HI HR43

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

Notes that an AR-15 rifle was used in the February 14, 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed seventeen people, and that the AR-15 has been used in thirteen mass shootings over the past thirty-five years, including eight since March 2015.

References the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 that prohibited domestic manufacture, transfer, and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, which expired in 2004 when Congress failed to reauthorize it.

States that assault weapons such as the AR-15 have no legitimate utility for hunting or recreational purposes and are designed for rapid fire and combat, with little connection to the Second Amendment's intent.

Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the President Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker and leadership of the United States House of Representatives, Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the governors and legislative leaders of all other states.