That's what we believed about the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution: It'd be good in all 50 states... but Hawaii's "special".
It is for all of us who qualify, but when this enacted by the Federal Government back in 04 our AG who was Mark Bennett and his Deputy AG Chris Young who is still working. Setup the LEOSA guide lines / requirements for Hawaii and made it so it would discourage the people who could apply for the permit.
After you do all the paper work (which you have to submit every year when you reapply), you have to go and get an eye test & hearing test, which you have to do every 2 years, (good luck if you have Kaiser) the tests don't make any sense, you have no police powers and with any CCW permit on the mainland you don't have to do this BS !.
Then you have to submit 2 passport photos every year when you renew (with HPD you take a new ID photo every 5 or 7yrs don't remember now) then you pay $100. every year and have to qualify every year at the range with only 1 of the approved calibers, if you want to qualify with a second caliber you have to come back on another day.
And this permit is only good for 1 year, so by the time you do everything you almost have to start doing all over again because of the time it takes, which again is a bunch of BS!
So dream on if you think there is going to be any CCW in Hawaii in the near future, maybe in 10-15 years..lol and will probably cost $100. year compared to other states were its $50 on average for 5 years.