Dicks sporting goods glock pmags

eurocarnut · Jul 17, 2017

I stopped in at dicks this morning to get some 9mm and they were selling 15rd glock19 pmags. If a retailer is selling these is it okay to buy them? They did not appear to be pinned and the plastic bag clearly said 15rd. The sales associate confirmed they were indeed the 15rd mags.

montoya32 · Jul 17, 2017

secretsquirrel35 said:
I stopped in at dicks this morning to get some 9mm and they were selling 15rd glock19 pmags. If a retailer is selling these is it okay to buy them? They did not appear to be pinned and the plastic bag clearly said 15rd. The sales associate confirmed they were indeed the 15rd mags.

Which Dick's was this?

eurocarnut · Jul 17, 2017

Bel air

erwos · Jul 17, 2017

No, it's not legal for you to buy them, nor is it legal for Dick's to sell them, or even offer to sell them.

eurocarnut · Jul 17, 2017

erwos said:
No, it's not legal for you to buy them, nor is it legal for Dick's to sell them, or even offer to sell them.

That's what I thought but it threw me off when they were hanging there on the shelf for sale. They had plenty of them in stock too. I feel bad for an unsuspecting customer that doesn't know any better.

slybarman · Jul 17, 2017

pay cash.

Aventus · Jul 17, 2017

erwos said:
No, it's not legal for you to buy them, nor is it legal for Dick's to sell them, or even offer to sell them.

But it is legal to own them!!!

eurocarnut · Jul 17, 2017

slybarman said:
pay cash.

Heh. Buy at your own risk I guess. I will take the extra 30 minutes and go to Gun bunker personally.

Mini14tac · Jul 17, 2017

slybarman said:
pay cash.

Yeah and just don't look at the cameras!

parttimer · Jul 17, 2017

Last year I went in to the dicks in Waldorf and they had a bunch of tanerite on the lodge counter for sale. I asked the guy behind the counter if the law had changed making tannerite legal in Maryland. The guy said he did not think so but "dicks has a team of lawyers that let them know which products can be sold in each state so it must be fine". He then asked me how many pounds I wanted. I declined to buy any of it. I would guess it is just one of those mistakes made by corporate somewhere shipping a banned product to a store without checking to see if it is legal in that state first.
I would definitely walk away from those mags

eurocarnut · Jul 17, 2017

parttimer said:
Last year I went in to the dicks in Waldorf and they had a bunch of tanerite on the lodge counter for sale. I asked the guy behind the counter if the law had changed making tannerite legal in Maryland. The guy said he did not think so but "dicks has a team of lawyers that let them know which products can be sold in each state so it must be fine". He then asked me how many pounds I wanted. I declined to buy any of it. I would guess it is just one of those mistakes made by corporate somewhere shipping a banned product to a store without checking to see if it is legal in that state first.
I would definitely walk away from those mags

Ya it's just not worth the hassle however small the chance of actually getting in trouble is when you can drive 30 minutes and be totally legal.

lazarus · Jul 17, 2017

secretsquirrel35 said:
Ya it's just not worth the hassle however small the chance of actually getting in trouble is when you can drive 30 minutes and be totally legal.

Yup. I'd go with they accidently shipped it to the store and worker boffins/manager who doesn't know any better put it out for sale.

eurocarnut · Jul 17, 2017

lazarus said:
Yup. I'd go with they accidently shipped it to the store and worker boffins/manager who doesn't know any better put it out for sale.

I even said to the sales associate that these are illegal to sell in the state of Maryland and he replied "yea everything is illegal here ." I guess he thought I was joking or something. Oh well.

Realistically I wonder what would happen to an unsuspecting customer that buys a product from a big box store like that?

-Z/28- · Jul 17, 2017

secretsquirrel35 said:
Realistically I wonder what would happen to an unsuspecting customer that buys a product from a big box store like that?

I don't think you'd face any prosecution unless you admitted to knowing it was illegal. But I wouldn't put it past MSP to try and track you down and make you surrender the mags.

AlanInSilverSpring · Jul 17, 2017

secretsquirrel35 said:
I even said to the sales associate that these are illegal to sell in the state of Maryland and he replied "yea everything is illegal here ." I guess he thought I was joking or something. Oh well.

Realistically I wonder what would happen to an unsuspecting customer that buys a product from a big box store like that?

REALISTICALLY, nothing. You take mags to counter, they ring em up, you hand them a wad of cash, and out you go.

IANAL but I would think Dick's would be liable for any legal problems and customer would be off the hook. Just like if they sold you a banned rifle, if it's for sale can't one make the assumption it's legal ? Like the first AR I bought at a lgs, I had no idea what made it legal/illegal, but since they were selling it I assumed it was legal and can't imagine I would be in trouble if it wasn't. Of course this is MD we're talking about so who knows

Blaster229 · Jul 17, 2017

AlanInSilverSpring said:
REALISTICALLY, nothing. You take mags to counter, they ring em up, you hand them a wad of cash, and out you go.

IANAL but I would think Dick's would be liable for any legal problems and customer would be off the hook. Just like if they sold you a banned rifle, if it's for sale can't one make the assumption it's legal ? Like the first AR I bought at a lgs, I had no idea what made it legal/illegal, but since they were selling it I assumed it was legal and can't imagine I would be in trouble if it wasn't. Of course this is MD we're talking about so who knows

Wrong. Ignorance of the law is not a defense to prosecution.

eurocarnut · Jul 17, 2017

Blaster229 said:
Wrong. Ignorance of the law is not a defense to prosecution.

No it is not but the DA would look really, really bad and I would be expecting Dick's to pay for my defense.

eruby · Jul 17, 2017

Blaster229 said:
Wrong. Ignorance of the law is not a defense to prosecution.

Johnny Ringo says:

Ignorantia juris neminem excusat

Doc Holliday fumes.

protegeV · Jul 17, 2017

Blaster229 said:
Wrong. Ignorance of the law is not a defense to prosecution.

True, but with the number of laws out there, no one can know them all.

Imagine if you bought your kid a fish at the pet store that was illegal in the US bc lf a distributor mixup, but you had no idea.

Or you bought a pair of knockoff jeans made in a sweatshop, but you were none the wiser.

Are any of those really the consumer's fault?
I mean from a common sense standpoint, not a strict legal one.

Half-cocked · Jul 17, 2017

I'm sure that Dick's will make the proper political donations to the right Democrat politicians, so that this silly misunderstanding is swept under the rug, and no charges are filed.

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