STAND. COM. REP. NO.  883

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 248

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 248 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the ten round capacity limit on detachable ammunition magazines designed for or capable of use with a pistol.  The bill also prohibits magazines not authorized for use with the pistol by its manufacturer.

     The Hawaii Rifle Association, the Secretary of the Puuloa Rifle and Pistol Club, and a large number of concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General and the Honolulu Police Department opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 248, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 248, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair