Question: I am moving to Honolulu. Can I register a gun online?
Answer: No. You must appear in person at the Honolulu Police Department’s firearms section to register the weapon. The same would be true if you already lived in the state, although HPD’s website does indicate that the registration line often is longer for out-of-state applicants; you are advised to arrive no later than 3 p.m. to assure being served the same day.
HPD is at 801 S. Beretania St. You’ll need to go to the firearms section of the records and identification division. Office hours are Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; however, as mentioned, doors close at 3 p.m. to assure that customers already in line are served that day, due to the large number of registrants.
You can expedite the process by downloading the registration forms online and filling them out before you go to HPD. Go to 808ne.ws/1GItxqJ and click on the registration tab. The necessary paperwork includes a firearms information form, medical information waiver, mental health waiver and firearms application questionnaire. It’s a Class C felony to lie about your criminal or psychiatric history on the forms.
The website also provides detailed information about other registration requirements. Read the site carefully to ensure that you bring everything you need — including the gun, unloaded and in a case — to successfully register the weapon on your initial visit.
Q: How soon after I get to Hawaii do I have to register it?
A: You must take the firearm to HPD for registration no later than five days after your arrival, according to the police website.
Q: Sometimes on the news they say a pedestrian was hit in an unmarked crosswalk. What is an unmarked crosswalk?
A: An intersection, essentially. An unmarked crosswalk exists at any intersection in a residential or business district that is not explicitly marked with painted lines. Unmarked crosswalks are considered an extension of the sidewalks at such intersections, according to a spokeswoman for the Honolulu Police Department.
Q: What happened to Larry’s Bakery? They are no longer at the Momilani farmers market on Fridays, and the store at Lawehana Street is closed. They make the best sweet breads.
A: The bakery known for decades for its delectable chantilly and dobash cakes, hot cross buns, sweet breads and other goodies shut down its Lawehana Street retail shop at the end of May, shortly after it ceased sales at the Pearl City-Momilani and Kapolei farmers markets.
The wholesale arm of the operation continues to supply Don Quijote stores, Tamura Super Market in Waianae and a few other outlets with a selection of cakes and bread, according to the company’s Facebook page. Those grocery stores’ bakery sections might have your favorites.
The bakery’s last social media post expressed gratitude and appreciation for all the customers who had supported it over the years, but did not go into detail about why the company founded by Larry Yafuso in the 1960s curtailed its retail operations. Kokua Line’s phone call to the company was not immediately returned.
However, it’s clear from media coverage and the bakery’s own social media page that the company run by Yafuso’s grown children in their late father’s honor (he died in 1979) had endured a series of ups and downs in recent years.
A major blow came in April, with the death of beloved baker Milton A. Isimang. Larry’s Bakery closed for his funeral services May 14 and then shuttered its retail operation altogether about two weeks later.
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