The basis for the charges boils down to whether simple paperwork was in order and not at all whether the illegal fireworks were physically mishandled or stored in an unsafe manner.  With this in mind, this trial can't help but appear to be a heavy-handed way for the goverment to direct attention away from itself.

That said, and without intending to hijack any further discussion, the fact that a huge quantity of illegal fireworks was seized in the first place should give some commenters here pause.  Some of the fireworks were seized at the point of entry to our state, but not all.  No breakdown has been released but I would not be surprised if at least half of the tonnage was seized at the point of sale or distribution.  If you accept this, then I would not continue to maintain that Hawaii's geographical isolation in the Northern Pacific bestows some kind of magical immunity to the illicit importation of illegal guns or any other contraband.