{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-134-21","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-21","heading":"Carrying or use of firearm in the commission of a separate felony; penalty.","body":"(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:\n\n(1) A felony offense otherwise defined by this chapter;\n\n(2) The felony offense of reckless endangering in the first degree under section 707-713;\n\n(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\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(c) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a class A felony.","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 10","Chapter 134"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0134/HRS_0134-0021.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"442f114b822bd4b70ba132d82c64044512a8e3b6d9d2c8e35492941f10685d2d","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-134-2.5","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-134-21.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}