(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or recklessly use an electric gun for any purpose except:

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
misdemeanorup to 1 year$2,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-663
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-82

  • Cartridge: includes but is not limited to a Taser cartridge. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-81
  • Electric gun: includes but is not limited to devices commonly referred to as stun guns and Tasers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-81
  • Law enforcement agency: means any county police department, the department of law enforcement, the department of the attorney general, the division of conservation and resources enforcement of the department of land and natural resources, and any other state or county public body that employs law enforcement officers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-81
  • Licensee: means a person licensed to sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer electric guns and cartridges pursuant to section 134-83. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-81
  • Person: means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or any form of business or legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-81
  • Transfer: includes but is not limited to the granting of temporary possession to another. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-81
(1) Self-defense;
(2) Defense of another person; or
(3) Protection of property of the person or of another person.
(b) Except as provided in section 134-85, it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer an electric gun or cartridge without a license obtained pursuant to section 134-83. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution pursuant to this subsection that the person is more than twenty-one years of age and is an employee of a licensee acting within the scope of the person’s employment.
(c) It shall be unlawful for a licensee or employee of a licensee to knowingly sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer an electric gun or cartridge at a place other than the licensee’s designated place of business.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer an electric gun or cartridge to a person less than twenty-one years of age.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a licensee, a law enforcement agency, or the Army or Air National Guard, to knowingly or recklessly purchase, obtain, or otherwise receive an electric gun or cartridge from a person who does not have a license issued pursuant to section 134-83.
(f) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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