§134-5 Possession by licensed hunters and minors; target shooting; game hunting. (a) Any person of the age of sixteen years, or over or any person under the age of sixteen years while accompanied by an adult, may carry and use any lawfully acquired rifle or shotgun and suitable ammunition while actually engaged in hunting or target shooting or while going to and from the place of hunting or target shooting; provided that the person has procured a hunting license under chapter 183D, part II. A hunting license shall not be required for persons engaged in target shooting.
(b) A permit shall not be required when any lawfully acquired firearm is lent to a person, including a minor, upon a target range or similar facility for purposes of target shooting; provided that the period of the loan does not exceed the time in which the person actually engages in target shooting upon the premises.
(c) A person may carry unconcealed and use a lawfully acquired pistol or revolver while actually engaged in hunting game mammals, if that pistol or revolver and its suitable ammunition are acceptable for hunting by rules adopted pursuant to section 183D-3 and if that person is licensed pursuant to part II of chapter 183D. The pistol or revolver may be transported in an enclosed container, as defined in section 134-25 in the course of going to and from the place of the hunt, notwithstanding section 134-26. [L 1988, c 275, pt of §2; am L 1997, c 254, § §1, 4; am L 2000, c 96, §1; am L 2002, c 79, §1; am L 2006, c 66, §2]
Case Notes
As question of whether defendant possessed a hunting license under this section posed a fact peculiarly within defendant's knowledge, and lack of a hunting license is not a material element of §134-6, prosecution was not required to prove that defendant did not have a hunting license pursuant to this section. 93 H. 87, 997 P.2d 13.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 10. Public Safety and Internal Security
134. Firearms, Ammunition and Dangerous Weapons
134-1 to 18 OLD REPEALED. §134-1 Definitions.
134-2.5 Permits for motion picture films or television program production.
134-3 Registration, mandatory, exceptions.
134-3.5 Disclosure for firearm permit and registration purposes.
134-4 Transfer, possession of firearms.
134-5 Possession by licensed hunters and minors; target shooting; game hunting.
134-6.5 Relief from federal firearms mental health prohibitor.
134-7 Ownership or possession prohibited, when; penalty.
134-7.3 Seizure of firearms upon disqualification.
134-7.5 Seizure of firearms in domestic abuse situations; requirements; return of.
134-8 Ownership, etc., of automatic firearms, silencers, etc., prohibited; penalties.
134-8.5 Bump fire stock, multiburst trigger activator, or trigger crank; prohibition.
134-10 Alteration of identification marks prohibited.
134-15 Restriction of materials for manufacture of pistols or revolvers.
134-21 Carrying or use of firearm in the commission of a separate felony; penalty.
134-23 Place to keep loaded firearms other than pistols and revolvers; penalty.
134-24 Place to keep unloaded firearms other than pistols and revolvers; penalty.
134-25 Place to keep pistol or revolver; penalty.
134-26 Carrying or possessing a loaded firearm on a public highway; penalty.
134-27 Place to keep ammunition; penalty.
134-28 Explosive devices; prohibitions; penalty.
134-29 Reporting lost, stolen, or destroyed firearms; penalties.
134-31 License to sell and manufacture firearms; fee.
134-32 License to sell and manufacture firearms; conditions.
134-33 Punishment for violations of section 134-32.
134-34 National emergency, when.
134-51 Deadly weapons; prohibitions; penalty.
134-52 Switchblade knives; prohibitions; penalty.
134-53 Butterfly knives; prohibitions; penalty.
134-63 Commencement of action; forms.
134-64 Ex parte gun violence protective order.
134-65 One-year gun violence protective order issued after notice and hearing.
134-66 Termination and renewal.
134-67 Relinquishment of firearms and ammunition.
134-68 Return and disposal of firearms or ammunition.
134-69 Reporting of order to Hawaii criminal justice data center.
134-71 Law enforcement to retain other authority.
134-72 Lack of liability for failure to seek order.
134-84 Sale, offer for sale, distribution, or transfer of electric guns or cartridges.
134-85 Disposal of electric gun or cartridge.
134-86 Ownership or possession prohibited.
134-88 Storage of electric gun; responsibility with respect to minors.
134-89 Carrying or use of electric gun in the commission of a separate misdemeanor.
134-90 Carrying or use of electric gun in the commission of a separate felony.