood and even trying to censor what can be shown on television. To this I say, long live “American Jungle”....

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Friday, November 22, 2013
FBI: Hawaii Data Sharing Failure Allows Mentally Ill to Buy Guns
By News Release @ 1:59 PM :: 3835 Views :: Second Amendment

Hawaii Among the Lowest-Performing States with Only 1 Record Submitted Over the Past Two Decades....

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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Honolulu Councilman Stanley Chang Introduces Anti-Gun Resolution
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 4072 Views :: Second Amendment

Resolution 13-280 calling on Congress to enact federal legislation to implement President Obama’s “Now is the Time” plan....

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Friday, November 8, 2013
New Federal Rule Mandates Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity for Insurance Plans
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 7215 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
...ensures that health plans features like co-pays, deductibles and visit limits are generally not more restrictive for mental health/substance abuse disorders benefits than they are for medical/surgical benefits....
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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Anti-Aquarium Nuts Attack Big Isle Fisherman For Catching Delicious Tiger Shark
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 AM :: 8202 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

...a few weeks ago the puppy-murdering phonies of "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) hounded a Kauai fisherman whose close call with a giant ahi was captured on video.  Now the national spotlight is focused on a Big Island youth...

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Friday, September 6, 2013
The Varmint Goats of Kahoolawe
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 AM :: 11588 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Second Amendment
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
PETA Attacks Hawaii Man Nearly Killed by Ahi
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 7435 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

As Native Hawaiians and residents of Hawai‘i, we take serious offense at your public attack upon a local fisherman for catching ahi....

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Abercrombie Appoints Asselbaye, Halagao to BoE, Signs Gun Control Bill, Others
By News Release @ 11:33 PM :: 5180 Views :: Education K-12, Second Amendment

fingerprint, photograph and background checks for those bringing firearms into Hawaii....

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Hawaii Rifle Assn. 20th Annual Shooting Sports Fair
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4308 Views :: Second Amendment

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and SUNDAY, JUNE 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KOKO HEAD SHOOTING COMPLEX....

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Saturday, June 1, 2013
NRA Debunks Ammo Shortage Rumors
By News Release @ 12:58 AM :: 5152 Views :: Second Amendment

...there are more than enough actual threats to the Second Amendment to keep gun owners busy....

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Friday, May 31, 2013
Gun Permitting Among Bills on Honolulu Council Agenda
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 4:07 PM :: 5606 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
Resolution 13-74, CD1 (2013) – Requesting the Honolulu Police Department to provide for firearm permitting and registration at the Kapolei and Kaneohe Police Stations....
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
A New Moral Treatment: Humane institutionalization can help the mentally ill and protect society
By Selected News Articles @ 10:22 PM :: 7209 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment

...over 90 percent of patients who would have been committed before deinstitutionalization are now out in the world....

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Monday, May 13, 2013
Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 4104 Views :: Second Amendment

... Resolution 13-74 requesting the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) to open the Kapolei and Kaneohe Police Stations to firearm permitting and registration ....

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Thursday, May 2, 2013
NRA: Contact the Governor and Request his Veto of Senate Bill 69
By Selected News Articles @ 11:41 PM :: 3964 Views :: Second Amendment

...SB 69 was originally a gun “buyback” bill but was amended in the state House into a mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms ....

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Monday, April 29, 2013
SB69: Mandatory Background Checks to be Voted
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 4409 Views :: Second Amendment

... mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms .....

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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Six Animal-Related Bills Moving Forward
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 7006 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government, Second Amendment

The bills await final, floor votes of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday, April 30th....

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Monday, April 22, 2013
Conference Committee Hearing on Senate Bill 69 Rescheduled
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 3571 Views :: Second Amendment

... conference committee will reconvene tomorrow, April 23, at 10:30 am in Conference Room 312 ....

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Monday, April 22, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 22, 2013
By Congress.org @ 3:15 PM :: 4978 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Second Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Background Checks Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Republican Substitute Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Straw Purchases Amendment
  • House: Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing
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Friday, April 19, 2013
Budget Negotiations: Support Puuanahulu Shooting Range
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 4614 Views :: Second Amendment
The proposed world class Puuanahulu Shooting Range in Kailua-Kona  is still in the state budget....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Senate Gun Control Bill Erodes Your Rights and Privacy
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:32 PM :: 3486 Views :: Second Amendment
Heritage experts urged lawmakers to consider the host of complex factors that contribute to violent outbreaks and to steer away from untested ideas that would restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Background Checks: Senate Rejects House Amendments; SB 69 Goes to Committee Conference
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 3872 Views :: Second Amendment
...a mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Hawaii: Last Chance to Stop Bill Requiring Background Checks on Legally Possessed Firearms
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 5218 Views :: Second Amendment
Senate Bill 69 passed in the state House of Representatives earlier this month, and will be considered for concurrence and final passage by the state Senate tomorrow....
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Guns, Background Checks, and Your Rights
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:05 AM :: 4898 Views :: Second Amendment

Even the ACLU is worried ....

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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Kauai Friends of the NRA to Meet
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 6070 Views :: Kauai County, Second Amendment
Kauai Friends of NRA Saturday, April 27, 4:00 PM, Kauai Beach Resort Ball Room 4331 Kauai Beach Dr....
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