HRS §134-22
Possessing a firearm to help commit a felony drug crime
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law makes it a serious crime to knowingly have a gun, loaded or not, working or not, if you plan to use it to help commit a felony drug distribution crime. It adds a separate punishment on top of the drug crime itself.
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The statute, as written — Possession of a firearm with intent to facilitate the commission of a felony drug offense; penalty
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a firearm with the intent to facilitate the commission of a felony offense involving the distribution of a controlled substance, whether the firearm was loaded or not, and whether operable or not. (b) For the purposes of this section: "Controlled substance" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 329-1. "Distribution" means the selling, transferring, prescribing, giving or delivering to another, or the leaving, bartering, or exchanging with another, or the offering or agreeing to do the same. (c) A conviction and sentence under this section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any conviction and sentence for the separate felony; provided that the sentence imposed under this section may run concurrently or consecutively with the sentence for the separate felony. (d) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a class A felony.
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