Hawaii Concealed Carry Laws

Hawaii Gun Laws
  Open Carry: Open carry allowed only with permit
  Duty to Notify Law Enforcement: If actively carrying you "shall immediately disclose" that you are carrying and identify the specific location of the firearm and present your license to carry.
  State Parks: Carry prohibited
  Restaurants Serving Alcohol: Establishments that serve alcohol for consumption on premise are prohibited
  Firearms at Colleges: Schools individually decide the weapons policy.
  Firearms at K-12 Schools: Lawful in vehicle with Hawaii permit.
  Church Carry: Churches act like any other private property and may restrict
on a church by church basis
  Hotels: No legal restriction - Reference article on page 67
  Secure Storage Requirements: There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access in a home. No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly store or otherwise leave a loaded or unloaded firearm out of the person's immediate possession or control inside a vehicle without first securely locking the firearm in a safe storage depository that is out of sight from outside of the vehicle.
  Magazine Capacity Limitations: Handgun magazines with capacity greater than 10 rounds are not lawful
  Suppressor Ownership: Prohibited
  Vehicle Possession Without Recognized Permit: Not permitted
  Firearm Law Uniformity: No preemption law. Localities may enact their own gun laws.
  Permit Training Requirements: None
  Non-Resident Permits: Non-residents may apply
  Constitutional Carry: No
  Duty to Retreat: Duty to Retreat before using Deadly Force except when in your dwelling (703-304)
  Places Off Limits: -Any building or office owned, leased, or used by the State or a county, and adjacent grounds including any portion of a building or office used for court proceedings, legislative business, contested case hearings, agency rulemaking, or other activities of state or county government;
- Any public or private hospital, mental health facility, nursing home, clinic, medical office, urgent care facility, or other place at which medical or health services are customarily provided, including adjacent parking areas
-Any adult or juvenile detention or correctional facility, prison, or jail, including adjacent parking areas
-Any bar or restaurant serving alcohol or intoxicating liquor as defined in section 281—1 for consumption on the premises, including adjacent parking areas;
- Any stadium, movie theater, or concert hall, or any place at which a professional, collegiate, high school, amateur, or student sporting event is being held, including adjacent parking areas
- All public library property, including buildings, facilities, meeting rooms, spaces used for community programming, adjacent grounds, and parking areas
- The campus or premises of any public or private community college, college, or university, and adjacent parking areas, including buildings, classrooms, laboratories, research facilities, artistic venues, and athletic fields or venues
-The campus or premises of any public school, charter school, private school, preschool, summer camp, or child care facility as defined in section 346—151, including adjacent parking areas, but not including: (A) A private residence at which education is provided for children who are all related to one another by blood, marriage, or adoption; or (B) A dwelling when not used as a child care facility
- Any beach, playground, park, or adjacent parking area, including any state park, state monument, county park, tennis court, golf course, swimming pool, or other recreation area or facility under control, maintenance, and management of the State or a county, but not including an authorized target range or shooting complex
- Any shelter, residential, or programmatic facility or adjacent parking area operated by a government entity or charitable organization serving unhoused persons, victims of domestic violence, or children, including children involved in the juvenile justice system;
-Any voter service center as defined in section 11-1 or other polling place, including adjacent parking areas
-Any place, facility, or vehicle used for public transportation or public transit, and adjacent parking areas, including buses, paratransit vans, bus shelters and terminals (but not including bus stops located on public sidewalks), trains, rail stations, and airports
-Any amusement park, aquarium, carnival, circus, fair, museum, water park, or zoo, including adjacent parking areas

This section shall not apply to a person in an exempt category identified in section l34-11(a). It shall be an affirmative defense to any prosecution under this section that a person is: (7) Carrying a firearm pursuant to a license issued under section 134-9 or in accordance with title l8 United States Code section 926B or 926C in the immediate area surrounding the person's vehicle within a parking area for the limited purpose of storing or retrieving the firearm;
  State Contact Info: Attorney General of Hawaii
425 Queen St
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-586-1500
www.ag.hawaii.gov
  Permit Issuing Authority: Chief of police in the county you live in.
  Length of Permit Validity: 1 year
  Permit Application Process: Contact your chief of police.
  Resident Permit Reciprocity:
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