There is one specific decision in court, and I assume the lawsuit could be settled immediately if the licensing division changed their minds. There are any other number of (erroneous) interpretations that are not in court and causing myriad issues as well. By my count, there are at least 7 interpretation issues that need to be fixed.
Precisely. They could also clarify a few of the pistols, too. Right now, they're banning stuff they have no legal justification for banning.
The Kolbe case is a flat-out argument against the legislative AWB in MD. It is not specifically addressing those misinterpretations, nor does the case stand on them. They are ancillary evidence that the law is unclear and is being misinterpreted. I, and I suspect many other people and dealers, will be super-pissed if it's revealed that MSI's strategy is to not do anything about the misinterpretations because they supposedly help the (long-shot) case against the AWB.
Engage has a lawsuit on 4. Last I checked, they had not engaged in legal action on 3, but were rather telling the MSP to come and make them stop if they thought they could.
The roster board definition only applies to the roster board section of the law. It has no direct impact on anything else. There is still private discussion about whether the change in law will be good or bad for us.
Which "AK-47"? Which Avtomat Kalashnikov? Yugo AKs don't have 100% parts commonality with the Russian-derived versions, for example. What about the VEPR 54R, PSL, and similar scaled up guns? What about blowback pistol caliber and rimfire AKs? Hell, what about something like the PAR-3?
It is indeed broad. But broad is not the same as all-inclusive, as we've seen with the AR-15-derived guns.
No idea. The whole idea that I have to submit rifles and shotguns for "evaluation" is completely bankrupt from a legal sense. The MSP needs to issue firm, consistent guidelines, and let me make the call. Risking hundreds or thousands of dollars of my own money on a purchase that they might arbitrarily deny? Screw that.
Where in the law does an AK get defined by its operating system? Is every gun with a piston and a spring behind the BCG now an AK?
I'm referencing the WASR-22 and M10-22 here, not the cosmetic lookalikes made by RIA and GSG. The WASR-22 shares a receiver with the real-deal AKs, IIRC.
In that case, the entire thing is even more of a sham then, because without a gun in hand, they have no real way to determine whether gun has 100% parts compatibility. This is the way we got "banned" C308s.
It's possible. They simply haven't done it. I could do it in a week's time, if not less.
Is that the official policy statement of the MSP? Are they going to not prosecute anyone, including the dealer, if a dealer accidentally sells me a PTR-91? The way the law is written, you are exposed if your dealer screws up. Think about that. Your dealer makes a mistake, you could go to jail. You don't want to leave things to chance, or your dealer's discretion.
I have no idea who you're talking to. The last dealer I talked to told me it was worse now. The one before that was similarly unimpressed. I'd be shocked if you could find ANY dealer who thinks what you just wrote.
Breaking news:Here's a novel idea... eliminate the f..king Handgun Review Board... Ok... mindless rambling over.
