hawaii gun control laws

[Bob Orts]

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle

supreme court takes up the issue of local gun control ... may have some effect on our codes

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It won't affect Hawaii laws. In Heller, the ruling was that laws can not have essentially ban private firearm ownership in a home, or have requirements that make that private gun in your home unusable for immediate use. Hawaii does not ban firearm ownership in the home and does not require them to be dismantled.

The current case in Illinois is because some States believe the ruling applied only to federal laws, not State laws. The Court is going to make that determination if it applies to local laws as well.

But the underlying framework is that if a State or political subdivision does not ban private gun ownership in the home or have regulations that otherwise makes a gun in a home unusable, it passes constitutional muster. It also allows reasonable regulations for that ownership such as licensing, registration, training, etc so long as it’s not designed to outright ban ownership.

Once you step off your private home property, the Supreme Court allows regulations up to and including a ban.