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Item Open Access 1852 Haw. Sess. Laws 19,§ 1(General Publisher, 1852)Prohibited the carry of any Bowie-knife, sword-cane, air gun, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon. Violators fined no less than ten but no more than thirty dollars.Item Open Access 1870 Haw. Sess. Laws 26, An Act to License the Carrying of Fowling Pieces and Other Fire-arms, chap. 20, §§ 1 to 3(General Publisher, 1870)Required a license from the Minister of the Interior to use or carry for sporting purposes any gun, carbine, rifle, pistol, or other fire-arms. Licenses were priced at five dollars. Violators fined fifty dollars for every offense. Failure to pay the fine led to imrpisonment at hard labour.Item Open Access 1884 Compiled Laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom, at 86, Of the Safekeeping of Gunpowder § 354 (1884)(General Publisher, 1884)Granted the Minister of the Interior the authority to make regulations on the storing, keeping, and transportation of gunpowder in the Kingdom. Prohibited the violation of these regulations.Item Open Access 1884 Compiled Laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom, at 539, An Act to License the Carrying of Fowling Pieces and Other Fire Arms(General Publisher, 1884)The general and indiscriminate use of fire-arms, which are frequently used for the destruction of useful, imported and migratory insectivorous birds and their progeny, is an injury to the agricultural and pastoral interests of this Kingdom, therefore, Be it Enacted by the King and Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: § 1. That the Minister of the Interior may at any time license for a term of one year, any applicant for such license, to use and carry fire-arms for sporting purposes, in the District of Kona, Island of Oahu, on receiving for such license the sum of five dollars. § 2. Any person in said district who shall use or carry for sporting purposes, any gun, carbine, rifle, pistol, or other fire-arms, without having at first obtained a license as hereinbefore provided, shall, upon conviction therefor, before any police or district justice, be fined in a sum not to exceed fifty dollars for every such offense, and in default of payment of such sum, shall be imprisoned at hard labor, until such fine and costs are paid, according to law.Item Open Access Penal Laws of the Hawaiian Islands, 1897, Compiled From the Penal Code of 1869 and the Session Laws of 1870 to 1896 Inclusive 251 (1897), ch. 54(General Publisher, 1896)Prohibited the carry of any Bowie-knife, sword-cane, pistol, air-gun, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon if not authorized by law. Violators fined no less than ten but no more than thirty dollars and imprisonment in hard labor camps no less than fifteen days but not exceeding two months. Note: Hawaii did not become US territory until 1898.Item Open Access 1903 Haw. Sess. Laws 55, ch. 8, § 25(General Publisher, 1903)Granted the Board of Supervisors of each county the jurisdiction and power to adopt rules and regulations for the keeping and storing of powder, Hercules powder, giant powder, kerosene, coal oil, benzoin, naptha, or other explosive or combustible materials.Item Open Access 1913 Haw. Rev. Laws ch. 209, § 3089, Carrying Deadly Weapons, § 3089.(General Publisher, 1913)Prohibited the carrying a Bowie knife, sword cane, pistol, air-gun, slungshot, or other deadly weapon. Punishable by fine of $10-250 or imprisonment for 3-12 months, unless good cause can be shown for carrying the weapon.Item Open Access 1913 Haw. Sess. Laws 25, Act 22(General Publisher, 1913)Prohibited the carrying a Bowie knife, sword cane, pistol, air-gun, slungshot, or other deadly weapon. Punishable by fine of $10-250 or imprisonment for 3-12 months, unless good cause can be shown for carrying the weapon.Item Open Access Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925, 791-92 (1925) § 2137(General Publisher, 1925)The sheriff shall have to duty to have proper blank forms to fill in personal information of applicants.Item Open Access 1925 Haw. Sess. Laws 94, An Act to Prohibit the Use of Guns in the Taking or Killing of Fish and Providing Penalties For The Violation Of The Provisions Of This Act, Act 76, § 1(General Publisher, 1925)Prohibited to fish by means of any firearms.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), §§ 23-24(General Publisher, 1927)Prohibited the transfer of a firearm to any person who does not present a permit authorizing the acquisition of a firearm. Violators subject to five hundred dollar fine, or up to one year imprisonment, or both.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, An Act Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925, §§ 1, 4(General Publisher, 1927)Prohibited individuals convicted of violent crimes from owning, possessing, or having under their control any pistol or revolver.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), § 1, § 4(General Publisher, 1927)Defined pistol or revolver having a barrel less than twelve inches in length. Defined crimes of violence as murder, manslaughter, rape, mayhem,, assault to do great bodily harm, robbery, larceny, burglary, and house-breaking. Persons convicted of these crimes are prohibited from possessing a pistol or revolver.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), § 9, § 12, § 17(General Publisher, 1927)Prohibited the transfer, sale, gift, loan, or otherwise of a pistol or revolver without a permit. Also prohibited the transfer of a pistol or revolver unless there is no reasonable cause that the transferee has not committed or is attempting to commit a crime of violence. Prohibited the transferee from furnishing false information or false evidence of their identity. Violators punished by fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), § 22, § 26(General Publisher, 1927)Required submission of a report upon the sale or disposition of any firearm or ammunition. The report shall be submitted within seven days of the transfer.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), § 18, § 26(General Publisher, 1927)Punished those failing to report possession of firearms or ammunition as a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), §§ 10-11, § 17(General Publisher, 1927)Requires all dealers to be licensed to expose to sale, transfer, have in possession with intent to sell, any pistol or revolver. Licenses shall be granted by the licensing authority, whose form is prescribed by the treasurer. Violators punished by fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 236, An Act . . . Relating to the Discharge of Firearms and other Weapons upon Public Highways, § 1(General Publisher, 1927)Prohibited the discharge on the public highways with a firearm or other weapon capable of causing death or inflicting serious personal injury, including air-guns and sling-shots. Violators guilty of a misemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than ten nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or imprisonment not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), §§ 5-6(General Publisher, 1927)Prohibited persons from carrying, keeping, possessing, or controlling a pistol or revolver.Item Open Access 1927 Haw. Sess. Laws 209-217, AN ACT Regulating the Sale, Transfer and Possession of Certain Firearms and Ammunitions, and Amending Sections 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2146 and 2147 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925 (the "Small Arms Act"), § 7, § 12, § 17(General Publisher, 1927)The judge of a court of record, or sheriff of the county, shall provide a license to carry upon the furnishing of proof of residence in Hawaii or the United States and good reason to fear injury to his person or property, or another good reason to carry. Prohibited providing false information or offer false evidence of identity. Violators punished by fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both fine and imprisonment.