05-06-2012, 05:10 AM
You can ship firearms to Hawaii as long as the particular firearm you are shipping is legal here. I would verify about the SKS just for sure. When you arrive here you must take your firearms (unloaded of course!!) to, in my case, the Police Dept in Hilo, and fill out forms and register them there with serial numbers description etc This is supposed to be done within three days. Of course my container arrived like a month after I did, so I took them in within three days of the arrival of the firearms. A very nice lady took me through the process as I wanted to be 100% legal about this with no mistakes. I only brought a few firearms as I sold the rest through a gun store before I moved here.
As for the rest of the more political and philosophical statements above....I'll just say that I had to use a firearm in self defense one time back on my 22nd birthday on the mainland when a deranged individual smashed his way into my home late that night. Because of my firearms training etc I was able to handle the situation without shooting him. I was able to hold him and call the police and they came and got him.
I don't hunt, but yet have fired maybe 20,000 rounds in competition and training for said competition and developing accurate and powerful handloads for that competition. Competition is a legitimate use for a firearm and very much a physical and mental pursuit.
And while I don't like the idea of registering my firearms in a state I did it anyway. The reason I don't like it is because my firearms are already on file with the federal government since the day I was approved to buy them. Sounds a lot like the Department of Redundancy Department to me.
On paper the state of Hawaii says they can issue carry permits. In reality you will never get one from what I hear. I have no need of one and never intended to apply for one.
Do not bring in a firearm without registering it. If you were spot checked at a gun range or searched when transporting it in your car, you could be in for a nightmare.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
As for the rest of the more political and philosophical statements above....I'll just say that I had to use a firearm in self defense one time back on my 22nd birthday on the mainland when a deranged individual smashed his way into my home late that night. Because of my firearms training etc I was able to handle the situation without shooting him. I was able to hold him and call the police and they came and got him.
I don't hunt, but yet have fired maybe 20,000 rounds in competition and training for said competition and developing accurate and powerful handloads for that competition. Competition is a legitimate use for a firearm and very much a physical and mental pursuit.
And while I don't like the idea of registering my firearms in a state I did it anyway. The reason I don't like it is because my firearms are already on file with the federal government since the day I was approved to buy them. Sounds a lot like the Department of Redundancy Department to me.
On paper the state of Hawaii says they can issue carry permits. In reality you will never get one from what I hear. I have no need of one and never intended to apply for one.
Do not bring in a firearm without registering it. If you were spot checked at a gun range or searched when transporting it in your car, you could be in for a nightmare.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP