Went Wednesday morning (8/19) about 10:15 a.m., to pick up a handgun permit. Four people ahead of me. Took about 12 mins. from the time I opened the door until I left with permit in hand. The guys in front of me spent about 10 minutes longer -- two earlier customers were registering multiple firearms. Returned an hour later to register my handgun. There were only three people ahead of me, but again, there were a couple guys inside registering multiple firearms. Once I got to the window and my gun was inspected, it took a surprisingly short time for my registration form to be typed -- less than 10 minutes and no typos! in all, I spent about 25 mins at HPD this time. When I left, there were nine or 10 people in line.
Lines aren't nearly as bad as during the scare in early 2013. But parking and traffic seem to be more of a problem. The metered stalls on the mauka side of King Street just past Alapai are all gone. And it's harder to get into the HPD basement because so much traffic is queuing up to get onto King St. Wasn't this bad before, but the creation of the bike lane seems to hinder folks trying to get onto King Street from HPD. It's a mess.
Registration is a time-wasting bureaucratic exercise that tests the patience of law-abiding citizens.