4–305. (b) A person may not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, purchase, receive, or transfer a detachable magazine that has a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition for a firearm.
As the law is writen
As the law is writen
how are FFLs selling them with guns then to people that live in MD. They sell us the gun with mag, and then transfer mag out of state....how is that legal?
You should rephrase your question. It isn't very clear.
how are FFLs selling them with guns then to people that live in MD. They sell us the gun with mag, and then transfer mag out of state....how is that legal?
FFLs don't fall under the same restrictions as individuals. They can buy and sell any capacity mag, as long as it's not to a MD resident. Same with firearms, they can deal in banned rifles but only for sale out-of-state.
Take them to an out-of-state gun show to sell.How can I, a Maryland resident "sell, or offer to sell" a +10 round mag to an out of state resident if I can't post the mags online in light of that being classified as "offer to sell"? lol....these laws are crazy.
If we own the mags now we just have to keep them all, or somehow leave the state and try to sell them?
If we own the mags now we just have to keep them all, or somehow leave the state and try to sell them?
Wording definitely should have been amended to limit sales liability "...to another MD resident". It's been an issue of semantics for years now, all they did was change 20 to 10 in the new law.
While it might be technically illegal to offer a magazine for sale while in MD, if sold to someone out-of-state who can legally own it... do you really think the MSP is going to care whether you posted it on an online auction site from a computer in MD? How could they prove you didn't post it for sale after driving over the border to PA? Since the server is in another state, is it even "offered for sale" in MD?
My .02 is not to worry about it. Every couple of years someone gets busted for offering for sale to another MD resident, but to my knowledge no one has been prosecuted for selling out of state. Mags are easy enough to get rid of at a gun show over the border if you were concerned about the legality.