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One could make the case that even ordering them while in MD, either Internet or phone order, would be illegal, even if shipped to another state.
One could certainly make that argument, but the argument is academic. It's like that question, if a tree falls in the in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, does it still make a sound?One could make the case that even ordering them while in MD, either Internet or phone order, would be illegal, even if shipped to another state.
One could make the case that even ordering them while in MD, either Internet or phone order, would be illegal, even if shipped to another state.
First Class mail, privacy protected by the 4th Amendment of the Bill of Rights.And one could make the case that doing the same thing is perfectly legal considering that the actual financial transaction is taking place in the state of the vendor. Personally I have plenty of friends in Virginia so they just order what I need and have it shipped to their house so it's not an issue for me.
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And one could make the case that doing the same thing is perfectly legal considering that the actual financial transaction is taking place in the state of the vendor. Personally I have plenty of friends in Virginia so they just order what I need and have it shipped to their house so it's not an issue for me.
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And one could make the case that doing the same thing is perfectly legal considering that the actual financial transaction is taking place in the state of the vendor. Personally I have plenty of friends in Virginia so they just order what I need and have it shipped to their house so it's not an issue for me.
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The BIG question is, do you want to pay the legal bills to make that point?
We are talking legal versus illegal, not can/will you get caught. And forum rules are to NOT tell people to do illegal things.
No one here is telling anyone to do anything. We're simply discussing the inanity of Maryland's magazine law, and the fact that it's hypothetically dead simple to circumvent, and extremely difficult to enforce if someone were to actively work to circumvent it...hypothetically, of course.
No one is suggesting that any of the actions we've discussed are not illegal. They are. We're merely saying that the law is so stupid that it shouldn't have been passed in the first place.
You know, I drive to delaware a lot to go fishing and never really thought to check out gun shops on the way. Any suggestions? I usually drive from the BWI area to Cape Henlopen.
I'd be willing to bet that it was a combination of being poorly thought out, and the fact that there would have been outrage, not to mention an enormous lack of compliance, if they outright banned anything larger than 10 rounds.I'm wondering now if because it was poorly thought out, or because the General Asylum actually WANTED to leave it with more holes than Swiss cheese so they could come back at a later date, probably after some incident, and "fix" it.
They're either very smart or very dumb.
I'd be willing to bet that it was a combination of being poorly thought out, and the fact that there would have been outrage, not to mention an enormous lack of compliance, if they outright banned anything larger than 10 rounds.
It is little more than "feel good" legislation. It gave an appearance that they did something while doing almost nothing at all.
The mags are legal, but trying to prove the how and where they were "transferred," especially given our rights to privacy under the 4th Amendment, as I've said before, unless there is an officer that actually witnesses it, or there is some kind of sting operation in place designed to catch those dastardly "high capacity" magazine pushers and users, it's just not going to happen.
Assuming your friends in Austin didn't know about or intend to break the law there is virtually nothing the Maryland authorities could do or would even try to do to them. Upon reciept, however, you would be obligated to immediately turn all your firearms over to me, and then call Frosh to proclaim your misdeed for unknowingly opening a package that contained contraband, so he could write an editorial in the Baltimore Sun taking credit for reducing crime.