Report Title:
Firearms; Age of Transfer
Description:
Raises the age for allowable transfers of rifle or shotgun from 18 years old to 21 years old.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
311 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 134-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) No transfer of any rifle having a barrel length of sixteen inches or over or any shotgun having a barrel length of eighteen inches or over, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner, or unregistered shall be made to any person under the age of [eighteen] twenty-one years, except as provided by section 134-5."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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