Elk Neck arrest for "transfer" of high capacity magazine: Fact or Fiction?

teratos said:

My understanding was the receive was part of the change of ownership. I do not have an MSP bulletin or AG opinion on that. Maybe we need one, just to save some idiocy. You speak fluent lawyer, fabs. If you are not clear on it it makes me wonder.

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fabsroman said:

There is a lot of litigation because statutes are not clear. That is just the nature of the beast. Look at Chow v. State. It went to the Court of Appeals to determine what "transfer" means because the guy was charged with violating the law when he loaned a handgun to a friend so the guy could try it out before deciding whether to purchase it or not.

Trust me, the dictionary definition of "receive" is not good for us in this case and there is no definition of "receive" in the statute. I wasn't there in session when the law passed and have no idea if anything was even discussed as to what "receive" means, or if it was discussed, what the legislative intent was.

The gun laws in this state really do SUCK.

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iH8DemLibz said:

The horse dun ben beated on this subject in other threads.

Not doing it here too.

trans·fer [v. trans-fur, trans-fer; n., adj. trans-fer] Show IPA

verb (used with object), trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring.

1. to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.


2. to cause to pass from one person to another, as thought, qualities, or power; transmit.


3. Law. to make over the possession or control of: to transfer a title to land.


4. to imprint, impress, or otherwise convey (a drawing, design, pattern, etc.) from one surface to another.

verb (used without object), trans·ferred, trans·fer·ring.


5. to remove oneself from one place to another: to transfer from the New York office to London.


6. to withdraw from one school, college, or the like, and enter another: I transferred from Rutgers to Tulane.


7. to be moved from one place to another: to transfer to overseas duty.


8. to change by means of a transfer from one bus, train, or the like, to another.

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kalister1 said:

So if i hand my pistol to someone to look at it, we just both became felons.

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frogman68 said:

If Frosh becomes AG his interpretation will make the laws seem meek SMH

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spclopr8tr said:

My fear of Frosh becomes AG is that he will start issuing all sorts of opinions contrary to the intent of law. He will merely point to DC and reference all the executive actions the imbecile in chief has been issuing and cite that as precedent for taking executive action to "clarify" our laws for us.

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rseymorejr said:

I wonder if that might force some court cases.
And whether the outcome of those cases would help or hurt us?

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Half-cocked said:

Was this "gun shop guy" the same person who told me that his uncle knows a guy who went to school with a guy whose grandfather invented a carburetor that made cars get 200MPG, but the Humongous Oil Company Conspiracy forced him to sell them their patent, to stop the car companies from building energy-efficient cars?

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