Second Amendment

... many anti-gun bills were defeated this session ....

... the Court can consolidate the New York Case with Young v. Hawaii ....

"...any portable device that is designed to discharge electric energy, charge, voltage, or current into the body...."

... Earlier this week, the Senate voted to pass House Bill 1366 and House Bill 31. The bills will now be transmitted to Governor David Ige for his consideration....

... House Bill 1366 bans possession of home-built firearms ....

... On April 6th, the Senate Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees will hold a joint hearing on House Bill 1366, to ban possession of home-built firearms ....

... On March 30th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear House Bill 31 ....

... With the Young decision FINALLY coming out, we thought we would be able to FINALLY move on with our Taser lawsuit. ...

... 26,122 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2020, marking a 62.3% increase from 16,098 applications processed in 2019 .... 

... In a Hawaii case, the majority of an 11-judge en banc Ninth Circuit panel concluded that the Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to carry firearms outside the home .....

... They will now go to the House for further consideration ....

... Three anti-gun bills are eligible for floor action in their respective chambers ....

... The case is called Duncan v. Becerra ....

... HIFICO rundown on Second Amendment related bills before Hawaii Legislature ....

... February 22nd, the House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs is hearing House Bill 534 House Draft 1, to improve the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their loved ones ....

... upcoming hearings ....

... SB 301, SB 307, HB 31 and HB 1366 .... 

... House Bill 534 threatens the ability to use self-defense in the workplace while casting confusion on the current self-defense statutes impacted by this bill ....

... Welcome to the 2021 Legislative Tracker for Firearms Bills ....

... Control work is scheduled for February 17 and 18. Public access to affected areas and the Mauna Kea Hunter Access Road will be restricted ....

... The Ninth Circuit has established a tradition of re-hearing cases favorable to the Second Amendment ....

...Plaintiff George Young sued Hawaii in 2012 for denying his applications for permits to carry a concealed or openly visible handgun....

...the group has raised over $2.1 million for Rittenhouse’s defense fund as of Friday....

...Governor Ige signed SB 3054, and HB 2744 went into law without his signature, due to his failure to veto the measure....

...The District Court opinion shows how appeals courts hostile to the Second Amendment have been successfully salami slicing away Second Amendment rights....

...Balisong knives are legal to possess and carry in at least 43 states (16 because of Knife Rights' efforts repealing switchblade and butterfly knife bans since 2010), and Hawaii is one of only three states that specifically ban these knives....

...Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 6 measures....

...The lawsuit alleges that Hawaii's ban on Handgun magazines with a capacity greater than ten rounds in unconstitutional....

... As soon as the HPD officers working the desk found out he was a US national and not a citizen he was swiftly denied the opportunity to apply ....

...KPD requests that the public please complete and print them prior to arriving at their scheduled gun registration appointment....

...the legislature did pass two anti-gun bills....

... The issue before the en banc Young court is whether the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to openly carry firearms outside the home .... 

... The number of appointments available to the public is completely full. Every morning, hundreds of people try to access the website to get an appointment. This causes the system to freeze and crash, something reminiscent of the state's unemployment website in the early days of the pandemic ....

...Despite making a commitment to working on COVID-19 related legislation and budget issues, anti-gun legislation continues to move forward in the Hawaii legislature....

...Online registration pilot project complete. Walk-in range usage beginning Wednesday, July 1....

...hearings June 24 and 25....

...Young v Hawaii challenges Hawaii statutes regulating carry permits – and lack thereof – on Second Amendment grounds....

"...From now on everyone who is in line at HPD's firearms registration department by 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays will be served...."

...Parks and Recreation Online System, PROS, available to public beginning Wednesday, June 3 at 12 noon....

...“Hunters have asked us to increase open hunting days to help them feed our community,” said Sheri S. Mann, Kaua‘i Branch Manager for DLNR-DOFAW....

...The Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs deferred HB 2736....

...Thursday, March 12th at 1:30PM in Conference Room 229....

... Just last year, a 9th Circuit opinion ruled that California's ban on standard capacity magazines was unconstitutional ....

...California’s neighbor to the left is seeking to outdo the Golden State tyrants with an even more intrusive scheme to harass law-abiding gun owners....

...The House passed HB 1902, HB 2736, and HB 2744. The bills will now move to the Senate for further consideration. On the Senate side, the Judiciary Committee passed SB 2519 and SB 2635, both with amendments....

...On Thursday, February 27th, the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a decision-making hearing on SB 2519 and SB 2635....

...This Thursday, February 27th, three anti-gun bills: HB 1902, HB 2322, and HB 2736 will be eligible for floor votes in the House....

...House Bill 1902 to ban most standard capacity magazines is now eligible for a floor vote in the House at any time....

...Whenever we as gun owners object to yet another second amendment infringing law, we hear the same old line, "well, we have to do something," but year after year, law after law is passed, and it changes nothing....

...Giffords Center recommends legislators, "...direct funding to evidence-based, community-driven violence intervention strategies...."