Second Amendment

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

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

...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...

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

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

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....

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

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

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

...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 ....

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

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

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

• 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

Even the ACLU is worried ....

...the Attorney General released its annual report detailing statewide and county firearm registration statistics for calendar year 2012 ....

House Judiciary Committee TOMORROW, March 19 at 2:00 p.m. in House Conference Room 325 at the state Capitol....

House Public Safety Committee this Thursday, March 14 at 9:30 a.m. in House conference room 309....

The bill has been referred to the House Public Safety, Judiciary, and Finance committees....

...10 issues, large and small, in which government is intruding more into our lives and our businesses....

SB 69 will require fingerprinting and NICS checks in addition to the already existing registration requirement on ALL firearms brought into the state....

SB 69 leaves several things open to question or interpretation. For instance, it fails to define what constitutes an “extensive background check” or what constitutes a “mental health concern”....

Legislative Recess - A Perfect Time to Meet with Your Legislators at Home.  The state legislature goes into a mandatory five-day recess from February 21-26....

Under this proposed legislation, Hawaiians would be subject to warrantless entry into their homes, warrantless seizure of their firearms and other weapons based solely on a mere “report” by a so-called “mental health professional.” 

Thursday, February 7, in the Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs (PSM) Committee at 2:45 p.m. in conference room 224 ....
 

NRA-ILA is pleased to report that an attempt to repeal newly-enacted protections for National Rifle Association instructors has failed....

The average person who voluntarily surrenders a firearm to police is not a criminal and the firearms surrendered are not those misused by criminals....

The NRA will be actively fighting proposed anti-gun measures while keeping you updated on scheduled hearings and any action taken. While each bill has been assigned to a committee, most have not yet been scheduled for hearings.

No hunter or target shooter currently uses an “assault weapon”. The term is a political and media invention, intended to cause confusion....

...who is going to be held responsible if one of their patients decides to take out some poor store clerk? Is the shooter's doctor now a potential target for a lawsuit? Can the shooter claim at his trial that he was not properly counseled by his physician?

Hundreds of local hunters and their supporters rallied at the Capitol today as at least one Senator backed away from a gun control measure he had earlier introduced....

“Given the weak track record of federal mental health programs, states should exercise primary responsibility for determining appropriate mental health services, which will entail eliminating restrictions currently imposed by the federal government.”

"Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health." 

We attended today's White House meeting...prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals....

...a right to keep and bear arms for personal self-defense in the eighteenth century could not rationally have been limited to the home....

“We have emptied the nation's hospitals, gutted state and local mental health programs, and turned involuntary treatment into a debate point instead of using it as a viable option to prevent tragedy...."

These two bills would force states to recognize concealed carry permits issued by any other states....

It is the aerial slaughter of sheep, goats, and pigs that prompted the referendum....

The ballot item on the formation of a hunting, fishing and gathering advisory commission in the November 6 election passed by almost 2 to 1 margin....

...the pig is so much more than just a resource to the Ancient Hawaiian, and I hardly think that “invasive” ....

The essential areas, proposed as critical habitat, include seven units totaling approximately 18,766 acres (7,597 hectares) on the island of Hawai‘i....