hawaii...god I hate this place
must get a 'permit to aquire' every time you want to buy ANY gun. getting said permit to aquire is as follows (taken direct from HPD's website)
1. Valid photo identification.
2. Permit to acquire application.
3. Firearms questionnaire form.
4. Mental health waiver form.
5. Medical Waiver form.
6. Fingerprint card. (First time in-state purchase and $19.25 FBI fingerprinting fee.)
7. Background check. (Background check includes, but is not limited to, warrant checks, local and national arrest history, local and national criminal history, local and national criminal convictions, any pending cases and TRO's.)
8. Original Hunters Education card or an original Handgun Safety Training Course Affidavit. (Handguns only)
9. Proof of U.S citizenship if born outside the United States.
That's just the first step...after that then you have to...
The following are needed when applying for a permit to acquire a handgun:
1. Valid identification that includes a photograph, such as a driver's license, state identification card, military ID, or United States passport. (You must be 21 years old or older to purchase a firearm.)
2.Complete an application for permit to acquire firearms with specific information, including: Make, Model, Caliber, Type, (revolver, Semiautomatic,etc), barrel length, and Serial Number.
3.The name, address, and telephone number of the seller.
4.Original Hunters Education card or an original Handgun Safety Training Course Affidavit.
5.Proof of United States citizenship, if born outside of the United States, such as an original Valid United States Passport, original Naturalization certificate, or original Born Abroad Birth Certificate.
or if you want a shotgun/rifle
Permit to acquire a shotgun or rifle
The following are needed when applying for a permit to acquire a shotgun or rifle:
1. Valid Identification
2. Complete an application for permit to acquire a firearm.
3.Proof of United States citizenship, if born outside of the United States, such as an original Valid United States Passport, original Naturalization certificate, or original Born Abroad Birth Certificate.
to top it off there's...
14 Day Waiting Period
NOTE: After the 14-day waiting period the permit will be valid for only 6 calendar days. Permits not picked up by the 6th day will be voided. Applicants will need to reapply and go through another 14-day waiting period, so please plan accordingly.
then you have to register said gun(s), while there is no charge for registration, there is a fee ($10 I think) every time you apply for a permit to aquire
REGISTRATION PROCESS
After purchase or acquisition of the firearm return to the HPD Firearms Section no later than 5 calendar days with the following.
1. Valid photo identification.
2. Your original firearms permit.
3. The firearm for inspection.
Complete the firearms registration form and sign the firearms registration
card.
Out-of-State Registration
There is no 14-day waiting period for Out-of-State Registration. Once the firearm arrives in the state you have 3 calendar days, (72 Hours), to bring it in to the Honolulu Police Department Firearms Section.
Please have a valid photo identification and proof of citizenship, if born outside the United States, bring proof of citizenship such as an Original US Passport, Original Naturalization Certificate, Original Born Abroad Certificate, or if you are in the military your Enlisted (ERB) or Officer (ORB) Record Brief will suffice only if the document states you are a United States Citizen.
Joint Registration
Married couples who would like to have their firearms jointly registered in both names need to also bring the Original Marriage Certificate.
oh and this seems like deprivation of property without due process. I understand the intent, but this is open to abuse. Seizure without due process, and no means of recourse, you don't even have to be charged with anything
Reference §HRS 134-7.5
Any police officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has recently assaulted or threatened to assault a family or household member may seize all firearms and ammunition that the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe were used or threatened to be used in the commission of the offense. The police officer may seize any firearms or ammunition that are in plain view of the officer or were discovered pursuant to consensual search, as necessary for the protection of the officers or any family or household members.
all NFA stuff is out the window
Ownership, etc., of automatic firearms, silencers, etc., prohibited; penalties.
Reference §HRS 134-8
This section prohibits the manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of any of the following:
•automatic firearms;
•rifles with barrel lengths less than sixteen inches;
•shotguns with barrel lengths less than eighteen inches;
•cannons;
•mufflers, silencers, or devices for deadening or muffling the sound of discharged firearms;
•hand grenades,
•dynamite, blasting caps, bombs, or bombshells, or other explosives;
•any type of ammunition or any projectile component thereof coated with teflon or any other similar coating designed primarily to enhance its capability to penetrate metal or pierce protective armor;
•any type of ammunition or any projectile component thereof designed or intended to explode or segment upon impact with its target
Any person who installs, removes, or alters a firearm part with the intent to convert the firearm to an automatic firearm shall be deemed to have manufactured an automatic firearm.
Persons violating any of the provisions mentioned above shall be guilty of a clas C felony and shall be imprisoned for a term of five years without probation.
Detachable ammunition magazines
The manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of detachable ammunition magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds which are designed for or capable of use with a pistol is prohibited. (if there has ever been a pistol version of any given rifle then magazines of more than 10 round capacity are not legal. this includes 10/22's, AR15's, kalashnikov types, and remington 700's just to name a few of the popular ones)
This subsection shall not apply to magazines originally designed to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition which have been modified to accept no more than ten rounds and which are not capable of being readily restored to a capacity of more than ten rounds.
Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor except when a detachable magazine prohibited under this section is possessed while inserted into a pistol in which case the person shall be guilty of a class C felony.
Now we techincally have CC, but only 3 temporary (read: only valid for a maximum of 6 months, all of which were revoked before the 6month period was up) permits have been issued in the last 10 years. so yeah, what's the point?
Open carry is not permited in any way, you can't even hunt with a handgun out here.
is closing, HAWAII SUCKS!
