Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 90 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Legislative Reference Bureau to study the crime rates in jurisdictions in the United State that allow for the open carry of firearms.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Your Committee finds that despite the Legislative Reference Bureau's testimony that its findings on the issue of open carry jurisdictions and crime rates will be limited, the information gathered will still be of use to the Legislature and that therefore the Legislative Reference Bureau should still be required to conduct the study and provide a report of their findings to the Legislature.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 90 and recommends its adoption.