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Hawaii background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

HI1066 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)

Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...

Effective: 1998-11-30
Hawaii background checks handgun Restrictive

HI1065 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30
Hawaii background checks handgun Restrictive

HI1003 — sales from dealer

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2

(c) An applicant for a permit shall sign a waiver at the time of application, allowing the chief of police of the county issuing the permit access to any records that have a bearing on the mental health of the applicant. The permit application form and the waiver form shall be prescribed by the attorney general and shall be uniform throughout the State. ... (e) ...

Effective: 1988-06-09
Hawaii background checks long gun Restrictive

HI1001 — permit to purchase

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(a)

No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight, or otherwise, until the person has first procured from the chief of police of the...

Effective: 1927-07-01
Hawaii background checks long gun Restrictive

HI1004 — sales from dealer

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(a)

Permits to acquire. (a) No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight, or otherwise, until the person has first procured from the...

Effective: 1927-07-01
Hawaii background checks handgun Restrictive

HI1031 — sales from dealer

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(a)

Permits to acquire. (a) No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight, or otherwise, until the person has first procured from the...

Effective: 1927-07-01 Superseded: 1988-06-09
Hawaii background checks handgun Restrictive

HI1035 — permit to purchase

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(a)

No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight, or otherwise, until the person has first procured from the chief of police of the...

Effective: 1927-07-01
Hawaii carrying a concealed weapon (ccw) handgun Permissive

HI1105 — shall issue

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-9

(a) The chief of police of a county shall grant a license to an applicant to carry a pistol or revolver and ammunition concealed on the licensee's person within the State, if the applicant: (1) Satisfies each of the criteria established by or pursuant to subsection (d); (2) Is not prohibited under section 134-7 from the ownership, possession, or control of a firearm and ammunition; (3) Is not found to be lacking the...

Effective: 2024-01-01
Hawaii carrying a concealed weapon (ccw) handgun Permissive

HI1084 — shall issue

Citation: NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSN., INC. v. BRUEN

On June 23, 2022, the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. ____ (2022) determined that “may issue” concealed carry laws were unconstitutional, though they explicitly stated that Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island’s versions of “may issue” laws were not unconstitutional.

Effective: 2022-06-23
Hawaii carrying a concealed weapon (ccw) handgun Permissive

HI1005 — may issue

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-9

(a) In an exceptional case, when an applicant shows reason to fear injury to the applicant's person or property, the chief of police of the appropriate county may grant a license to an applicant who is a citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years or more or to a duly accredited official representative of a foreign nation of the age of twenty-one years or more to carry a pistol or revolver and...

Effective: 1961-07-08 Superseded: 2022-06-23
Hawaii castle doctrine handgun and long gun Permissive

HI1006 — expanded 1

Citation: Hawaii Rev. Stat. Ann. § 703-304(5)(b)(i)

The actor is not obliged to retreat from his dwelling or place of work, unless he was the initial aggressor or is assailed in his place of work by another person whose place of work the actor knows it to be.

Effective: 1973-01-01
Hawaii castle doctrine handgun and long gun Permissive

HI1069 — traditional

Common law castle doctrine. Common law castle doctrine was solidified in the United States throughout the 19th century. “By the beginning of the twentieth century it was well accepted in the United States that a man attacked in his own home had no duty to retreat before using deadly force, so long as he reasonably believed it necessary to save his own life.” Indeed, by the 1920s, sources note that the castle...

Effective: 1900-01-01 Superseded: 1973-01-01
Hawaii child access laws handgun and long gun Restrictive

HI1008 — negligent storage

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 134-10.5, 707-714.5

§ 134-10.5 Storage of firearm; responsibility with respect to minors. No person shall store or keep any firearm on any premises under the person's control if the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the parent or guardian of the minor, unless the person: (1) Keeps the firearm in a securely locked box or other container or in a location...

Effective: 1992-06-29
Hawaii dealer license long gun Restrictive

HI1009 — state license requirement

Citation: Haw. Rev. Laws Ch. 121 § 2030(A)-(D)

Section 2030 A. The annual fee for a license to sell firearms in the Territory of Hawaii, either at wholesale or retail, shall be ten dollars ($10.00) Section 2030 D.

Effective: 1921-03-14
Hawaii dealer license handgun Restrictive

HI1034 — state license requirement

Citation: Haw. Rev. Laws Ch. 121 § 2030(A)-(D)

Section 2030 A. The annual fee for a license to sell firearms in the Territory of Hawaii, either at wholesale or retail, shall be ten dollars ($10.00) Section 2030 D.

Effective: 1921-03-14
Hawaii firearm removal at scene of domestic violence handgun and long gun Restrictive

HI1080 — required

Citation: HRS § 709-906

Any police officer, with or without a warrant, shall take the following course of action, regardless of whether the physical abuse or harm occurred in the officer's presence: (f) The police officer shall seize all firearms and ammunition that the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe were used or threatened to be used in the commission of an offense under this section.

Effective: 2012-07-03
Hawaii firearm removal at scene of domestic violence handgun and long gun Restrictive

HI1072 — authorized

Citation: HRS § 134-7.5(a)

Any police officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has recently assaulted or threatened to assault a family or household member may seize all firearms and ammunition that the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe were used or threatened to be used in the commission of the offense.

Effective: 1996-07-01 Superseded: 2012-07-03
Hawaii firearm sales restrictions handgun and long gun Restrictive

HI1086 — assault weapons ban - Federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102

This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

Effective: 1994-09-13 Superseded: 2004-09-13
Hawaii firearm sales restrictions handgun and long gun Restrictive

HI1088 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103

SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. << 18 USCA § 922 >> (a) PROHIBITION.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 110102(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

Effective: 1994-09-13 Superseded: 2004-09-13
Hawaii firearm sales restrictions handgun Restrictive

HI1010 — assault weapons ban

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-4

After July 1, 1992, no person shall bring or cause to be brought into the State an assault pistol. No assault pistol may be sold or transferred on or after July 1, 1992, to anyone within the State other than to a dealer licensed under section 134-32 or the chief of police of any county except that any person who obtains title by bequest or intestate succession to an assault pistol registered within the State shall,...

Effective: 1992-07-01
Hawaii firearm sales restrictions handgun and long gun Restrictive

HI1085 — ban on high capacity magazines

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-8

The manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of detachable ammunition magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds which are designed for or capable of use with a pistol is prohibited.

Effective: 1992-06-29
Hawaii firearm sales restrictions handgun Restrictive

HI1011 — saturday night special ban

Citation: HRS § 134-15(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person, including a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, to possess, sell, or deliver any pistol or revolver the frame or receiver of which is a die casting of zinc alloy which has a melting temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

Effective: 1975-05-27
Hawaii minimum age long gun Restrictive

HI1019 — purchase and sale

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(d)

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of twenty-one years or more

Effective: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age handgun Restrictive

HI1038 — purchase and sale

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(d)

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of twenty-one years or more

Effective: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age long gun Restrictive

HI1091 — youth possession

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(d)

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of twenty-one years or more

Effective: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age handgun Restrictive

HI1095 — youth possession

Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(d)

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of twenty-one years or more

Effective: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age long gun Restrictive

HI1097 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

Effective: 1994-09-13
Hawaii minimum age handgun Restrictive

HI1098 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 23 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1),(5)

(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile-- (A) a handgun; or (B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.

Effective: 1994-09-13
Hawaii minimum age handgun Restrictive

HI1099 — minimum age possession - federal

Citation: 43 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)(c)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

Effective: 1994-09-13
Hawaii minimum age long gun Permissive

HI1018 — purchase and sale

Citation: Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more

Effective: 1979-01-01 Superseded: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age handgun Permissive

HI1037 — purchase and sale

Citation: Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more

Effective: 1979-01-01 Superseded: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age long gun Permissive

HI1090 — youth possession

Citation: Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more

Effective: 1979-01-01 Superseded: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age handgun Permissive

HI1094 — youth possession

Citation: Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more

Effective: 1979-01-01 Superseded: 1994-07-01
Hawaii minimum age handgun Restrictive

HI1020 — purchase and sale

Citation: Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more

Effective: 1972-01-01 Superseded: 1979-01-01
Hawaii minimum age long gun Restrictive

HI1050 — purchase and sale

Citation: Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more

Effective: 1972-01-01 Superseded: 1979-01-01
Hawaii minimum age handgun Restrictive

HI1092 — youth possession

Citation: Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134

The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more

Effective: 1972-01-01 Superseded: 1979-01-01