HRS §134-21.5
Carrying a firearm while committing a separate misdemeanor
This law makes it a serious crime to carry or have a firearm within your reach while you are committing a separate misdemeanor, even if the gun is unloaded or broken. It adds a felony penalty on top of the misdemeanor penalty, and the sentences can be served at the same time or one after the other.
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The statute, as written — Carrying of a firearm in the commission of a separate misdemeanor ; penalty
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly carry on the person or have within the person's immediate control a firearm while engaged in the commission of a separate misdemeanor offense, whether the firearm was loaded or not, and whether operable or not; provided that a person shall not be prosecuted under this section when the separate offense is an offense otherwise defined by this chapter or is the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm under section 707-714.5. (b) A conviction and sentence under this section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any conviction and sentence for the separate misdemeanor; provided that the sentence imposed under this section may run concurrently or consecutively with the sentence for the separate misdemeanor. (c) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a class C felony. (d) For the purposes of this section, "misdemeanor" does not include a petty misdemeanor.
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