HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-03-13 Letter to Gregg Takayama and Cedric Asuega Gates SB 1466, SD2 Relating to Gun Violence Protective Orders
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Wil Okabe
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Harry Kim
Mayor
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Deputy Managing Director
March 13, 2019
Representative Gregg Takayama, Chair
Representative Cedric Asuega Gates, Vice Chair
Committee on Public Safety, Veterans, and Military Affairs
Dear Chair Takayama, Vice Chair Gates, and Committee Members:
RE: SB 1466, SD2 Relating to Gun Violence Protective Orders
You have three bills on today’s agenda dealing with gun rights and gun safety. I thank you for
scheduling them for hearing, and hope you will be able to approve them all. But of the three, I think SB 1466,
SD2 is the most important and has the greatest likelihood of saving lives.
SB 1466, SD2 would provide for protective orders, a concept that has gotten much national attention in
recent months. The idea has grown out of the need to curb the gun violence that has become so prevalent in
the United States, and to which Hawaiʻi is not immune. While there are details in SB 1466, SD2 that are
beyond my expertise, it appears to me that the authors have drawn a fair and proper balance between the
rights of gun owners and society’s interest in safety.
I defer to your wisdom with respect to exact provisions, but strongly urge approval of some version of
gun violence protective orders.
Respectfully Submitted,
Harry Kim
MAYOR