armed_economist
Active Member
- Dec 4, 2017
- 429
Found an online dealer with a good price on a gun I'm interested in, but website shows "product is illegal in your area" when putting in my zip code, because of magazine capacity over 10. Called their customer service, was told firmly that they won't ship the magazines to a separate address in Virginia for extra fee, and ship the rest of the package including the gun to my local FFL. I told them it's perfectly legal, they replied they just don't want to take on any legal risk of a Maryland buyer ending up with a high capacity magazine in any way because of them. Before I could say anything else, "sorry our policy says no, have a good day".
Are most online dealers this risk averse? Any way they can be convinced of what the law actually says what can and can't be done?
By the way, went into FFL yesterday and was told that Maryland FFLs can receive high capacity magazines from online orders, but can't ship to an out of state address for the buyer to pick up. Some dealers were doing this before Maryland AG sent out letters warning shops to stop this practice. Didn't know this before.
Are most online dealers this risk averse? Any way they can be convinced of what the law actually says what can and can't be done?
By the way, went into FFL yesterday and was told that Maryland FFLs can receive high capacity magazines from online orders, but can't ship to an out of state address for the buyer to pick up. Some dealers were doing this before Maryland AG sent out letters warning shops to stop this practice. Didn't know this before.