I think that the threat of actually being prosecuted under this scenario is remote. If this was to occur, then the State would be running head first into a number of due process issues. There seems to be a considerable amount of institutional inertia behind MSP’s position that if you SBR one...
As far as reasoning goes, the best you are going to get is this: Because MSP says so. If you do some searching I think you can dig up guidance from MSP that was posted up by one of the IPs. As you are aware the assault weapons ban took all long guns listed under PS 5-101(r)(2) (which includes...
This is 100% not the case. Any NFA item must be owned / possessed in accordance with MD law. The reason that an SBR AR15 is not banned (while long barreled AR15 is banned) is a result of the way MSP interprets MD Code.
Do yourself a favor and forego the headache of using a separate bank account for your firearms trust. Is your goal simply to lawfully acquire, own, and possess NFA toys? Then, in this context, the establishment and maintenance of separate trust account is wholly unnecessary.
In different...
I don’t think that its that simple. It is my understanding that the NCIC contains and FBI-only accessible portion to it. The FBI is under no obligation to purge these records upon the receipt of an order for expungement. Consequently, if you have to go through an FBI background check, then...
If you are being prosecuted for possession of contraband (drugs, AWs, etc.), the meaning of possession is this: Possession = some domination or control. Possession can be actual or constructive – sole or joint. It casts a very broad net. The State does not have to prove ownership to prove...
I think that there is more to it than just the possession issues.
There are no restrictions on the placement of non-regulated firearms into trust, however, as has already been touched upon, things get more complicated when you start dealing with regulated firearms and AWs.
Under MD law...
On 10/24/14 Engage filed its petition in the Circuit Court for Kent County. See In Re Andrew S. Raymond, et al. Case No.: 14C14010162. You can track its process by on the MD Judiciary Case Search:
http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiry-index.jsp
In a letter sent to the MSP...
I don’t think that this is a lawful way of transferring ownership of an AW.
The only lawful way for OP to acquire his grandfather’s AW is if OP acquires it through “inheritance.” See CR § 4-302(5). The term inheritance is not a defined term with any relevant Code sections. Consequently...
At the very least, we are in partial agreement. We may be in total agreement.
A skinny barreled AR with a barrel length > 16” is banded as an ALG because it is a copy of a Colt AR15. However, when you chop an inch from that barrel, that same AR with a barrel length < 16” is no longer...