Assult pistol question.

[maverick0379]

I'm one of the lucky ones. I've escaped the non free state of maryland and went on to greener pastures. Or in my case blue since I've moved to Kentucky. This place is a gun owners dream come true. You can carry and actually buy a pistol at a gun show. But anyway onto my question. I plan on traveling back to the state next week and want to bring a couple weapons with me. The only thing my new area is lacking is a good indoor pistol range. Last year I picked up a master piece arms defender in 9mm. I want to bring it with me but after reading about how assult pistols are illegal I don't think that I can. It is not on the list that I found. What is the difference between this and the 33rd mag for my glock 19 that I can legally own and shoot in the state. Some one help me out with this?

 

[ffemtreed]

If it is not explicitly on the list of banned assault pistols you can bring it.


PS -- never try and figure out the reasons or logic behind gun laws or you will drive yourself insane.

 

[erwos]

There's no ban on possession for "high-cap" magazines.

There is a ban on possession for "assault pistols".

That's the difference.

If it is not explicitly on the list of banned assault pistols you can bring it.

This is questionable advice; the law also includes clones, regardless of manufacturer. Safest thing to do would be to call the MDSP and see what they think.

 

[motox79]

so.....what if you had an address(residence) in another state, and owned an "assult pistol" Could you have it with you in the wonderful state of md. while you "temporaily" reside here? i know this is a slipery slope....just a thought.

 

[erwos]

so.....what if you had an address(residence) in another state, and owned an "assult pistol" Could you have it with you in the wonderful state of md. while you "temporaily" reside here? i know this is a slipery slope....just a thought.

As far as I know, you just can't possess it in the state. If you leave it with a family member out of state, you should be fine. IANAL.

 

[motox79]

what about if you set up a "trust"? any possibility of a loophole there? (trying to find a way to get a B&T TP9...

 

[erwos]

what about if you set up a "trust"? any possibility of a loophole there? (trying to find a way to get a B&T TP9...

The commonly exploited loophole is to make it into an AOW by paying for the tax stamp and doing the NFA paperwork. For whatever reason, the MDSP don't care about assault pistols that are AOWs.

 

[motox79]

AWESOME! thanks for the tip!