Reply #81: Hawaii is a "May Issue" state [View All]

And has been for quite some time. The only people that get CCWs are those with the appropriate influence at the highest levels, and even then, I believe there were no permits issued last year or the year before, and only one permit issued on Kauai the year before that. I think Massad has be involved in the general push for relaxed CCW in general, but I am not sure how active he has been here, at least recently. I wish we could get him here to talk to the lawmakers as I hear he's good at that. Heck, I wish we could get him over here for some LFI training as well.

We have had a CCW amendment before the legislature for the last several years, as we do again this year. Maybe this year it'll be different and the lawmakers will listen to facts and reason instead of emotional goobly-gook like what the Prosecuting Attorney commented, after a news piece on the pending CCW legislation. He(the PA) said he would not support the measure because he was afraid armed citizens, if forced to use their weapons, might miss, thereby endangering those nearby. I guess he's never read the stats on LEO shootings (no offense...) that demonstrate most officers miss more than they hit. Heck, a case a couple of years ago here witnessed the police firing over 130 rounds (in 2 separate salvos) and only hitting the suspect once. Oh, they did hit the uninvolved passenger twice.

As far a reciprocity, don't count on it. Even LEO on official assignment here (unless with a a federal agency) need special permission to carry. Additionally, Hawaii has failed to enact provisions to comply with the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.