Were "assault rifles" ever regulated sales in MD?

rbird7282 · Nov 11, 2017

GTOGUNNER said:
MSP Problem.
I actually know a person that this happened to. FFL called him and asked him to bring the firearm back. Had he not the FFL would have notified the SP. I don't think the checks and balances works real well if the the dealer makes an error. How would the MSP know?

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Summer of 2013 I bought a handgun from a local dealer and they were doing 7 day release. I picked up after 7 days and then a few days later got a letter from MSP saying it was Disapproved and that the transfer may not take place. In a small panic, I called the dealer and they didn't even know about it yet. Called me a day later and it was simply an error by them on the paperwork. W
ent back in a week later and picked up the new pink copy of the 77R.

paperwork351 · Nov 11, 2017

And face to face sales until regulation started.

Biggfoot44 · Nov 11, 2017

Actually there was an overlap. "Regulated Long Guns" became a thing in 1994, Private sales ended in 1996 .

Rack&Roll · Nov 11, 2017

I sold ARs during the panic of ‘13 and released them after 7 days. One person I released to got their Not Disapproved decision paperwork back months later.

Abacab · Nov 12, 2017

Biggfoot44 said:
Actually there was an overlap. "Regulated Long Guns" became a thing in 1994, Private sales ended in 1996 .

Controlled assault weapons became a thing in 1989, not 1994. 1996 is when the term "regulated firearm" appeared.

http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000771/html/am771--2484.html

fabsroman · Nov 15, 2017

Blaster229 said:
Someone this morning told me that in the 90's, in the state of Maryland, there was a 7 day wait for ARs and the like.

I don't remember this at all.

Anything on a Form 77-R is a regulated sale. If you buy an AR-15 lower today, you have to complete a Form 77-R.

I am honestly surprised that you do not remember this. Most of it has been covered below, but it was really a bone of contention during the run up to FSA2013 becoming law. Lots of people applied for the Designated Collector status letter so they could purchase more than one regulated firearm a month. Not only was there a 7 day waiting period before you could take possession of the regulated firearm you paid for, but there was a 30 day waiting period before you could take possession of another regulated firearm, unless you were a Designated Collector. Lots of issues and litigation about this back in 2013.

Very hard to believe that 4 years have passed since FSA2013 went into effect.

ras_oscar · Nov 17, 2017

danb said:
Until MDSP settled a lawsuit and allowed dealers to release after 7 days. Paperwork for regulated firearms was taking months. Can't recall when they settled, sometime around July 2013 I think, but after that (and before Oct 1) you could pick up regulated firearms after 7 days, even if paperwork was not complete. I think the dealer had to run the NICS check first though. I know I picked up after 7 days sometime in Sept.

I am sure that there is a thread here on that somewhere to dig up.

But generally, yes, until Oct 1 2013, "regulated" guns i.e. ARs AKs, etc were 7 day wait and 77r.

7 day transfer unless disapproved is written into state law, possibly to ward off constitutional challenges if the " not disapproved" never is returned.

See the 3rd paragraph

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20140117/maryland-forced-to-clarify-firearm-transfer-rules

Irrrespective of what they CAN do, My experience is that most FFLs wait until the 7th day or until the not disapproved comes back, whichever is later. That way, if disapproved, the firearm can still be sold as new.

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