I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would even ask this question.
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I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would even ask this question.
Do ALL military personnel receive handgun training?
Do ALL military personnel receive training on Maryland firearms and self defense law?
The military carve-out only makes sense as a way to divide and reduce the opposition to the law.
20+ years active duty. All in strategic communications field. Never fired a hand gun in an official capacity although I did carry a .45 on payday guard duty as Sgt of the Guard once.
As most have stated, no one should have to pay this TAX, which is all it is, to exercise a God given right. The .gov had nothing to do with my right to protect my family or myself or for that matter, for any legal purpose I choose as a reason to purchase/own/carry.
In the Firearm Safety Act of 2013, there is an exception for the HQL if: This seems to not include military spouses (or any dependents). Does anyone think this can be expanded for at least spouses with an amendment? I rather have the whole act rescinded, but I think that it makes no sense to have military family members that are not MD residents get a HQL. By the time they go through everything that is required for a HQL, and waiting period for a regulated firearm, they may have already been shipped off to their next duty station! Maybe I'm bitter cause I might have lost a probable buyer of a firearm! I may have to wait for the active duty member to come back from overseas...
As an E1 I made $313 every two weeks and deployed 270 days out of 365 one year.
If my guns stay back home with my wife, why should she have we have to spend ~$300 for the HQL set up when we are only going to be here 2 to 3 years?
This is the typical set up. Most spouses are female with kid(s) without relatives in the area. The real question should be why does anyone need the HQL...
That's not the issue in this thread ... the issue is should your exemption be extended to family members. You carried the .45 ... did you receive handgun training prior to being issued the weapon?
As an E1 I made $313 every two weeks and deployed 270 days out of 365 one year.
If my guns stay back home with my wife, why should she have we have to spend ~$300 for the HQL set up when we are only going to be here 2 to 3 years?
This is the typical set up. Most spouses are female with kid(s) without relatives in the area. The real question should be why does anyone need the HQL...
Uh, were you issued a spouse?
That answers the question.
No disrespect, but you now know what it's like when I have a person walk out of the shop when they discover what they need to do to make a handgun purchase.
Not to digress, but when you move under orders, your spouse becomes a legal resident of the state he/she moves to with you. The military member is the ONLY one who can keep legal residence outside the state they are stationed in.