THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3053
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to firearms.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the Senate has some of the strongest gun safety laws in the nation, and in 2016 Hawaii received an A-minus reading from the Giffords law center to prevent gun violence. Additionally, Hawaii had the lowest number of gun deaths per capita among the states of 2017, according to the centers for disease control and prevention. The legislature is committed to protecting the safety and well-being of its citizens. The fact that Hawaii still allows fifty caliber guns is in consistent with this commitment.

The purpose of this Act is to amend the prohibition of certain weapons to include fifty caliber guns.

SECTION 2. Section 134-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of any of the following is prohibited: assault pistols, except as provided by section 134‑4(e); automatic firearms; rifles with barrel lengths less than sixteen inches; shotguns with barrel lengths less than eighteen inches; fifty caliber guns; cannons; mufflers, silencers, or devices for deadening or muffling the sound of discharged firearms; hand grenades, dynamite, blasting caps, bombs, or bombshells, or other explosives; or any type of ammunition or any projectile component thereof coated with teflon or any other similar coating designed primarily to enhance its capability to penetrate metal or pierce protective armor; and any type of ammunition or any projectile component thereof designed or intended to explode or segment upon impact with its target."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Firearms; Gun Safety; Fifty Caliber Guns

Description:

Amends HRS 134-8 to include fifty caliber guns in the list of prohibited weapons.

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