Post by jgbryant on Mar 8, 2017 10:44:39 GMT -10
Here are the phone info and email address of our State Representatives and State Senator for Kauai.
Currently our State Representatives are:
Dee Morikawa - 808-586-6280 - repmorikawa@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Derek S.K. Kawakami - 808-586-8435 - repkawakami@Capitol.hawaii.gov
James Kunane Tokioka - 808-586-6270 - reptokioka@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Our State Senator is:
Ronald D. Kouchi - 808-586-6030 - senkouchi@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Below you will find a template statement you may use as bullet points to read or use the body of a letter.
Honorable "their name"
I am writing to provide testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 898. I am one of the law-abiding citizens that will be impacted by this bill. Passing this bill will only impact law-abiding citizens who register their firearms. This bill will have no impact on illegally owned firearms, unregistered firearms or criminals and fugitives. The proposed changes to HRS 134 specifically target a narrow group of people. It specifically targets law-abiding firearms owners who have already completed background checks, mental health checks and have been submitted for continuous monitoring in the FBI criminal database. Please stop the attack on a group of folks that already play by the rules.
It saddens me to see a bill like this further attack law abiding citizens. Currently, acquiring a permit to purchase a firearms in the state of Hawaii is near one of the most stringent process in the USA. Don't just take my word for it, please take a look at my justification below.
SB898 will modify HRS 134 to allow a judge to issue a public safety warrant which would prohibit an existing firearms owner (only impacts legal firearms owners) right to own firearms. Additionally, the bill would allow the public safety warrant to mandate law enforcement to confiscate an existing firearms owner's registered firearms.
This bill does not impact illegally possessed firearms as a warrant can't be issues to confiscate something that is not registered.
The amount of evidence required for the issuance of the public safety warrant is as simple as getting a law enforcement agent to give a statement based on his / her perceived risk a law abiding citizen presents.
Once the law abiding citizen has been served the public safety warrant a hearing must occur to make the decision permanent, like a protection order hearing after getting served a TRO. BTW, a TRO process already exists for some one who acts in a fashion that makes other folks perceive harm or danger. So the justification of SB898 is mute.
If for some reason a Judge upholds the warrant the law abiding citizen will permanently lose his / her firearms and ammunition to the Police Department along with losing the right to sell or transfer his / her firearms. This means that SB 898 removes a persons chance to sell or transfer his / her firearms upon disqualification which is already protected under HRS-134.
In all, SB898 takes due process and replaces a Constitutional Right with a semi-quasi hearing with no conviction necessary. SB898 also allows for law enforcement to confiscate a law abiding citizen's firearms and permanently keep them without even being convicted of any crime.
In all honesty this bill would give drug dealers have more rights than firearms owners.
Respectfully
"your name"
"your address"
"your phone number"
Currently our State Representatives are:
Dee Morikawa - 808-586-6280 - repmorikawa@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Derek S.K. Kawakami - 808-586-8435 - repkawakami@Capitol.hawaii.gov
James Kunane Tokioka - 808-586-6270 - reptokioka@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Our State Senator is:
Ronald D. Kouchi - 808-586-6030 - senkouchi@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Below you will find a template statement you may use as bullet points to read or use the body of a letter.
Honorable "their name"
I am writing to provide testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 898. I am one of the law-abiding citizens that will be impacted by this bill. Passing this bill will only impact law-abiding citizens who register their firearms. This bill will have no impact on illegally owned firearms, unregistered firearms or criminals and fugitives. The proposed changes to HRS 134 specifically target a narrow group of people. It specifically targets law-abiding firearms owners who have already completed background checks, mental health checks and have been submitted for continuous monitoring in the FBI criminal database. Please stop the attack on a group of folks that already play by the rules.
It saddens me to see a bill like this further attack law abiding citizens. Currently, acquiring a permit to purchase a firearms in the state of Hawaii is near one of the most stringent process in the USA. Don't just take my word for it, please take a look at my justification below.
SB898 will modify HRS 134 to allow a judge to issue a public safety warrant which would prohibit an existing firearms owner (only impacts legal firearms owners) right to own firearms. Additionally, the bill would allow the public safety warrant to mandate law enforcement to confiscate an existing firearms owner's registered firearms.
This bill does not impact illegally possessed firearms as a warrant can't be issues to confiscate something that is not registered.
The amount of evidence required for the issuance of the public safety warrant is as simple as getting a law enforcement agent to give a statement based on his / her perceived risk a law abiding citizen presents.
Once the law abiding citizen has been served the public safety warrant a hearing must occur to make the decision permanent, like a protection order hearing after getting served a TRO. BTW, a TRO process already exists for some one who acts in a fashion that makes other folks perceive harm or danger. So the justification of SB898 is mute.
If for some reason a Judge upholds the warrant the law abiding citizen will permanently lose his / her firearms and ammunition to the Police Department along with losing the right to sell or transfer his / her firearms. This means that SB 898 removes a persons chance to sell or transfer his / her firearms upon disqualification which is already protected under HRS-134.
In all, SB898 takes due process and replaces a Constitutional Right with a semi-quasi hearing with no conviction necessary. SB898 also allows for law enforcement to confiscate a law abiding citizen's firearms and permanently keep them without even being convicted of any crime.
In all honesty this bill would give drug dealers have more rights than firearms owners.
Respectfully
"your name"
"your address"
"your phone number"