Hi, my name is Eric, I live in St. Mary's County, and am developing an interest in gun ownership and legislation.
I am from Tenn (but have lived all over) and was exposed to guns in my youth. I had an heirloom double-barrel for a while that I shot a few times but I was never much of a gun enthusiast (just wasn't my thing). Over the past few years I started to go off-roading in the mountains a bit (VA, WV, PA, primarily)--I know there are bears in the woods because a lot of these places are bear-hunting access roads. Now with the pop-up revolutions just the traveling has become a concern, IE going through Fredericksburg on my way to the mountains during one of the mayor's "sanctioned events" is potentially not a good time. So I am looking for something I can carry in the vehicle on the way in, around, and back out of the mountains.
I bought a Stoeger M3000 for general use a while ago, home defense / hunting / targets / whatever, and have been having fun modifying it (M-Lok handguard, lighter recoil spring, Benelli extractor, etc). I cannot transport a loaded shotgun, so it is limited utility for mobile defense. I started looking at things like AR pistols and some SBRs, they would be good truck guns and I believe I can carry with the W&C permit. I have completed my training and waiting for my HQL to come, and am also working through the permit process (known acceptable reason due to the job). Once I get the MD card I should be able to get a non-resident PA card, and in conjunction with the Utah or Fla non-resident cards I will have most of the Appalachian states covered (not SC or the NE states like Maine).
At the moment I am primarily interested in figuring out the legal issues for how to have a loaded gun in the jeep. If it has to be a handgun in particular, then so be it, I will buy one, but I would rather it be a larger frame for reliability at distance, while still being small enough to defend against someone trying to break the window or open the door (CZ Scorpion pistol variant would be about perfect).
Also interested in the sporting side, like skeets and three-gun stuff. I have access to the Pax NAS Skeet Club, but I don't know of any three-gun activity down here (maybe at Sanners Lake, hard to get a callback).
I've been stalking the forum for a bit and it seems pretty informative. Thanks for all the silent help so far.
I am from Tenn (but have lived all over) and was exposed to guns in my youth. I had an heirloom double-barrel for a while that I shot a few times but I was never much of a gun enthusiast (just wasn't my thing). Over the past few years I started to go off-roading in the mountains a bit (VA, WV, PA, primarily)--I know there are bears in the woods because a lot of these places are bear-hunting access roads. Now with the pop-up revolutions just the traveling has become a concern, IE going through Fredericksburg on my way to the mountains during one of the mayor's "sanctioned events" is potentially not a good time. So I am looking for something I can carry in the vehicle on the way in, around, and back out of the mountains.
I bought a Stoeger M3000 for general use a while ago, home defense / hunting / targets / whatever, and have been having fun modifying it (M-Lok handguard, lighter recoil spring, Benelli extractor, etc). I cannot transport a loaded shotgun, so it is limited utility for mobile defense. I started looking at things like AR pistols and some SBRs, they would be good truck guns and I believe I can carry with the W&C permit. I have completed my training and waiting for my HQL to come, and am also working through the permit process (known acceptable reason due to the job). Once I get the MD card I should be able to get a non-resident PA card, and in conjunction with the Utah or Fla non-resident cards I will have most of the Appalachian states covered (not SC or the NE states like Maine).
At the moment I am primarily interested in figuring out the legal issues for how to have a loaded gun in the jeep. If it has to be a handgun in particular, then so be it, I will buy one, but I would rather it be a larger frame for reliability at distance, while still being small enough to defend against someone trying to break the window or open the door (CZ Scorpion pistol variant would be about perfect).
Also interested in the sporting side, like skeets and three-gun stuff. I have access to the Pax NAS Skeet Club, but I don't know of any three-gun activity down here (maybe at Sanners Lake, hard to get a callback).
I've been stalking the forum for a bit and it seems pretty informative. Thanks for all the silent help so far.
