2021-02-23 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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TN: When you did the sound testing — did you do the sound testing from 6 in the evening to 6 in the morning or any time between that? RH: All the sound tests were conducted during daytime — when a shooting facility would be operational. TN: I guess that's why I'm asking — if the facility is gonna be 24/7 because in the evening, you know, I could be not too accurate but I believe the wind direction goes from mountain to ocean from 7 in the morning to 7 at night. So if the facility was open 24/7 and there was any nighttime shooting — did you folks do any sound testing at night? RH: I cannot envision — other than law enforcement — I cannot envision any nighttime shooting. AA: So Richard, besides, well, if you know and maybe I should wait until actually — I actually will wait till after Ian's on - so if nobody else has any questions or comments for Richard we can move on to Ian Cole... TY: Sorry — if I could speak — Todd Yukutake — I'm with the Hawaii Firearms Coalition and I'm also the NRA state training counselor for Hawaii so I represent all of the instructors for the NRA in Hawaii and, yeah, there's no good facility for training people how to shoot handguns, which is required to purchase a hand gun. And some people use private ranges here and there but we really need a facility on the Big Island to teach handgun use. I'm assuming a lot of people take the Hunter's Education Class to be able to buy a handgun, but, you know, that class doesn't teach how to shoot a handgun and that could be a safety issue so that's why we really need a range like this. Thank you. RH: You, I assume, Todd, you're Oahu... TY: Yeah... RH: You have a facility. I'm an NRA Range Technical Team Advisor in addition to a bunch of other things — and I've made a couple trips to Coco Head on behalf of some problems they had over there with projectiles leaving the