DE resident shooting at MD state range

[jodavk]

Hello, I want to shoot at Elk Neck State Forrest Range. I have an AK, an AR, and a few other milsurp semi & bolt action rifles. Are there any legal restrictions on what I can shoot there?

 

[Lostfantum]

You will be fine. Remember to bring a target stand with the target height at 4 ft. One shot per second and please take your empty brass and trash with you.

 

[swinokur]

If you owned the AR and AK before Oct. 1, then yes you are legal. If you owned them after Oct 1, then they are not.

 

[protegeV]

If you owned the AR and AK before Oct. 1, then yes you are legal. If you owned them after Oct 1, then they are not.

Every time I hear that I think about how much of a PITA it's going to be 5+ years from now

 

[RwWilly]

If you owned the AR and AK before Oct. 1, then yes you are legal. If you owned them after Oct 1, then they are not.

So how does the Oct1 law affect a resident from another state coming into MD for shoot?

 

[pjd832]

So how does the Oct1 law affect a resident from another state coming into MD for shoot?

For whatever it may be worth...I tried to get a definitive answer to that question....and After a half a dozen calls to the msp license div I got a sgt barnes(sp?) who told me that out of state residents are fine as long as weapon was owned prior to oct1....and advised that I should carry a receipt/Bos or something to date it as being in my possession prior to oct1.... And said "just don't break any laws and you should be fine".... Lol

 

[Boom Boom]

So how does the Oct1 law affect a resident from another state coming into MD for shoot?

Post-9/30/13, MD laws does two things:
1) Bans sale of them to MD residents.
2) Bans the general public from bringing them into MD (and therefore possession) if purchased after that date.

 

[Pinecone]

So how does the Oct1 law affect a resident from another state coming into MD for shoot?

The law states it is illegal to bring any banned firearm, purchased on or after Oct 1, 2013 into the state.

So an out of state resident, bringing in a banned firearm purchased on or after Oct 1, 2013 would be subject to arrest, confiscation of the firearm, jail time, and loss of the right to possess firearms and to vote.

That is how it affects a resident from another state.

If you are just passing through, you are OK, as long as you comply with the transport requirements under FOPA.

 

[Mark75H]

So would this mean that - if party A, a resident of a free state, now in 2014, legally purchases from party B a resident of the same non-MD free state, an AK made and purchased in 2012 outside of MD in a free state, party A cannot move from a free state and bring the AK into MD and register it as a move in, but party B could have brought the same gun in from a free state and registered it as a move in had he not sold it to party A?

 

[swinokur]

seems about right.

 

[jodavk]

Well I have been shooting milsurps at the state range for several years. I probably couldn't find my old purchase rcpts if I needed them. Here is another loop to consider. My nephew (SC resident) active duty USCG. He has a bunch of semi-auto milsurps (my sis still is DE). Every time he's home, he wants to get with me and shoot at the Elk Neck range. He has a SC CC permit and a Federal carry permit, because of his job. He is concerned about MDs goofy laws. As far as I'm concerned, we should both be OK, shooting at the range. We don't do anything illegal.

 

[swinokur]

As long as the gun was legally possessed prior to Oct.1, there is no issue.

IANAL

 

[protegeV]

seems about right.

 

[jonnyl]

So would this mean that - if party A, a resident of a free state, now in 2014, legally purchases from party B a resident of the same non-MD free state, an AK made and purchased in 2012 outside of MD in a free state, party A cannot move from a free state and bring the AK into MD and register it as a move in, but party B could have brought the same gun in from a free state and registered it as a move in had he not sold it to party A?

Yes, I know I feel so much safer....

 

[Mark75H]

Kafka smiles down from where ever it is that he is. MD's laws are now like an Escher drawing. What seems simple is not, you may not be where you think you are, and you may not be able to get there from here, or you might, but you'd be upside down.

 

[Publius]

For whatever it may be worth...I tried to get a definitive answer to that question....and After a half a dozen calls to the msp license div I got a sgt barnes(sp?) who told me that out of state residents are fine as long as weapon was owned prior to oct1....and advised that I should carry a receipt/Bos or something to date it as being in my possession prior to oct1.... And said "just don't break any laws and you should be fine".... Lol

Doesn't that sound like you are calling a police department in Mexico? "Carry a receipt or something". In other words, carry something to show you are legal, otherwise we will treat you as a law-breaker until you prove otherwise. Maryland's laws more and more mirror those of Third Word countries, so the results, as you just heard on the phone, are no surprise.

Oh, by the way, remember that an entire family, on its way home to Florida during the Xmas break was harassed to no end on I-95, in Maryland, on the suspicion they had a gun in the vehicle. Backup was called and the family was held up for two hours in different police cars. Remember that story before you venture here with guns. Only criminals come here with guns. The law-abiding should think twice.
Gun owner unarmed, unwelcome in Maryland