SB0266 - Does this create a registration of all guns?

[2AHokie]

SB0266 - Does this create a registration of all firearms?

I don't want to be alarmist, but the way it's worded doesn't sound good. The record keeping requirements sound really bad. Am I wrong?

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&tab=subject3&id=sb0266&stab=01&ys=2013RS

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/sb/sb0266f.pdf

 

[hvymax]

No. This keeps criminals from having an ownership interest in a FFL operation. We have had gun dealers caught making illegal sales/etc who loose their FFL and have their wife-mother etc get a FFL and put their name on the business while the criminal continues operating the business.

 

[Mr H]

Looks to me (fwiw) to be two-pronged. Simplifying, here...

1) Prevent "prohibited" individuals from being involved in the operation of a gun shop

and

2) Make a shop's record-keeping requirements so onerous as to be prohibitive, and subject them to extreme anal probes on a regular basis

The first point, doesn't seem bad at first look. Typical MD tyranny on the second point.

 

[MJD438]

No. This keeps criminals from having an ownership interest in a FFL operation. We have had gun dealers caught making illegal sales/etc who loose their FFL and have their wife-mother etc get a FFL and put their name on the business while the criminal continues operating the business.

It also appears to add additional burden to the records at dealers and eases the manner of access by MSP to said records. Not on a computer and IANAL, so I cannot do a side by side comparison to existing statute.

 

[hvymax]

Oh yeah that second part. I think they merged several bills from past sessions.

 

[2AHokie]

No. This keeps criminals from having an ownership interest in a FFL operation. We have had gun dealers caught making illegal sales/etc who loose their FFL and have their wife-mother etc get a FFL and put their name on the business while the criminal continues operating the business.

It also adds an entire record keeping component to all regulated firearms dealers that seems to me (looking for thoughts from others though) requires them to record information about every single gun that passes through their business, regulated firearm or not.

 

[MJD438]

It also adds an entire record keeping component to all regulated firearms dealers that seems to me (looking for thoughts from others though) requires them to record information about every single gun that passes through their business, regulated firearm or not.

That was my take...make it difficult for dealers to choose between staying in business and respecting the rights of their consumers. Another backdoor attempt at banning through onerous burdens.

 

[Boondock Saint]

This is the same bill we've seen in years past. Thank Sandy Abrams for the repeated incarnations of this filth. IPs, please take note on this one.

 

[Ab_Normal]

It also adds an entire record keeping component to all regulated firearms dealers that seems to me (looking for thoughts from others though) requires them to record information about every single gun that passes through their business, regulated firearm or not.

I believe that FFL's are already required to document every gun that they take posession of.

 

[K31]

Looks to me (fwiw) to be two-pronged. Simplifying, here...

1) Prevent "prohibited" individuals from being involved in the operation of a gun shop

and

2) Make a shop's record-keeping requirements so onerous as to be prohibitive, and subject them to extreme anal probes on a regular basis

The first point, doesn't seem bad at first look. Typical MD tyranny on the second point.

Now wait a sec. Maybe gays are under-represented in gun shop ownership. This may just be a way to level the playing field.