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Hawaii and New Jersey handgun laws are similar

 

 

In researching these laws, I found it interesting that Hawaii is very similar to New Jersey's "permit to purchase a handgun" scheme.  There is a separate permit to purchase for each handgun and it must be used in 10 days. It must be registered with the police. There is a one time fingerprint fee.

 

There is a 14 day waiting period for applying for a permit.  Both handguns and long guns are registered. For the longest time Hawaii which was the only state that required registration of both handguns and long guns up until recently. Then California required registration of  hand guns and now long guns as of January 1 2014.  In addition a safety course is required to purchase a handgun in Hawaii. It looks like there is some sort of Firearm Card ID card scheme as well for long guns. To purchase long guns Hawaii  "requires a permit" (good for a year) for an number of long guns.

 

In addition Hawaii has an assault weapons ban and bans magazines greater than 10 rounds. Looks like this has been in effect since July 1992. http://www.hawaiirifleassociation.org/hawaii-gun-laws

 

When did Hawaii's gun laws come about.....It seems like around 1980 or 1981 when the registration of firearms came about about after a Waikiki sniper incident in 1979. https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=11256.0

 

"The first gun control laws followed an incident in 1980 or 81. A guy named Miller was released from the state mental hospital in Kaneohe. He caught a city bus to town, where he bought a .22 bolt action rifle and a brick of ammo from one of the sporting goods stores in downtown Honolulu. King, I think.  He took that stuff on another bus to Waikiki, where the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center was under construction. He went into one of the upper floors and started firing at people on the sidewalks."

 

In 1990 mandatory registration of all firearms

 

" At one point, I think in the 1990s, after mandatory registration was enacted, gun owners were advised to bring in the weapons they had obtained earlier and register them.  If you didn't take 'em in, the state and city have no record of 'em. The only way the authorities would know about such a weapon would be if someone informs them or they happen upon it, for example, if you took it out in public or committed a crime."

 

 

Here it says that rifles were sold in Sears and elsewhere without registration. "But you could buy rifles at Sears Ala Moana and many local stores for years afterwards without having to register them."  So maybe handguns were already registered and rifles were not until later in the 1990's.

 

 

Hawaii, Maryland and New Jersey are staunch no issue "may-issue" states, meaning that the chance to get a carry permit are near zero. However in the case of Hawaii, there has been some court challenges.  http://www.guns.com/2014/03/21/aloha-federal-court-strikes-hawaiis-may-issue-practice-unconstitutional/

 

“Hawaii’s Attorney General and law enforcement leaders will oppose shall issue as will our current liberal Legislature,” Dr. Max Cooper, president of the Hawaii Rifle Association told Guns.com Friday. “It is time for more people to apply for permits and another hearing on a shall issue bill in the 2015 Hawaii Legislature.”

 

 

In some cases both Hawaii's and New Jersey's gun laws are similar.

 

Hawaii http://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-laws/hawaii.aspx

 

PURCHASE

 

No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm1, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in Hawaii or imported, until he has first procured from the chief of police of the county of his place of business, residence, or sojourn a permit to acquire. 

 

Each chief of police may issue permits within his jurisdiction to citizens of the U.S. who are at least 21 and to duly accredited official representatives of foreign nations. No permit shall be issued to an applicant earlier than 14 calendar days after the date of application.

 

Permits to acquire a pistol or revolver require a separate application and permit for each transaction.

 

Permits issued to purchase any rifle or shotgun entitles the permittee to make subsequent purchases of rifles or shotguns for a period of one year from the date of issue and does not require a separate application and permit for each transaction.

 

No person shall be issued a permit for the acquisition of a pistol or revolver unless the person has completed a firearms safety training course. The permit shall be void unless used within 10 days after the date of issue.

 

In all cases where possession of a firearm is acquired from another person in Hawaii, the permit shall be signed by its holder and shall be delivered to the person who is transferring title to the firearm.

 

The transferor is required to provide information on the permit including the name of the person to whom the firearm, rifle or shotgun was transferred and a description of the firearm, including serial number, and then deliver or send the permit by registered mail to the chief of police within 48 hours.

 

If the firearm is obtained by any method from sources outside Hawaii, the person to whom the permit has been issued is required to fill out the permit and deliver or mail the permit by registered mail to the chief of police within 48 hours after taking possession of the handgun.

 

A health care provider or public health authority shall disclose health Information, Including protected health care relating to an individual’s mental health history, to the appropriate county chief of police provided that this Information shall be used solely to evaluate the Individual’s fitness to acquire or own a firearm and the Individual has signed a waiver permitting release of the health care Information for that purpose.

 

Any person acquiring a firearm under the permit is required to register it within five days of acquisition. There is currently a $24.00 ($19.75 at the Honolulu PD), one-time only fingerprinting fee, payable by cash or certified check.

 

 

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Good info. Forwarded to Sweeny so he can see what a disaster NJ is.

Unless I'm not getting you, how does this make Jersey look bad when they are just as fooked up? That will give Swiney more ammo.

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