by S.E. Gunn, PhD, All News Pipeline:
On June 2, 2025, the Hawaii Governor, Democrat Josh Green signed into Hawaiian Law Act 52 (AKA SB 1230 SD2 HD1 CD1) covering rules for carrying concealed firearms in Hawaii. The law is accompanied by Government Message Number 1152 informing the Hawaiian Legislature that Act 52 was signed into law on June 2, 2023.
Hawaiian Legislature cites the purpose of Act 52 is to
. . . clarify, revise, and update Hawaii’s firearms laws to mitigate the serious hazards to public health, safety, and welfare associated with firearms and gun violence, while respecting and protecting the lawful exercise of individual rights. To accomplish this purpose, this Act amends and enacts requirements and processes for obtaining a license to carry a firearm, updates criteria governing when firearm ownership, possession, or control is prohibited, defines locations and premises within the State where carrying or possessing a firearm is prohibited, prohibits leaving an unsecured firearm in a vehicle unattended, and enacts, amends, and clarifies other provisions relating to firearms.
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They go on to describe “certain locations” as [emphasis by author]:
- Any building or office owned, leased, or used by the State or a county, and adjacent grounds and parking areas, 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 de fined in section 11-1 or other polling place, including adjacent parking areas;
- The premises of any bank or financial institution as defined in section 211D-1, 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; or
- Any public gathering, public assembly, or special event conducted on property open to the public, including any demonstration, march, rally, vigil, protest, picketing, or other public assembly, for which a permit is obtained from the federal government, the State, or a county, and the sidewalk or street immediately adjacent to the public gathering, public assembly, or special event; provided that there are signs clearly and conspicuously posted at visible places along the perimeter of the public gathering, public assembly, or special event.
Seems to me that if you can’t have a firearm in “adjacent parking areas” you can’t have a firearm with you at all, since you can’t take it with you, nor can you leave it locked in your vehicle. And, there is a ‘petty misdemeanor’ penalty (§134-C) for leaving your firearm in your locked vehicle but not secured in a safe or “other secure impact- and tamper-resistant container.”
In addition, there is a ‘petty misdemeanor’ penalty (§134-D) for consuming alcohol, intoxicating liquor, or controlled substances (drugs) or to be under the influence of these substances while carrying concealed. So, don’t have a glass of wine at dinner (while you leave your legal firearm in a safe in your locked vehicle) or a glass of beer at your favorite bar while watching a sporting event with others (while you leave your legal firearm in a safe in your locked vehicle) even if you never reach the ‘legal limit’ for blood alcohol. Just simply having 1 drink is enough to get you charged under this section.
In addition, there is a ‘misdemeanor’ penalty (§134-E) to carry your legal concealed firearm with you to your friend’s house without their written (it says verbal but I would not trust your ‘friend’ to not renege on their ‘word’) consent or the “private entity” posts a sign expressly permitting concealed firearms on the property (stores, gyms, etc.).
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