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  • live2hunt266

    m770 30-06
    Jan 16, 2012
    101
    Havre de grace MD
    Just moved back to Maryland and I'm confused are private sales still legal or not searching the internet is contradictory as far as non regulated long guns
     

    scottyfz6

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    Dec 22, 2018
    1,343
    Nope all firearms have to be transferred thru an FFL or the state police if regulated ( ffl can do it as well. )
     

    IronEye

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    Feb 10, 2018
    790
    Howard County
    Immediate family are exempt. As are transfers of a C&R eligible firearm between FFL-03 C&R licensees.

    Applicable Maryland law is section 5-201.
     

    Doctor_M

    Certified Mad Scientist
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    And because someone will ask... Immediate family members as defined:

    5–201.
    IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER” MEANS A SPOUSE, A PARENT, A STEPPARENT, A GRANDPARENT, A STEPGRANDPARENT, AN AUNT, AN UNCLE, A SIBLING, A STEPSIBLING, A CHILD, A STEPCHILD, A GRANDCHILD, A STEPGRANDCHILD, A NIECE, OR A NEPHEW, AS RELATED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE.
     

    hobiecat590

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    Feb 2, 2016
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    Hypothetical question for the brain trust:

    A VA resident wants to gift a restricted weapon, (RW) to a MD resident using a MD FFL for the transaction. Would it be easier for the MD resident to buy the RW for $1 or accept the gift, or does it not matter what is paid or not paid for RW?
     

    eruby

    Confederate Jew
    MDS Supporter
    Private sales are still legal, but as noted above the actual transfer has to take place through an FFL.

    Disagree

    Private is private, i. e. no paperwork


    Hypothetical question for the brain trust:

    A VA resident wants to gift a restricted weapon, (RW) to a MD resident using a MD FFL for the transaction. Would it be easier for the MD resident to buy the RW for $1 or accept the gift, or does it not matter what is paid or not paid for RW?
    Price doesn't matter

    FFL charges his vigorish, and State fee is I think $10
     

    rbird7282

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    Dec 6, 2012
    18,538
    Columbia
    Hypothetical question for the brain trust:

    A VA resident wants to gift a restricted weapon, (RW) to a MD resident using a MD FFL for the transaction. Would it be easier for the MD resident to buy the RW for $1 or accept the gift, or does it not matter what is paid or not paid for RW?

    What is a restricted weapon?


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    hobiecat590

    Ultimate Member
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    Feb 2, 2016
    2,434
    What is a restricted weapon?


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    Wheel gun aka revolver falls into the "restricted" weapons catagory in MD. BTW, MD resident has HQL.
    Disagree

    Private is private, i. e. no paperwork



    Price doesn't matter

    FFL charges his vigorish, and State fee is I think $10
    Thanks. Was not sure if this was an issue or not like it is with motor vehicles.
     

    dblas

    Past President, MSI
    MDS Supporter
    Apr 6, 2011
    13,087
    Hypothetical question for the brain trust:

    A VA resident wants to gift a restricted weapon, (RW) to a MD resident using a MD FFL for the transaction. Would it be easier for the MD resident to buy the RW for $1 or accept the gift, or does it not matter what is paid or not paid for RW?
    Doesn't make a difference if it's a gift or the MD resident pays $1.
     

    Allen65

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Jun 29, 2013
    7,063
    Anne Arundel County
    Long guns only, NOT C&R handguns (unfortunately).
    That's true if the transfer occurs in MD and therefore it's an intrastate, not interstate, transfer. Go to another state, and your Federal FFL03 C&R is perfectly legal for a private party transfer of a C&R handgun. Maryland's writ applies only to actions occurring in MD. Of course you do need to be compliant compliant with the laws of the state you are actually in, and Federal law, for the transaction.
     

    ken792

    Ultimate Member
    Sep 2, 2011
    4,480
    Fairfax, VA
    Immediate family are exempt. As are transfers of a C&R eligible firearm between FFL-03 C&R licensees.

    Applicable Maryland law is section 5-201.

    Doesn’t the MD law exempt FFL03s for all long guns, not just C&Rs, because of the way state law defines “dealer’s license” and “licensee?”


    “(d) "Licensee" means a person who holds a dealer's license.”

    “(b) "Dealer's license" means a federal firearms license.”


    “(a) This section does not apply to: (1) a sale, rental, or transfer: (i) involving a licensee or a federally licensed gun manufacturer, dealer, or importer;”

    Hypothetical question for the brain trust:

    A VA resident wants to gift a restricted weapon, (RW) to a MD resident using a MD FFL for the transaction. Would it be easier for the MD resident to buy the RW for $1 or accept the gift, or does it not matter what is paid or not paid for RW?
    MD and feds don’t care about whether it’s sold or gifted. They regulate transfers, not sales, in that case.
     

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