10rd limit on pistol magazines - misdomeaner for possession of >10, felony if caught with >10 inserted into pistol
no magazine limit on rifles but magazines that fit in pistols and rifles are a gray area, eg, AR rifles and AR pistols...some stores sell normal cap AR mags, others will say they are illegal.
mandatory registration of firearms - registration is part of the permit to acquire process, out of state persons coming into hawaii must register their firearms within 3 days...even if it's only for a temporary hunting trip.
need to pass handgun safey course/hunter education course(or military/LE training) to purchase a handgun
need to apply for permit to acquire a handgun every time you purchase a handgun.
need to apply for long gun permit once a year.
two week waiting period for hanguns. none for long gun.
technically a may issue state, more accurrate to say it's a no issue state. no reciprocity with any state.
ARs, AKs, semi-auto anything is generally legal.
you are allowed to buy bare frames/receivers.
there's no purchase quantity limit, eg., there's no 1 gun/month limit to purchases.
castle doctrine - you don't have a duty to retreat, but anyone involved in a shooting automatically gets arrested for attempted murder or murder(depending on if the target survives)whether the shooting was justified or not(honolulu pd policy, not sure what neighbor island PD policy is). after investigation, if justified they do not charge you with a crime.
island of oahu has one public range operated by honolulu city and county(
www.khsc.info), has skeet, trap, ipsc, met sillouette range, bullseye pistol, 100yd rifle w/metal targets @ 200 & 400 yds, and archery range.
oahu also has indoor pistol range operated by private gun shop(
www.magnum50.com).
military ranges also available: for military and under certain conditions general public:
www.puuloa.com, puuloa rifle&pistol club holds high power matches that are open to the public, but their club restricts the number of non-military members which entitles you on to puuloa for practice; schofield rifle range generally only open to DoD/military/retirees.
contact chinese pistol club for bullseye pistol matches(
www.lava.net/~hibobg/cgc/cgc.html)
contact mid pacific pistol league for IPSC matches(
www.mppl.net)
touristy ranges available in waikiki but no one but tourists go there and firearms are chained to the benches.
saturday night specials, assault pistols, NFA items are banned by state law.
LE units allowed to have automatic weapons and normal cap magazine. military allowed auto weapons/normal cap mags only on base/on duty with exceptions to Fed LE agents.
.50 bmg not banned, but are not allowed at KHSC. can shoot bmg on private land.
FFL transfer fees on oahu range from $25 to $50 or 10% of value of firearm whichever is higher.
http://www.honolulupd.org/info/gunlaw.htm
lots of hawaii shooters here if you want more poop:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/forum.html?b=8&f=43
hawaii has one of the highest costs of living in the states. fed employees get a 20% cost of living adjustment(COLA) here in hawaii, if your wife works for a private business that wants to relocate her here, a $50,000/yr salary in Williamsburg does not necessarily equal a $50,000/yr salary in Honolulu. make sure your wife's employer factors this into her salary. if you're a married couple, her employer may accomodate her for a cost of living adjustment, but generally won't offer COLA for you.
and understand that even tho she is offered a job two levels up for hawaii, make sure her salary is adjusted for cost of living at her new level.
the Jones Act which effectively restricts hawaii ports to only US flagged ships creates a duopoly of US shipping companies that increase the cost of goods coming into hawaii.
http://www.hawaiigasprices.com/
hawaii does not have a sales tax, it has a general excise tax(GET) of 4.0%(4.5 in honolulu starting jan 1). sounds kind of low, but GET is applied at all levels(retail/wholesale) so the effective tax for the end user is roughly 8-13% after it travels thru manufacturers/wholesalers/distributors/retailers.
hawaii public schools are generally average to below average depending on the neighborhood you end up in. altho you can file for exception to get your kid into a different district school under certain conditions.
oahu has several excellent private schools if you can afford it(adds to cost of living) and if you can get your kid in.
hawaii is a solid blue state in politics. state legislature is heavily Democrat. current governor is a RINO.
if you come from the mainland, don't call the locals "brah" like dog the bounty hunter.
This move would be moving up two job levels for my wife, rather than one level for the Florida move, so we will have to consider it.
