#firearm registration

The Maui Police Department launches a new online system designed to streamline firearm-related services for residents of Maui County. Starting today, individuals can apply for firearm purchase permits, carry licenses, and register locally-acquired firearms —all through a secure, digital platform.

Maui police arrested a 37-year-old man for drug and firearms offenses following the execution of a search warrant at his residence on Molokaʻi late last month.

Over the 20 year period between 2000 and 2020, the annual number of permits processed in Maui County increased 261.4 percent, the number of firearms annually registered soared 409.1 percent, and the tally of firearms annually imported was up 466 percent. Record high tallies of firearms registered and imported were reported for 2020.

In Maui County, there were 1,662 personal firearm permit applications processed in 2017, marking a 26% decrease from the tally in 2016.

In Maui County 1,939 firearm permit applications were approved in 2014, down from the 2,631 approvals granted in 2013.

In Maui County, a report notes that a total of 2,777 firearms applications were processed in 2011–that’s more than three times the 870 applications processed a decade earlier.