ATTN Oahu firearms rights supporters:

by Dr. Max Cooper, HRA Legislative Liaison  June 1, 2013

Honolulu City Council Resolution 13-74 CD1, Requesting HPD to open additional firearms sections in Kapolei and Kaneohe is amended, adding a clause to direct the Administration to form an advisory group to address the issue. At the Public Safety Committee hearing, Councilmember Kymberley Marcos Pine, co-introducer, stressed the importance of including representatives from HRA in the proposed working group.

The Resolution is moving through the Council, and is scheduled for a final hearing Wednesday, 10am, June 5, 2013. Please e-mail or fax testimony in support, and attend the hearing to deliver it if you can.

Just click on the hearing notice below and follow the directions to send a line or two in support and why.

LINK: Hearing Notice

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Hawaii: Honolulu City Council to Hear Pro-Gun Resolution Tomorrow

News Release from NRA-ILA June 4, 2013

Resolution 13-74 CD1, introduced by council members Ron Menor and Kymberly Pine, will be heard tomorrow by the Honolulu City Council at 10:00am. 

If adopted, Resolution 13-74 would aid the Honolulu Police Department as well as law-abiding gun owners, requesting HPD open new locations for permitting and registration at the Kapolei and Kaneohe Police Stations.  It would further direct the administration to form a working group to address this issue that would include stakeholders among others.

Gun ownership on Oahu has been on the rise as it has been across the nation.  With this increase, the Honolulu Police Department has continually been overburdened causing delays for those seeking to exercise this constitutional right and comply with Hawaii law. 

Please either e-mail or fax your testimony in support of Resolution 13-74 CD1 to the Honolulu City Council and attend the hearing to speak if possible.

Information on how to testify or submit testimony can be found here.

Further Reading Hawaii: City Council Committee to Consider Resolution Tomorrow to Ease Compliance