Another year, more denials

Funny though how in 2019 we had exactly the same amount of confiscations as 2018... ( https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=31551.msg305881#msg305881 )

Much mahalos to HiFiCo for all they have done this past year and the years before to fight for our rights. Mahalo to everyone who spent time to go and lobby to our legislators this year on all of our behalf. Praying that this will be the year for Alan and George to come out victorious and maybe force the state to start issuing OCW permits

SYNOPSIS:
Permit Applications Processed, Issued, Voided, and Denied
A total of 16,098 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2019, marking a 10.9% decrease from 18,070 applications processed in 2018. Of the applications processed in 2019, 96.1% were approved and resulted in issued permits; 2.3% were approved but subsequently voided after the applicants failed to return for their permits within the specified time period; and 1.6% were denied due to one or more disqualifying factors.

Registrations and Importations
The 15,472 permits issued statewide in 2019 cover a total of 39,467 firearms registered throughout the year, resulting in an 8.3% decrease from the 43,033 firearms registered during 2018. Just over half (20,037, or 50.8%) of the firearms registered during 2019 were imported from out-of-state, with the balance accounted for by transfers of firearms that were previously registered in Hawaii.

Permits and Registrations, by Firearm Type
In the State of Hawaii, annual permits are issued in order to acquire an unlimited number of longarms (rifles and shotguns), while single-use permits are issued to acquire specific handguns. By firearm type, 50.3% (7,789) of the permits issued during 2019 were to acquire handguns, while 49.7% (7,683) were longarm permits. The tally of handgun permits is perennially confounded, however, as some of the county police departments issue a single permit listing all handguns that will be acquired simultaneously from the same source (i.e., one permit per transaction, per HRS § 134-2(e)), while the other departments issue one permit per handgun even if they are acquired in the same transaction. Longarms accounted for 55.6% (21,947) of all firearms registered during 2019 (39,467). Broken out further, rifles and shotguns comprised 45.5% (17,969) and 10.1% (3,978) of total registrations, respectively. The remaining 44.4% (17,520) of firearms registered throughout 2019 were handguns.

Licenses to Carry Firearms
Hawaii’s county police departments also process license applications for the carrying of firearms in public. Statewide in 2019, 162 employees of private security firms applied for and were issued carry licenses, and three (1.8%) were denied. A total of nine private citizens applied for a carry license in 2019, including four in the City and County of Honolulu, three in Hawaii County, and one each in Maui County and Kauai County; all nine applicants were denied by the respective county’s chief of police.

Confiscations
Four “assault pistols,” three “short-barrel rifles,” and one “short-barrel shotgun,” as defined and prohibited by state law, were confiscated by the firearm registration personnel statewide in 2019.

Thanks for the info.  We can add another year no CCWs issued.