Gun release from seller POV

[bigalf]

Hello I am wondering about sellling a gun and releasing. If I am SELLING a gun and go thruogh MSP prior to Oct 1, and release the gun to the seller 8 days after paperwork, but after Oct 1 is there any legal liability on me. So if I have a buyer who wants to make a last minute purchase and we meet for paperwork on Sept. 29 and I release the gun to him on 7 October without his HQL is there any liability on me? Am I on the hook for giving him a gun he isnt licenced to own yet, or is all the legal stuff on him?

 

[freddie]

The way I read the SB281: both of you would be breaking the law.

 

[teratos]

The way I read the SB281: both of you would be breaking the law.

Correct. But MSP promised not to do anything about it.

 

[Biggfoot44]

You would be in the same position as an FFL doing 8th day release.

 

[Gbh]

Hello I am wondering about sellling a gun and releasing. If I am SELLING a gun and go thruogh MSP prior to Oct 1, and release the gun to the seller 8 days after paperwork, but after Oct 1 is there any legal liability on me. So if I have a buyer who wants to make a last minute purchase and we meet for paperwork on Sept. 29 and I release the gun to him on 7 October without his HQL is there any liability on me? Am I on the hook for giving him a gun he isnt licenced to own yet, or is all the legal stuff on him?

If I were doing a private handgun sale prior to 10/1, I would transfer through a dealer willing to transfer on day 8 without a HQL. I would not transfer through MSP. Doing it through the dealer takes the burdon off of you as to the decision to release without a HQL. You would be relying on the dealer to follow MD law regarding the transfer.