Hawaiian Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Ban Sales of Toy Guns to Children
The bill has had its first reading and has been referred to the judiciary committee where, hopefully, it dies.
SECTION 1. Chapter 709, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"ยง709- Sale of toy guns to minors prohibited. (1) It shall be unlawful to sell, attempt to sell, or offer for sale a toy gun to a minor under eighteen years of age; provided that it shall be an affirmative defense to any prosecution that the:
(a) Purchaser falsely represented the purchaser's age by producing a driver's license bearing a photograph of the licensee, a state identification card, or similar card purporting to be a valid identification card indicating that the purchaser was eighteen years of age or older;
(b) Appearance of the purchaser was such that an ordinary prudent person would believe the purchaser to be eighteen years of age or older; and
(c) Sale was made in good faith relying upon the indicators of age in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(2) Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment of not more than ninety days, or both."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Seriously, does any state need a law requiring toy store clerks to card customers when buying a toy gun?
On top of that, there is the threat of a fine and 90 days in jail for anyone violating this act.
It seems that it is safe to still give a gun as a gift to a minor, but what is the necessity for society to prevent a twelve-year-old from buying a squirt gun, a rubber band gun or any other facsimile of a gun, assuming that it is a toy?
It would make a lot more sense to require restrict sales of cheeseburgers. They are a lot more dangerous.
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33 Comments
Post a CommentMost pols here in Hawai'i range from liberal to utra-liberal. Please don't give these guys any ideas. I wouldn't be surprised if cheese burgers are next on the list of things to either tax, regulate or ban.
Yea...replace toy guns with bullet proof vests....too funny...LMFAO
Proving once again, that the lawmakers in Hawaii are mentally incompetent and should be removed from office.
I think a law is in order .How about manditory toy gun for kids with a manditory gun safety and history class every 3yrs.....? what do you think.....?
When is this p c stuff going to end? Toy guns never hurt anyone. Grow up and pay attention to the stuff that doe matter. Education of children, the laws, islam sharia law, etc.
"This is yet another reason why an I.Q. test should be mandatory if someone runs for office."
.....and a drug test.
Is the Film Actors Guild behind this?
I think Old Saiki had way to much saki:
Informed is Misinformed about Guns and The Realisum of Them.
You are the Enemy With IN!
"Ouoted Enemy With In: fom the kng of talk MS>COM
Absolutely BAN ALL GUNS, toy or real from radical liberals like this guy and his drugged up hippie, or in this case Haole constituency. We've seen these kind of unstable people: Columbine (jock/prep/muff hating leftist loner grunge kids who got guns); Tuscon (disenfranchised liberal computer loner who got guns).
As the Good Dr. Savage has often said Liberals are gunophobes because they're (suicidal and) are afraid they'll kill themselves.