If the dealer is cool with it, you can pay for the gun and pick it up whenever you get the permit to acquire...

I'm pretty sure you'll be fine with just a passport.  Still, tell them you just moved from BI and you have a new address, and they'll be cool.

If your BI doctor has your records, and you don't have one on Oahu by the time you go to HPD, list your BI doctor.

Have you gotten a permit to acquire before?  If so, call HPD up and see if you still have to pay it if you did it in the BI.  Also, if you go to HPD pretty early, the line shouldn't be too long.

I have not purchased a firearm in the state of Hawaii before.

Last question that just occured to me-

What is involved on the mental health waiver?

I mentioned to a nurse that I was taking St. John's wort over the counter for depression. (at the time my wife had just had a miscarriage, and was diagnosed with a potentially deadly health problem, a good friend of mine had been moved into hospice care due to terminal brain cancer, a nephew had been in a car accident and is now paralyzed from the neck down, and an uncle who has been battling leukemia for the past 10 years has taken a distinct turn for the worse in the space of 2 weeks.  It was a rough time.)  I've never been diagnosed nor treated by a doctor for depression nor taken any prescription medication.  The doctor has never made any mention of it nor did we discuss my personal problems.

I'm planning on applying for my license this tuesday after the holiday.  What exactly are the questions that are asked?  If the question is have I ever been diagnosed with depression I can answer truthfully, no.  If the question is have I ever been depressed, I'd have to answer yes, just like everyone else on the planet.  If my doctor is an anti-gun person, and decides to comb through my records to look for a reason to deny, what are the repercussions if he decides to screw me and say that I have a major mental problem due to my use of an over the counter medication?


Sorry if i'm reading too much into this.  My friends have told me that the line from the movie 'the hunt for the red october' was written with me in mind- 'he doesn't take a shit without making a plan'.

Also when I go to register the rifle, do I just walk around downtown honolulu with a rifle hanging over my shoulder?  Should I put it in a case?  Do I need a hard locking case?  Am I the only one to think its strange carrying a firearm into a police station?