Hey gang, figured I'd start this new thread instead of posting in the HPD appt. to register/permit thread.

Handgun acquisition and registering is a whole different ballgame unfortunately so this question pertains only to currently buying a rifle/shotgun with a permit to acquire already in possession.

Before this on-line appointment bullshit all one had to do is show his permit to dealer, pay for the firearm, sign papers, then go register the firearm within the allotted days.

So I'm wondering how this works now.  Say I see a rifle I'm interested in, but the appointments are full 3 months out.  Would I still be able to purchase the rifle and take it home?

Or do I have to pay for it and then the dealer holds on to it until I can get an appointment to register?  I don't want to see a rifle I want to buy be unavailable by the time I get my appointment due to someone else purchasing it ahead of me.

Anyone buy a rifle/shotgun recently?  What did you have to do with this on-line registration BS that is now 3 months out?

Thanks in advance for any input!

I just bought a rifle from an online retailer first week of this month. When it got to my FFL, I just went down with my long gun permit, filled out the paperwork, and took it home. My appointment to register is almost 2 and half months out.

When I called HPD, they told me they are aware of the long wait, and that as long as I don’t use it until it gets registered, it’s fine.

I just bought a rifle from an online retailer first week of this month. When it got to my FFL, I just went down with my long gun permit, filled out the paperwork, and took it home. My appointment to register is almost 2 and half months out.

When I called HPD, they told me they are aware of the long wait, and that as long as I don’t use it until it gets registered, it’s fine.

Ask them why you can't use it.  No laws against you using it now.

I just bought a rifle from an online retailer first week of this month. When it got to my FFL, I just went down with my long gun permit, filled out the paperwork, and took it home. My appointment to register is almost 2 and half months out.

When I called HPD, they told me they are aware of the long wait, and that as long as I don’t use it until it gets registered, it’s fine.

My cousin same thing. He bought his shotgun young guns and his reg date was a ways out.

It's a gray area. 

The process was to register the weapons within 5 days of purchase or acquisition--you can't do that with appointment only nonsense, and with available appointment dates stretching far out.

There isn't really an official say on the matter (none officially posted) and all we have is what people are experiencing.  If they wanted to they can change it to be serious about the within 5 days and say boohoo for you.  Maybe the FFL will hold it for you, at a price, or maybe not.

Good luck anyways getting a firearm right now, with all the price markups. 

Every person arriving in the State who brings or by any other manner causes to be brought into the State
a firearm of any description, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique,
shall register the firearm within five days after arrival of the person or of the firearm, whichever arrives later,
with the chief of police of the county of the person's place of business or, if there is no place of business,
the person's residence or, if there is neither a place of business nor residence, the person's place of sojourn.

Ask the officer that said you can't use the firearm until it's officially registered to point to that part of the law.

Based on existing law, an out-of-state visitor can bring their firearm here, go hunting or target shooting, and leave within 5 days of arrival without having to register.

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0134/HRS_0134-0003.htm

Ask the officer that said you can't use the firearm until it's officially registered to point to that part of the law.

Based on existing law, an out-of-state visitor can bring their firearm here, go hunting or target shooting, and leave within 5 days of arrival without having to register.

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0134/HRS_0134-0003.htm

Ask grovelor about it

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