Mailman's gun cache slipped legal bans

The Kauai postal carrier's mental and criminal problems did not stop him from buying weapons

By Rob Perez

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 20, 2012

~~<p>A Kauai mailman who has a 20-year history of mental problems and twice served sentences for criminal offenses was able to obtain permits from police to acquire dozens of firearms, raising questions about how someone with that kind of background could accumulate so many weapons.</p>
<p>Federal agents recently recovered nearly 50 firearms and more than 23,000 rounds of ammunition from Troy Haruki Hamura's home in Lihue as part of a firearms investigation of the postal carrier. Thirty of the weapons were registered in Hamura's name, while 17 others, including a machine gun, were unregistered, according to court records.</p>
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A Kauai mailman who has a 20-year history of mental problems and twice served sentences for criminal offenses was able to obtain permits from police to acquire dozens of firearms, raising questions about how someone with that kind of background could accumulate so many weapons.

Federal agents recently recovered nearly 50 firearms and more than 23,000 rounds of ammunition from Troy Haruki Hamura's home in Lihue as part of a firearms investigation of the postal carrier. Thirty of the weapons were registered in Hamura's name, while 17 others, including a machine gun, were unregistered, according to court records. Login for more...