Love This-Unlike Congress, Hawaii Takes Action on Gun Control
I can’t tell ya how much I like this law. California has got to do this. This is how you stop guns from getting into the worst hands, or being removed from their presence. What else? It has no negative impact on the law abiding gun owner at all. It is an act that works within existing laws. The odds of this measure failing in court are as close to zero as I can see.
While lawmakers in Washington maintain the status quo, failing to take action on even modest gun control measures this week, the governor of Hawaii on Thursday signed into law a trio of bills aimed at better protecting island residents from gun violence.
Most notable is SB 2954, now Act 108, which authorizes county police departments to enroll gun owners into a federal criminal monitoring database, known as “Rap Back.”
Gov. David Ige’s signature means Hawaii becomes the first U.S. state to enroll gun owners in the FBI system. In addition to alerting authorities when a Hawaii gun owner is arrested for a criminal offense anywhere in the country, the measure will allow Hawaii police to evaluate whether the firearm owner can continue to possess and own weapons.
Ige said in a statement that the law will help law enforcement better protect Hawaii residents and visitors.