AR-15 post Oct 1

[brianrose]

do you think there is any chance that the state and/or gun ranges will NOT allow weapons such as the AR15 to be fired at their ranges? This would assist in my decision to purchase one.

 

[jonnyl]

There are 10's of thousands of legally owned AR's in the state, and they will all continue to be legal on 10/1. I doubt any ranges will disallow them.

I'm building a second AR just as an Eff U to O'Malley!!!

 

[teratos]

To reiterate, I do not believe that any ranges with validate what the MD government is trying to do by saying that legally owned and possessed firearms may not be used on their ranges.

 

[DC-W]

So long as you legally own or have purchased an AR-15 (or any other rifle on the regulated list) prior to Oct 1st, you're good to go.

The laws are not retro-active.

 

[Brooklyn]

In any case there are several bordering states that would be willing to take your money. Such a policy by any range would be as good as closing their doors forever.

They know it. So do not worry about that...

 

[abean4187]

That would be the quickest way for a range to lose customers.

 

[Vile Shadow]

If a range went PC like that you can damn sure bet I'll never spend another dime there.

 

[dlmcbm]

Not really related but a range I go to in PA has very simple rules. 1. Automatic weapons must be fired one round at a time (I hope more the one round don't fire at the same time. I do know what they mean.) 2. NO Assault rifles....this is not a military range. This one gets me especially with rule one.

There are some ranges that do it and I am sure that one or two in MD might do it but I would not base my decision to buy off of that.

 

[swinokur]

Why would a range bite the very hand that feeds them? It wouldn't seem like a good idea IMO. It's kinda like the 8 day release. If an FFL refuses an 8 day release, people will take their business elsewhere.

Same principle applies here IMO.

 

[BigToe]

Not really related but a range I go to in PA has very simple rules. 1. Automatic weapons must be fired one round at a time (I hope more the one round don't fire at the same time. I do know what they mean.) 2. NO Assault rifles....this is not a military range. This one gets me especially with rule one.

So they allow machine guns, but just not the "evil assault weapons" on Feinstein's list?

 

[Vile Shadow]

Not really related but a range I go to in PA has very simple rules. 1. Automatic weapons must be fired one round at a time (I hope more the one round don't fire at the same time. I do know what they mean.) 2. NO Assault rifles....this is not a military range. This one gets me especially with rule one.

There are some ranges that do it and I am sure that one or two in MD might do it but I would not base my decision to buy off of that.

Any one else here think rule #2 should negate rule #1?

 

[Biggfoot44]

Nah , rule #2 disalows light weight medium powered selective fire rifles. , rule #1 regulates the usage of submachine guns , full power battle rifles , and belt-feds.

 

[dlmcbm]

Why would a range bite the very hand that feeds them? It wouldn't seem like a good idea IMO. It's kinda like the 8 day release. If an FFL refuses an 8 day release, people will take their business elsewhere.

Same principle applies here IMO.

It is a member only sportsman club. Not a public range.

Any one else here think rule #2 should negate rule #1?

I did question the rules and basically as long as you load them all 1 round at a time it is fine to shoot whatever. They said they had problems with a few people just out there tearing the range up.