Is it posisble to register a firearm that I had for 30 or 40 years.  Had it from back in the day and now I want to make it legal.  Serious answers needed.  PM me

Is it posisble to register a firearm that I had for 30 or 40 years.  Had it from back in the day and now I want to make it legal.  Serious answers needed.  PM me

Long gun, or handgun?

If you owned a long gun before July 1, 1994, it's already legal without registering due to it being grandfathered.  Handguns need to be registered.

If you take it in to be registered, the department will ask how you came to own it and possibly contact whoever transferred ownership to you to verify how and when it arrived in Hawaii.

If you decide to transfer/sell it to someone else, the new owner will register it.  It'll no longer be grandfathered.

That's how I remember it.  That's also on the Hawaii PD Website under exceptions:

*  Registration is not mandatory for rifles and shotguns acquired in the state
of Hawaiʻi prior to July 1994.  However, one permit per rifle or shotgun was
required for acquisitions between 1981 and July 1994.

*  Registration is not required for firearms designed to fire loose black powder
and for firearms manufactured before 1899, but permits are required.

https://www.hawaiipolice.com/services/firearm-registration

the procedure involves a delorian and 1.21 jiggawatts.

Or you want me to it to you for proper disposal. 

Or you want me to it to you for proper disposal.

See what happens when you ask for "serious answers?"

 

I knew that would happen
.  People cannot help themselves.   But I'm grateful for your advice.

From what I have heard in the past from people who found their grandparents/parents old unregistered guns from the closet after the passed, they were able to register the guns with no real problem. My friend found his grandpas old shotgun this way.

Consider surrendering it to an FFL and then applying for a permit to possess the firearm. I don't think you'll have a problem unless its been reported stolen.  I did that with a pistol that was registered to a dead aunt.

Consider surrendering it to an FFL and then applying for a permit to possess the firearm. I don't think you'll have a problem unless its been reported stolen.  I did that with a pistol that was registered to a dead aunt.

Went through a similar experience with one of my dad's pistols and an uncle's pistol.  The main things to clear were documentation of ownership (at least in my situation), particularly in the case of deceased owner, and no record of prior registration or report of being stolen. 

Bring it into Hawaii from out of state and register within 5 days.