State Gun Laws

Hawai‘i law says that a person cannot have a gun if s/he has a court order against him/her that prohibits him/her from contacting, threatening, or physically abusing another person.¹

If your temporary or final domestic abuse protective order or gun violence protective order has these restrictions, then the abuser likely cannot have a gun while your order is in effect. Your order will specifically say that s/he is not allowed to have, own, or transfer a firearm or ammunition. The abuser will have to turn over any guns and ammunition that s/he has to law enforcement for as long as the protective order is valid. The police can also take any guns or ammunition in plain sight when they serve the abuser with the protective order.¹ Go to If the abuser’s gun is taken away, what will happen to it? for more information.

In addition, federal laws restrict an abuser’s ability to have a gun when you have a final protective order that meets certain requirements. Federal laws apply to all states and territories.

¹ Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-7(f)