Be wary of those offering advice on the internet, myself included. I am not a lawyer and anything that follows is not legal advice, just pure speculation. I have no insight to these matters and take all information as such.
Just note that the Reckless 2nd subsection (b) states OR, "Intentionally discharges a firearm in a populated area, in a residential area". It does NOT state AND. So it is up to the powers that be if they conclude what defines a populated area, but more so for Oahu, what is a residential area? Could they or do they easily just go off of Land use ordinance and abide by the definition of residential zoning as a guideline? Could they just as likely conclude that AG land is populated? If so, could they perhaps more easily conclude that a residential area is defined by zoning and is that actually the de facto definition"? Again I am not going to give advice but there are suggestions on this in regards to residential or AG zoning. Do you trust your potential legal future to what anyone says here otherwise?
Note
- there are legit private ranges on AG zoned land.
- there is hunting allowed by DLNR on private AG land.
- there are regulations for shooting ranges in regards to zoning and there is a certain zoning that is a generally followed as a minimum guideline on this island. I don't want to say much more than that here.
- there is a difference between "shooting gallery" and "shooting range" and regulations.
- Private ranges on this island have suffered due to zoning. Others have been successful due to zoning.
- Does zoning matter? It would be unwise to think it does not, but also just as unwise to think it keeps you safe.