STAND. COM. REP. NO.  519-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2148

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2148 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to recognize the sacrifices made by members of the armed services, as well as their training in the use of firearms, by allowing service members applying for a permit to acquire a pistol or revolver to demonstrate requisite training in the safe handling of a firearm by presenting an official record of having been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States and having received qualification with or authorization of an award for marksmanship in the use of a service pistol.

 

     The Hawaii Rifle Association, National Rifle Association, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Honolulu Police Department opposed this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2148 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair