Report Title:

Handgun Safety Training

Description:

Amends the criteria for the firearms safety or training courses to ensure that the applicants specifically receive handgun training.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

462

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; or

(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; or

(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. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

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

INTRODUCED BY:

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