HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-03-25 Letter to Chris Lee and Joy A. San Buenaventura SB 1466, SD2, HD1 Relating to Gun Violence Protective Orders
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Wil Okabe
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Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
March 25, 2019
Representative Chris Lee, Chair
Representative Joy A. San Buenaventura, Vice Chair
Committee on Judiciary
Dear Chair Lee, Vice Chair San Buenaventura, and Committee Members:
RE: SB 1466, SD2, HD1 Relating to Gun Violence Protective Orders
You have two 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 both. But of the two, I think SB 1466, SD2, HD1 is the
most important and has the greatest likelihood of saving lives.
SB 1466, SD2, HD1 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,
HD1 that are beyond my expertise, it appears to me that the authors and prior committees 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