Hawaii prohibits any person, including licensed manufacturers, licensed importers, and licensed dealers, from possessing, selling, gifting, or delivering electric guns.¹ “Electric gun” is defined under state law to mean “any portable device that is electrically operated to project a missile or electromotive force.”² The following persons are not prohibited from carrying electric guns:

• Law enforcement officers;
• Conservation and resource management officers;
• Members of the Army or Air National Guard; or
• Vendors to any of these listed individuals, provided certain conditions are met.³

Electric guns possessed in violation of the law shall be confiscated.⁴

Hawaii law does not prohibit other types of non-powder guns.

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1. Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-16(a).[↩]
2. Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-1. Electric livestock prods used in animal husbandry and any automatic external defibrillator used in emergency medical situations are specifically excluded from the definition of “electric gun.”[↩]
3. Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-16(c).[↩]
4. Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-16(b).[↩]