Government & Politics

AR-15 Rifle Part II: Gun Control Advocates

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Wayne Yoshioka

Published September 20, 2016 at 4:27 PM HST

Hawai’i has some of the toughtest gun control laws in the nation, according to the Law Center to Prevent Violence. In our continuing series on the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, state lawmakers, police and community advocates talk about their efforts to tighten our state’s gun control laws. HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports.

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Wayne Yoshioka

Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.