2021-02-23 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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over .50 Cal so even your musket could be banned but they excluded those two items but it's still a [unclear] hunting rifles and revolvers and handguns. BL: Thank you. TY: I hope that answered your question. HB 534 — that's the self-defense law Abraham was referring to — basically it would — if you have to use your firearm in self-defense — it protects you from criminal and civil liability. So it would protect you from going to jail — and it would protect the criminal from suing you for injuring them or killing them. So that's the main thing and also no duty to retreats — you don't have to give up your item if you get robbed — stuff like that — but unfortunately it did die today in the Judiciary Committee so it's dead for the year — we'll see it again next year. So all these bills in pink —those are dead. HB 662 — I believe — did GMAC put this in or someone put this in — but basically restores limited firearms ownership if you are banned from owning firearms before — in particular misdemeanor offenses for violence and was it drug use or drug sale — but only at the misdemeanor level — and it excludes domestic violence. But with this you can own a long gun — so rifle or shotgun — this has to be passed — approved by a judge — if you've been clear for at least 10 years of no arrests. And you have to get a hunting license. Then you can buy a rifle or shotgun and then you can use that for hunting and target practice. So, that's moving through the legislature. Ah, that one — I was surprised it was overwhelming support for it in the legislature so far — one notable exception was one legislator — Kapela — with Ocean View to Captain Cook — Kailua-Kona area - I think she's the only one that opposed it. So you might want to give her a call and tell her more about this bill to get her support but, I think it was like 50 yes votes and she was the only no vote, I believe on that one so far. OK. Any questions on that one — that would open up hunting to more people? AA: No. Keep going... TY: HB 711— that's the same as the self-defense law. I'm just going to skip over some of these. HB 889 is notable —this bill is actually redundant. We won a settlement against the state a few months ago — basically American Samoans that were not citizens in the US — they have a special thing going 26