ROH §41-10.4
When it is legal to have or use an air gun
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section lists the situations where a person can legally have or use an air gun, even though other rules in this article might say otherwise. It covers keeping one at home, using it at a target range, on private land safely, for hunting with a license, or for historical or educational events.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Exceptions
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, it shall be lawful for any person to possess an air gun if it is:
(1) Kept within such person’s domicile;
(2) Used by a person under 18 years of age, who is a duly enrolled member of any club, team, or society organized for education or training purposes and maintaining as a part of its facilities or having written permission to use an indoor or outdoor target range, when the air gun is used at such target range under the supervision, guidance, and instruction of a responsible adult;
(3) Used by a person 18 years of age or older at a properly constructed target range;
(4) Used in or on any private parcel of land or residence under circumstances in which the air gun can be fired, discharged or operated in such a manner as not to endanger persons or property and in such a manner as to prevent the pellet or BB shot from traversing any grounds or space outside the limits of such parcel of land or residence;
(5) Used in hunting or going to or from the place of hunting in accordance with law by a person who has obtained a hunting license pursuant to HRS Chapter 183D or who, if such person is under 18 years of age, has obtained such a hunting license and is accompanied by an adult who has obtained such hunting license; or
(6) Used by a person involved in a living history presentation or other activity for historical interpretation or educational purposes, or by a person participating in a parade if such activity or parade participant is associated with an established historical organization, museum, military preservation organization, or other group with a mission to educate the public at various events through the use of historical artifacts, clothing, vehicles, aircraft, maritime vessels, and firearms or replicas thereof.
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