I moved to MD not so long ago from CO, always wanted to have my own handgun and never actually got to it, but it took MD's tough legislation to get me wound up and get one :D now you have one more motivated pro-gun activist!
I also have this question that I can't figure out myself yet - there are nice handgun options online, but most of them have high capacity mags. The sellers refuse to take the mag out of the box before they ship (not surprising), is there a way for a local gun dealer to discard the mag or ship it...
Is it lawful to order ammo online in bulk to share it and the cost with another person? I found several places but they want to sell you e.g. at least a case of 1,000 of 9mm Luger to get free shipping (and only then it becomes 0.16 per round).