Should identify your specific needs/purposes first.
• Who are you trying to communicate with and where are they located (can you even have line of sight radio contact)

 Then it’s important to understand several things:
• difference between VHF and UHF
• difference between Simplex and Duplex
• look at the band plan and assigned frequencies (FRS, GMRS, HAM, etc)
• legalities and licensing requirements

Remember 99% of people their go to primary comms is a $1000+ smart phone. If cell phones don’t work, are you willing to have a $20 radio as a back up? Baofengs are definitely a good entry point with front face programming and being dual band (vhf/uhf) but you get what you pay for (think $20 phone vs $1000 phone).

If they told u abiut needing the reg, they are making stuff up again. Their online steps doesnt say need to supply proof of reg.

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Yup, I mentioned that and the officer told me that I need to read the instructions better so I showed them on my phone what the website requirements are and the officer said to come back when I have the hard copies of my registrations…so I went next door to ask them for copies and came back lol.

The vibe we got today was that they’re not happy about the additional workload from CCW applications and they’re going to take it out on us.

Their policy is to keep them in your carry-on…however they’re packaged/stored. That being said, I’ve never taken the batteries out of any of my lights/optics when flying.

If you want to be on the safe side, take them out and put them in a ziplock in your carry-on.

The ones that caused the fires were almost always e-cigs, laptops, or cellphones.


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I bought a couple boxes of 9mm from them. I ordered online then I received a text message from them on when the ammo would available for pick up. They brought the ammo downstairs so I didn’t have to find parking.

Super last minute but I’m canceling my appointment for TOMORROW FRIDAY 5FEB21

Permit to Acquire Firearms - 3 guns or less with Permit to Acquire Firearms - Main Police Station
February 5, 2021
11:10am

I doubt many are going to abide by that rule

Most of the customer service agents have little to no experience with firearms outside of what the scope of their job is at Hawaiian. Most times they don’t even look inside my bag, just ask me if it’s locked and unloaded. I fly weekly on Hawaiian and check firearms every time. I always travel with ammo in original packaging (box) or a plastic ammo box from Cabelas and I keep that in the same locked case that my firearm is in. I used to just leave it in the mags before I saw their updated policy recently but even before then I’ve never had an issue flying out of HNL.

Honestly, the agents barely look inside your case and rarely even ask me to open the case to verify the contents and whether the firearm is unloaded. As long as you sign the Firearms Declaration Tag and are within TSA Standards for traveling with a firearm they really won’t give you any hassle.

The ONLY place that I’ve has an issue with ammo being in the same case/suitcase is at JFK where the NY Port Authority requires you to keep ammo in a separate suitcase from your firearm and a Port Authority officer actually comes to the counter and physically checks everything before you lock it

The AFT Bag Tag is required on Hawaiian now because of their new Airbus 321NEO aircraft. The forward cargo area can get pretty hot and they don’t want any ammo to go off.

Just be careful if you're "transiting" through JFK because NY Port Authority will give you tons of grief if you have ammo in the same suitcase as the container with the firearm. Speaking from personal experience,

Wonder what the "ballistics" would be on a .223mm round...

For most of the stores you can purchase long guns no problem. Handguns have to be transferred through an FFL.