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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-21

Carrying or use of firearm in the commission of a separate felony; penalty

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-21, Carrying or use of firearm in the commission of a separate felony; penalty, Hawaii, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2398076
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(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly carry on the person or have within the person's immediate control or intentionally use or threaten to use a firearm while engaged in the commission of a separate felony, whether the firearm was loaded or not, and whether operable or not; provided that a person shall not be prosecuted under this subsection when the separate felony is: (1) A felony offense otherwise defined by this chapter; (2) The felony offense of reckless endangering in the first degree under section 707-713; (3) The felony offense of terroristic threatening in the first degree under section 707-716(1)(a), 707-716(1)(b), or [707-716(1)(e)]; or (4) The felony offenses of criminal property damage in the first degree under section 708-820 or criminal property damage in the second degree under section 708-821 and the firearm is the instrument or means by which the property damage is caused. (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 felony; provided that the sentence imposed under this section may run concurrently or consecutively with the sentence for the separate felony. (c) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a class A felony.