If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, did it make a sound?
The law is an effort to do a DeFacto registration of all guns in the state, or as many as they can. It's more in an effort to document gun owners in general because there are a lot of gun owners who don't own pistols and don't plan on owning one.
I know we aren't supposed to talk about such things here on the board, but if a gun predates this sill-assed law by enough time and I know the party I'm selling to, I'll be damned if I'll put paper on a long gun that didn't previously have it.
To paraphrase that first sentence: if a long gun is sold in Maryland and there isn't a State Trooper or FFL to see it, did it really get sold?
Many of the long guns I currently possess are pre-1980s, and I have no clue who the original owners may have been - it's just too far down the line. Those guns are completely off book. Why create a brand new paper trail for the government to follow?
The law is an effort to do a DeFacto registration of all guns in the state, or as many as they can. It's more in an effort to document gun owners in general because there are a lot of gun owners who don't own pistols and don't plan on owning one.
I know we aren't supposed to talk about such things here on the board, but if a gun predates this sill-assed law by enough time and I know the party I'm selling to, I'll be damned if I'll put paper on a long gun that didn't previously have it.
To paraphrase that first sentence: if a long gun is sold in Maryland and there isn't a State Trooper or FFL to see it, did it really get sold?
Many of the long guns I currently possess are pre-1980s, and I have no clue who the original owners may have been - it's just too far down the line. Those guns are completely off book. Why create a brand new paper trail for the government to follow?
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