HI HCR56

Urges United States Congress to reinstate and strengthen the federal ban on manufacture, transfer, and possession of assault weapons, including AR-15 rifles and other civilian weapons designed for military use.

References the February 14, 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, where an AR-15 rifle was used to kill seventeen people.

Notes that the AR-15 rifle has been used in thirteen mass shootings over the past thirty-five years, including eight since March 2015.

Cites the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, which expired in 2004 when Congress failed to reauthorize it, and notes the AR-15 was considered an assault weapon under the Department of Justice's 1994 definition.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the President Pro Tempore and leadership of the United States Senate and House, Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the governors and presiding officers of all other states.