Report Title:

Firearms Safety Courses; Firearms Training Courses

Description:

Requires a person applying for permit to acquire a pistol or a revolver to attend a handgun (as opposed to a firearm) safety or training course.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

798

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to firearms.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 134-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:

"(g) Effective July 1, 1995, no person shall be issued a permit under this section for the acquisition of a pistol or revolver unless the person, at any time prior to the issuance of the permit, has completed:

(1) An approved hunter education course as authorized under section 183D-28[;] that includes handgun safety or training;

(2) A [firearms] handgun safety or training course or class available to the general public offered by a law enforcement agency of the State or of any county;

(3) A [firearms] handgun safety or training course offered to law enforcement officers, security guards, investigators, deputy sheriffs, or any division or subdivision of law enforcement or security enforcement by a state or county law enforcement agency; or

(4) A [firearms] handgun training or safety course or class conducted by a state certified or National Rifle Association certified firearms instructor or a certified military firearms instructor that provides, at a minimum, a total of at least two hours of firing training at a firing range and a total of at least four hours of classroom instruction, which may include a video, that focuses on:

(A) The safe use, handling, and storage of [firearms] handguns and [firearm] handgun safety in the home; and

(B) Education on the firearm laws of the State.

An affidavit signed by the certified firearms instructor who conducted or taught the course, providing the name, address, [and] phone number of the instructor, the date of the course, and attesting to the successful completion of the course by the applicant; or an official qualification card issued to the applicant by the department of land and natural resources hunter education course as specified in section 183D-28, shall constitute evidence of certified successful completion under this [paragraph.] subsection."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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By Request