There's no way Frosh would be that stupid to try something like that, as much as he may secretly like the idea. It would be an obvious violation of rights and the lawsuits alone would be tremendous.
Officers can pull up everything you have registered with the state, if they so choose.
*highly dependent on the amount of work that the officer wants to go through
I recall Jack McAuley saying that a MD code allows a LEOmto,do a stop and search if he has reasonable cause to believe that a weapon is present.
This was discussed in reference to the FL guy I think it was who got stopped near the Ft McHenry tunnel and the officer asked him about guns in his car.
Be aware of police cars with tag scanners.
Under MD law SBRs/SBSs/AOWs are considered handguns also, because they can be concealed on your person.
Dumais's bill put an end to that, iirc. I'm on tapatalk at the moment and can't get the bill number. It redefined handguns.
The handgun roster still controls SBRs/AOWs/SBSs, so that bill didnt do anything.
(c) (1) “Handgun” [has the meaning stated in § 4–201 of the Criminal Law
2 Article] MEANS A PISTOL, A REVOLVER, OR ANY OTHER FIREARM CAPABLE OF BEING
3 CONCEALED ON THE PERSON.
4 (2) “HANDGUN” DOES NOT INCLUDE A SHOTGUN, A RIFLE,
5 A SHORT–BARRELED RIFLE, A SHORT–BARRELED SHOTGUN, OR AN ANTIQUE
6 FIREARM.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0614T.pdf
I get that they can be concealed, but...
This will be law as of 10/01
The Handgun roster board loses control of the SBRs/SBSs 10/1?
Reasonable suspicion of what?
I would think that the average cop, pulling someone over on a dark and lonely road would feel a little sense of relief if he called a tag in and found out that the owner was a law abiding citizen.
That would apply in "normal people" counties, but probably not so much in the "Dutch Elm disease of the tree of Liberty" counties.
Oh I hope its true... So they can say buhbye to tourism industry and hope he gets sued left and right.