3 shops 3 different answers

[punisher12b]

I will leave the shops names out of this.. i bring it up cause this is the 3rd answer and my first business dealings with them

Shop A. buy a gun on tuesday pick up following weds... 7 days 8 day release..

Shop B. buy a gun on tuesday pick up following thursday Sunday doesnt count

shop C.. Buy a gun on tuesday .. pick it up next tuesday..


C is the recent experince
NORMALY A. is what i deal with
B is one shop i know of


Can I pick it up tomorrow as I was up there and did paperwork last tuesday.

 

[JettaRed]

Well, seven days was supposed to be a cooling off period. However a lot of gun shops don't understand this. Seven days is seven days but the Maryland police don't clarify what they mean by seven days. Is that seven calendar days or seven business days? Gun shops I have used counted as seven calendar days.


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[Stoveman]

Tuesday is 8 days after the previous Tuesday.

Plenty of shops follow this policy.

 

[Threeband]

It was not supposed to be a cooling off period. It was supposed to allow time for the paperwork to be snail-mailed to Pikesville, processed, then snail-mailed back.

The mail coaches were often delayed by washed-out trails and threats from Indian raiding parties, so the delay is understandable.

 

[punisher12b]

ok.. cool anybody in gaitherbsurg wanna swap a 45 lock for a 9mm lol dont feel like shelling out for one.. just need it tomorrow afternoon

 

[rob-cubed]

7 days is 7 days, not 7 business days or 7 days discounting holidays (seriously, does anyone else besides gov take off Columbus day)?

That said, each shop has their policy and I give my money to those whom I agree with.

 

[punisher12b]

well it was a used gun I happened upon . and I was looking into for considering IDPA.. so.. I couldnt pass on the price.

MP Pro
and I got more than I expected for a PX4 I had that I never shot..

 

[RoadDawg]

well it was a used gun I happened upon . and I was looking into for considering IDPA.. so.. I couldnt pass on the price.

MP Pro
and I got more than I expected for a PX4 I had that I never shot..

If the deal is that good... Suck it up and wait the extra day because it is up to the GS as to how they interpret and apply policy.

Then start shopping at a GS that serves your needs better.


But the waiting period is legally seven calendar days...

 

[Jaybeez]

Well, seven days was supposed to be a cooling off period. However a lot of gun shops don't understand this. Seven days is seven days but the Maryland police don't clarify what they mean by seven days. Is that seven calendar days or seven business days? Gun shops I have used counted as seven calendar days.


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It's not a cooling off period. it's the time that was required for dealers to mail 77r apps to msp, for msp to do the check, and for msp to mail the apps back to dealers, when the law was written in the 1990s, before the msp began using fax machines.

 

[swinokur]

here is the instructions on the back of the 77r.

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[Chris0nllyn]

The mail coaches were often delayed by washed-out trails and threats from Indian raiding parties, so the delay is understandable.

Dysentery took out a lot of the group also.

 

[swinokur]

and fax machines are so 20th century.

MSP has been saying for a long time the 77r process is being computerized and will have electronic submission.

yeah right.

 

[iH8DemLibz]

8 days is 142 days less than 150 days.

Just be glad it's not 2013, OP.

8 days is a cakewalk.

 

[punisher12b]

funny enough.. this shop was the tues to tues.. i was just covering my tail..
yeah i remember 2013 thank god for early release. and being a regular at a single shop

 

[Cal68]

8 days is 142 days less than 150 days.

Just be glad it's not 2013, OP.

8 days is a cakewalk.

Did you have to bring up bad memories!

But you are right on the money my friend. Things could definitely be worse!

Cal68

 

[iH8DemLibz]

Did you have to bring up bad memories!

But you are right on the money my friend. Things could definitely be worse!

Cal68

And the Left is floating the idea of "Universal Background Checks" should take as long as need be. If it takes five months so be it.

That policy would set the stage for a work stoppage, work slowdown, or extended vacations.

And delays due to carpal tunnel time off. Then the CDC can do a study verifying that processing background checks causes carpal tunnel syndrome.

 

[Butcher]

I'll name names. Cop shop in Baltimore city says seven business days not counting weekends and holidays. Then they say they are required by law to sell you a omega lock. Then they'll lose your gun / pre order, and make you wait some more.

Ah I feel much better

 

[swinokur]

IIRC the statute says a lock must be with the handgun when it's transferred. No mention of who must provide it. IIRC the statute says has to have the lock.. No mention of the lock having to be IN the gun.

As I posted the back of the 77R says 7 days, not counting Sundays or Holidays. No mention of business days.

I guess you can draw your own conclusions about their knowledge.

MD 5-132 attached.
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[RoadDawg]

IIRC the statute says a lock must be with the handgun when it's transferred. No mention of who must provide it. IIRC the statute says WITH the gun. No mention of the lock having to be IN the gun.

As I posted the back of the 77R says 7 days, not counting Sundays or Holidays. No mention of business days.

I guess you can draw your own conclusions about their knowledge.
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It also qualifies it thusly...
IF... "the seventh day falls on a Sunday or Holiday"... then it matters. If you don't wish to wait eight days... Then don't buy guns on Monday.

Sunday does count as one of the seven days so long as it is not the seventh day. I know, it is convoluted malarkey... But it is the way they wrote the law. IANAL

 

[swinokur]

thank you for clarifying RD.

The business days thing is the main thing I was pointing out. There is no mention of business days.