2 different things permit to acquire vs. permit for the actual firearm purchased?  I know I got the terms wrong but that's the gist of it.  Need the former regardless and having the latter expire to renew serves no purpose.  I'd rather see repeat applications for ccw.

2 different things permit to acquire vs. permit for the actual firearm purchased?  I know I got the terms wrong but that's the gist of it.  Need the former regardless and having the latter expire to renew serves no purpose.  I'd rather see repeat applications for ccw.

Can you help clarify something for me Aiea78? For a permit to acquire a handgun do I need the serial number, make, caliber etc. or would I only need that at the time of registration. It seems as though I/we should have the OK to acquire first and then present the particulars during the actual registration of the handgun with the PD.

+1 on the CCW repeat registration as soon as we get word from wolfwood and the crew.

Can you help clarify something for me Aiea78? For a permit to acquire a handgun do I need the serial number, make, caliber etc. or would I only need that at the time of registration. It seems as though I/we should have the OK to acquire first and then present the particulars during the actual registration of the handgun with the PD.

+1 on the CCW repeat registration as soon as we get word from wolfwood and the crew.

Not trying to answer for Aiea, but what you say makes sense - however that's not the way it works for now. 

For a permit to acquire a handgun do I need the serial number, make, caliber etc. or would I only need that at the time of registration. It seems as though I/we should have the OK to acquire first and then present the particulars during the actual registration of the handgun with the PD.

Think of your safety class affidavit or hunter education card as your permit to purchase. Some LGS will ask to see one of them or just ask if you have one before they will sell you a handgun. I think most of them assume you have one if you are purchasing. You have to purchase the handgun first, at which time you will be given the written information; make, model, serial number etc...but you cannot take procession of  the handgun until HPD issues you your permit to acquire (after application and two week waiting period). Once you have taken possession of the handgun, you take it to HPD so they can verify the handgun matches the information on the permit to acquire and then it's registered.

Can you help clarify something for me Aiea78? For a permit to acquire a handgun do I need the serial number, make, caliber etc. or would I only need that at the time of registration. It seems as though I/we should have the OK to acquire first and then present the particulars during the actual registration of the handgun with the PD.

Kekoa,

To buy a handgun within the state, you must give the police explicit information.  This includes the manufacturer, model, serial number, caliber, barrel length, and current owner of the pistol.  It is not a permit to acquire "any" handgun, it is a permit to acquire a "specific" handgun.  Pretty much the only way to get that specific information is to pay the owner in advance.  If you walk into a gun store and say "I want to buy that pistol," they will say "Give me the money.  Thank you.  Now come back when you have your permit, and we'll give you the gun."  So off you go to the police to fill out paperwork.  Then, two weeks later, you go back to the police and retrieve your permit.  Permit in hand, you return to the gun store, where you trade the permit for the gun.  Then you go back to the police and register the gun. 

Should you choose to not pick up your permit, the gun store gets to keep holding both their gun and your money.  The guys at the police station keep drawing a paycheck for standing in an office and shuffling papers.  Pretty much the only one inconvenienced is you, having put out your money and gotten nothing for it.  Plus, having stood in line at the police station for nothing.