The thing with the HPD letter is, it requires an affirmative statement of fact:
"shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition and has been medically documented to be no longer adversely affected by the addition, abuse, dependence, mental disease, disorder, or defect"
If I were a doctor, I'd never sign that. It should be in the negative:
"has no documented medical or psychological conditions which would deny this person the ownership, possession, or control of any firearm or ammunition in accordance with Hawaii state law."
It's one thing to say, "He has not been diagnosed as crazy" but another to say "He's totally sane."
The other problem is, HPD wants the doctor to draw a conclusion regarding firearms risk.
Expecting a medical professional to make a legal determination regarding gun ownership
is no better than
expecting a police office to read an applicant's medical records to determine if he represents a risk to the public.