Anyone wishing to purchase a firearm must obtain a permit to acquire a handgun or long gun, requiring a background check of the applicant.¹ See the Hawaii Background Checks section.

No person may knowingly lend a firearm to any person prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under Hawaii law.²

 See our Universal Background Checks policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. 

1. Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(a).[↩]
2. Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-4(d).[↩]