That pic in the article showing a pistol, suppressor, and .22LR rounds in a backpack is not going to go well for this individual.

I'm also interested in a follow up story.  Right now I'm leaning towards him being a gun enthusiast.

That's if it's a real suppressor.  There are many at the range with barrel shrouds or faux suppressors.

This could be the case that could repeal a lot of HI's unconstitutional laws.  But he has yet to be charged with state crimes, so far only federal crimes.

That's an awfully long suppressor for a small .22LR Glock.  The diameter is also pretty large.  Homemade?

Also, that Glock looks smaller than the Glock 44, which is the only .22 on Glock's website.  Maybe it's the angle at which the photo was taken, but the grip and frame forward of the trigger guard both seem shorter.  I'm going out on a limb and saying it's likely from a frame "kit"?

https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g44

B) He's created a cottage industry of selling assembled firearms that are untraceable and unregistered.  Used to be that required a stolen gun with the serial numbers totally removed.  Building them from unserialized parts avoids having to remove a serial -- which is a separate crime.

New article says along with the suppressed handgun and ammunition, his backpack also had meth and a pipe.

Sounds a little extra for a gun enthusiast...

https://www.khon2.com/local-news/hpd-arrest-man-on-suspicion-of-owning-ghost-guns/

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Just as you would deny a criminal access to firearms, LE and Hawaii politicians might as well put us law-abiding tax paying citizens in the same group as them.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/09/24/atf-honolulu-gets-hold-crime-fighting-tool-that-could-help-solve-cases-involving-ghost-guns/

The ATF and the county police departments are discussing possible ways to acquire a NIBIN
machine, which costs roughly $250,000.

Authorities say funding remains an issue.

Six years ago, an internal report commissioned by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives issued a dire warning: The agency needed to open a long-
standing, sole-source ballistics contract with a company based in Canada to competitors,
 or risk losing one of its most important tools for preventing and solving gun crimes.

The report — written by an independent consulting company and provided to The Trace
by a source who had access to it through work but asked to remain anonymous —
said competition was likely to bring down prices, which would enable many police
departments to access the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, or NIBIN,
for the first time. It might also spur innovation, since a sole-source vendor has less
incentive to improve than a company that is competing to win business.

But in 2019, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) renewed its
$85 million contract with Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology for five years —
a decision that experts say has likely impeded law enforcement’s ability to investigate
shootings at a time when gun violence is surging.

It is unclear why the single-source contract has endured. But several former ATF
officials, including the agency’s acting director of four years, have gone to work for
Ultra Electronics. While they appear to have followed the letter of the law when it
comes to accepting employment with government contractors, experts said it still
raises concern that cronyism could have colored the agency’s decision-making.
This could give the “appearance of selling government contracts for personal gain,”
said Craig Holman, a governmental ethics and lobbying expert for the nonprofit
consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen.

This is the one they will throw the book at him!

When officers then searched his home they said they found  10 military-style ammunition cans