Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,154
The MSP is operating outside the law.
They seem to do that on a regular basis.
The MSP is operating outside the law.
Just a point, A "Permit" IE Permission slip is what results when the Government steals your right from you, and then decided to "sell" it back to you...
They seem to do that on a regular basis.
The MSP LD IS the law around here. Don't you EVER forget that, serf!
The Bushmaster on the ban list is NOT a Bushmaster Brand AR 15. It is not an AR15 at all. It was an entirely different rifle that was not widely produced. The original ban list was drawn up by a couple of Diane Feinstein's aides back in 1989. They literally bought a Gun Digest (or a Guns and Ammo Annual???) at a news stand and picked out the rifles that looked scary.
At that time, Bushmaster did not even manufacture AR15s.
Maryland State Police were always perfectly aware of that fact, and of course, they still are. Bushmaster AR15s were always treated like any other ARs: HBARs were unregulated/ cash and carry while non-HBARs required the 7 day wait.
Only after 2013 did MSP suddenly start pretending that "Bushmaster" on the List referred to a brand name. They know perfectly well it never did.
Here is the Bushmaster Rifle which the List refers to:
NOT an AR15, and out of production for many years.
There was another Bushmaster BULLPUP Rifle which many believe was the one listed by Feinstein's aides, but apparently this one here is the actual banned rifle.
The Maryland State Police have known this all along. That's why many THOUSANDS of Bushmaster BRAND HBAR AR15s were sold here as cash-and-carry.
This slimy mendacity just really, really pisses me off.
Public accommodations do not work that way.
It's funny you make this post. Just the other day I was discussing MD laws with my cousin, an avid shooter from PA, and the fact that Bushmaster is banned by name. From my searching it came out of a shooting spree. One of the rifles used I think? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
That led me to thinking, how many Glocks have killed hundreds? Why aren't they banned? Just saying.
Ok thanks for the clarification. I always knew that it was not the BRAND that was banned, but 1 specific rifle. However, I always thought that it was a .50 cal rifle. I have never even seen a picture of the one that you have here. Goofy looking, home made look to it. Very interesting, but yeah, most always get confused about this, and think it is the brand, but it never has been.