Hawaiʻi has had relatively few gun-related deaths, but they’ve risen sharply over the past 10 years.

The county prosecutor also plans to review a fatal police shooting Sunday at the Keʻehi Boat Harbor. He spoke just hours before another police-involved shooting at Mākaha.

Hawaiʻi has some of the most restrictive firearms laws in the nation, but senators balked in the 11th hour at a ban on semiautomatic rifles and large-capacity magazines.

Honolulu prosecutors pushed for a bill that would make ghost guns illegal. Now it faces its first test since becoming law.

The Micronesian plaintiff sued the state, arguing he was denied fundamental rights protected under the U.S. Constitution.

Police are seeing an uptick in ghost guns but Hawaiʻi counties differ in how they interpret and use a state law meant to deter people from buying or manufacturing untraceable weapons.

The ruling comes in the the case of a man who was charged with carrying a gun without a license while hiking.

Lawyers assert that Hawaii is the only state with a complete ban on acquiring and owning firearms and ammunition by those who are 18 to 20.

Knives and cutting instruments, like machetes, are used more often in violent crimes than firearms in Hawaii, statistics show.

Officers shot the suspect multiple times. He was transported to the hospital in serious condition.