Blank firing guns?
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j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
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To be treat just like any firearm.
Wendigo
Hungry
Are you talking about Starter pistols or regular firearms modified to fire only blanks? Mr. Smith's advice is good, but if you showed up at MSP barracks for a starter pistol I'd imagine they'd get a good chuckle out of it.
somd_mustangs
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- Jul 1, 2012
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Title 5. Firearms
Subtitle 1. Regulated Firearms
5-101. Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
......
(h) Firearm.
(1) "Firearm" means:
(i) a weapon that expels, is designed to expel, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; or
(ii) the frame or receiver of such a weapon.
(2) "Firearm" includes a starter gun.
(n) Handgun.
(1) "Handgun" means a firearm with a barrel less than 16 inches in length.
(2) "Handgun" includes signal, starter, and blank pistols.
(It later excludes signal pistols approved by the USCG)
Subtitle 1. Regulated Firearms
5-101. Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
......
(h) Firearm.
(1) "Firearm" means:
(i) a weapon that expels, is designed to expel, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; or
(ii) the frame or receiver of such a weapon.
(2) "Firearm" includes a starter gun.
(n) Handgun.
(1) "Handgun" means a firearm with a barrel less than 16 inches in length.
(2) "Handgun" includes signal, starter, and blank pistols.
(It later excludes signal pistols approved by the USCG)
Why are you firing blanks? What activity are you engaged in?
Just out of curiosity... what the legal separation between starter/blank pistol and toy/cap pistol... seems like another case of the State staying, it is whatever we say it is.
Media productions.
I will contact MD State police, see if they have someone there who can make things clearer.
danb
dont be a dumbass
Seems to me that the cruz of the problem is "may readily be converted to expel a projectile"
blank gun does not fire a projectile. How easy would this be? Seems to me, pretty easy, just treat it like a muzzleloader.
blank gun does not fire a projectile. How easy would this be? Seems to me, pretty easy, just treat it like a muzzleloader.
You should consult a theatrical armorer. This can get you in deep stuff very quickly.
A lot of guys around here shoot blanks.
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I hear that if you wear boxers instead of thighty-whithies that helps
I da know...ever watch "Bad Grandpa"? Might give you second thoughts about undapants.
A cap or a blank cartridge. Caps are caps, cartridges are cartridges.
Jerry M
Ultimate Member
They are considered firearms. Someone I know got in serious trouble having an unloaded one in his truck. Arrested, tried, and convicted.
Drakos
Outta Control
- Dec 25, 2010
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Gizmo98
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There has to be some federal regulation that <should> supersede any stupid MD law. You can buy a blank gun and ammo over the internet shipped straight to your house. I use them all the time in active shooter training, and it never occurred to me that they were anything other than noise makers.
Gizmo98
Free At Last!!
There you go.... being logical. Don't you know that no good can come from that?
Sorry. We moved to PA almost a year ago. I guess my indoctrination and brain damage are fading.
Let me recalibrate my brain back to MD legal "logic".
Sorry. We moved to PA almost a year ago. I guess my indoctrination and brain damage are fading.
Let me recalibrate my brain back to MD legal "logic".
Congrats on your escape! BTW, this slightly more effective for dealing with MD legal logic...
The reply I got from MD State Police:
"Blank pistols are considered regulated firearms and would require a Handgun Qualification License (HQL) unless exempt (active/retired law enforcement, military, FFL if a manufacturer) and registration using the Maryland State Police Portal."
So one has to go through the same process as when purchasing a real gun. Maryland is a special place.
"Blank pistols are considered regulated firearms and would require a Handgun Qualification License (HQL) unless exempt (active/retired law enforcement, military, FFL if a manufacturer) and registration using the Maryland State Police Portal."
So one has to go through the same process as when purchasing a real gun. Maryland is a special place.
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