2020-02-11 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – February 11, 2020 clubs and stores they have a lot of customers and members – they can get your message out to a wide audience so that’s a good tip. AA: Yeah, and also there’s a bunch of fishing bills too, but, he never really touch on those... TY: It’s been about 20 years since I’ve been fishing, AA: Yeah, so, as you guys go on to the legislative website then you guys can look up the fishing – any new fishing regulations. OK. Thank you, Todd. Anybody has any questions? Yeah? Come up to the mic and state your name. RD: Ricky DeMello from Pepeekeo. Like say my son – now what if the weapon is grandfather-clause in? Has no serial number – came from my great grandfather and it’s been passed down generation after generation – now my son gonna have to get registered – I not registered because don’t own no firearms with serial numbers or not up-to-date firearms. So even for that I wouldn’t even be able for allow my son no longer for take his great, great grandfather’s gun hunting? TY: That one I’m not familiar with as far as the grandfathering... RD: Because there is a grandfather clause and if you go for register this weapons I don’t need register ‘em because there’s no serial number. TY: Yeah, that’s a good point. That’s something I’d have to research more but if you give me your contact information I can look into that for you. RD: Yeah, I know, guarantee... JO: James O’Keefe here in District 3 – I can add a little to that, that the ammunition purchase bill would probably very much affect – he wouldn’t be able to buy – you wouldn’t be able buy ammunition for that particular firearm, long guns have only been required to be registered in Hawaii since the mid- 90s – I think it was ’96 that, that became a law so any long guns owned by folks before that did not require registration. So those people who bought their – many of my guns I bought in the 70s and 80s and early 90s and there was no process for that so – hand guns – that’s always been registration so... RD: Thank you. I go stay here for my testimony... AA: Thank you Todd. So now moving back to the public testimony. RD: Mahalo again guys, mahalo nui. Richie DeMello. Pepeekeo – Makahalaloa – I could stay here all night and walaau with you guys but I know you guys get... 14