STAND. COM. REP. NO. 916-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 679
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 679 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee wishes to avoid the situation where a NRA firearms instructor seeks an exemption from absolute liability when the training occurs at a place other than a firing range or firearms training facility. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by requiring that the firearm training occur at a firing range or other firearms training facility in order for the NRA certified firearms instructor to qualify for the exemption from absolute liability.
Additionally, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying the two affirmative defenses to absolute liability available to the owner of the firearm by separating them into separate subsections;
(2) Changing the effective date of the bill to January 7, 2059, in order to further discussion on this measure; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 679, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 679, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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