2013-04-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes, April 15, 2013 Page 18 firearm you need to get in and registered in 10-days. There are people who wait two weeks or more to get their permit to go in to fill out the paper and then measure the barrel and just to get it done. I don’t know who we need to address. I’m getting a lot of people asking me that question and what’s going on with the police station and even to get to go to apply for your permit to acquire a firearm is taking a long time. I mean, in one instance our turkey [Indecipherable] banquet we held the ending of last month. There are some people who purchased firearms -they still haven’t gotten it, to get their permit to acquire it. It is three weeks now. B. Command : It’s a manpower problem that was created by quite frankly, the shootings in Connecticut. There was a reaction people have and I’m not sure whether it is or isn’t but people are thinking that there’s going to be tighter controls on weapons. And, so a lot of people went out and purchased a gun. There was a big rush and that’s the problem. I have talked to the captain, AC and they are working on it trying to get more people in the office to handle the backlog. [Indecipherable] W. Camara : [Indecipherable] I was wondering how it, this was way before Connecticut. Technically, they are forcing us to break the law by not having the permits. [Indecipherable] C. Bailey : I think, Counsel Ashida can address, he probably heard. I heard on the news that they were going to extend that period because of the jam up just to avoid prosecution. I don’t know if Counsel Ashida heard anything about it. L. Ashida : No Chair Sylvester : Nothing at this time. R. White : You are right it has a lot to do with the shootings. But has also to do with funding which is why furloughs, the first Friday or last Friday of every month. So, Melody at the Kona Police Dept., they are working on getting somebody in the offices but it is long process. [Indecipherable] You are right, it actually started more with Obama being elected so, way before the shootings but because Obama is anti guns that’s when more guns started being sold and the shootings just further that.