Haven’t read the final rules all the way through yet, but this part still concerns me:
“15-23 Standards for issuance of License to Carry Concealed Firearm.
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(1) Pursuant to Section 134-9(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, an applicant… shall ‘[a]ppear to be a suitable person to be so licensed.’
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The Chief may apply the following objective factors when determining whether an applicant… poses a heightened risk to public safety such that the applicant is not ‘a suitable person to be so licensed’:
(A) Whether the applicant has been involved in any incidents of alleged domestic violence within the ten years preceding the application;
(B) Whether the applicant has been involved in any incidents of careless handling, storage, or carrying of a firearm…;
(C) Whether the applicant has been involved in incidents of alcohol or drug abuse…
(D) Whether the applicant has been involved in other violent conduct…” (emphasis added)
So if somebody alleges that you were involved in domestic abuse, even if there’s no evidence it happened, Chief can deny?
If these are “objective factors,” where’s the objective definitions of “careless handling [or] storage,” “alcohol or drug abuse,” and “other violent conduct”? If some punk takes a swing at me and I defend myself, is that “other violent conduct”?
Still serious problems with these rules…