THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2406
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
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 134-8, 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]

     (1)  Assault pistols, except as provided by section 134‑4(e); [automatic]

     (2)  Automatic firearms; [rifles]

     (3)  Rifles with barrel lengths less than sixteen inches; [shotguns]

     (4)  Shotguns with barrel lengths less than eighteen inches; [cannons; mufflers,]

     (5)  Cannons;

     (6)  Mufflers, silencers, or devices for deadening or muffling the sound of discharged firearms; [hand]

     (7)  Hand grenades, dynamite, blasting caps, bombs, or bombshells, or other explosives; [or any]

     (8)  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[.]; and

     (9)  Bump stocks, gat cranks, or any devices that can allow a person to manipulate the trigger mechanism of a firearm more rapidly than the person could without the device."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Firearms; Bump Stocks; Restriction

 

Description:

Restricts manufacture, possession, sale, transfer, and acquisition of bump stocks and gat cranks.

 

 

 

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