05-28-2007, 11:40 AM
Here's a fact sheet I found on Gun laws in Hawaii:
Fact Sheet on Hawaii Gun Laws and Statistics on Gun Violence in Hawaii
This fact sheet provides background information for journalists covering today's shooting at a Honolulu, Hawaii office building.
Hawaii Firearm Laws1
A permit is required to purchase any firearm. All firearms must be registered. Separate permits must be obtained to purchase a handgun.
Since 1995, all applicants for a firearm permit must complete a firearms safety or hunter education course.
No permit may be issued to a first-time applicant before a waiting period of 14 days has elapsed, but the permit must be approved or denied within 20 days.
A "may-issue" concealed handgun licensing system is in place under which the chief of police of the appropriate county may issue concealed carry permits to carry concealed handguns to individuals who demonstrate a reason to fear injury to person or property.
Firearm-Related Death in Hawaii
In 1996 Hawaii ranked 49th in rate of firearm-related death, with a rate of 4.40 per 100,000. In 1996 the national rate of firearm-related death was 12.94 per 100,000.2
In 1996 Hawaii ranked 44th in rate of firearm-related homicide, with a rate of 1.81 per 100,000. In 1996 the national rate of firearm-related homicide was 6.02 per 100,000. 3
In 1996 Hawaii ranked 48th in rate of firearm-related suicide, with a rate of 2.12 per 100,000. In 1996 the national rate of firearm-related suicide was 6.29 per 100,000.4
In 1998 there were 24 murder victims in Hawaii. Of these, four were killed with handguns and rwo were killed with rifles.5
Looks much like the same laws as Texas. Of course we have an open registration for a concealed license. As well, we just passed a law that says we can protect our property with deadly force. (Don't know if agree with it)
Someone made the comment about having shotguns & rifles on the gunrack, and how that would reduce crime. Maybe so, but as a volunteer EMT in a big rural county I can say that I have seen what happens when a small bar room fight goes out to the parking lot, When every truck in the lot has a gun on the rack. It ain't pretty. Yes, I own guns.
I think there are to many guns on the streets to take away the guns. I have mine to protect my family, not to shoot sneak thiefs.
Although, most native Texans have adopted a saying "I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six".
Basicly sneak thieves get the sht kicked out of themselves eventually, whether on a jobsite or in a front yard at 2 in the morning.
I agree with a neighborhood watch and I'll go a step further; if word of a couple of these little sneak thieves getting their hands/fingers broke by a mob of residents in a neighborhood, accidently of course, got around then I'll bet the thieving slows down, in that neighboehood.
My motto is to make it easier to go somewhere else. Sorry if you're somewhere else.
Take care,
dave
Fact Sheet on Hawaii Gun Laws and Statistics on Gun Violence in Hawaii
This fact sheet provides background information for journalists covering today's shooting at a Honolulu, Hawaii office building.
Hawaii Firearm Laws1
A permit is required to purchase any firearm. All firearms must be registered. Separate permits must be obtained to purchase a handgun.
Since 1995, all applicants for a firearm permit must complete a firearms safety or hunter education course.
No permit may be issued to a first-time applicant before a waiting period of 14 days has elapsed, but the permit must be approved or denied within 20 days.
A "may-issue" concealed handgun licensing system is in place under which the chief of police of the appropriate county may issue concealed carry permits to carry concealed handguns to individuals who demonstrate a reason to fear injury to person or property.
Firearm-Related Death in Hawaii
In 1996 Hawaii ranked 49th in rate of firearm-related death, with a rate of 4.40 per 100,000. In 1996 the national rate of firearm-related death was 12.94 per 100,000.2
In 1996 Hawaii ranked 44th in rate of firearm-related homicide, with a rate of 1.81 per 100,000. In 1996 the national rate of firearm-related homicide was 6.02 per 100,000. 3
In 1996 Hawaii ranked 48th in rate of firearm-related suicide, with a rate of 2.12 per 100,000. In 1996 the national rate of firearm-related suicide was 6.29 per 100,000.4
In 1998 there were 24 murder victims in Hawaii. Of these, four were killed with handguns and rwo were killed with rifles.5
Looks much like the same laws as Texas. Of course we have an open registration for a concealed license. As well, we just passed a law that says we can protect our property with deadly force. (Don't know if agree with it)
Someone made the comment about having shotguns & rifles on the gunrack, and how that would reduce crime. Maybe so, but as a volunteer EMT in a big rural county I can say that I have seen what happens when a small bar room fight goes out to the parking lot, When every truck in the lot has a gun on the rack. It ain't pretty. Yes, I own guns.
I think there are to many guns on the streets to take away the guns. I have mine to protect my family, not to shoot sneak thiefs.
Although, most native Texans have adopted a saying "I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six".
Basicly sneak thieves get the sht kicked out of themselves eventually, whether on a jobsite or in a front yard at 2 in the morning.
I agree with a neighborhood watch and I'll go a step further; if word of a couple of these little sneak thieves getting their hands/fingers broke by a mob of residents in a neighborhood, accidently of course, got around then I'll bet the thieving slows down, in that neighboehood.
My motto is to make it easier to go somewhere else. Sorry if you're somewhere else.
Take care,
dave
Blessings,
dave
"It doesn't mean that much to me.. to mean that much to you." Neil Young
dave
"It doesn't mean that much to me.. to mean that much to you." Neil Young