FlSwampRat
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A thread in another forum got me to thinking. (I do that from time to time.) It was about a store selling a hi cap mag (legal in that state) to someone from out of state. A state where it was not so legal.
Since, as stated elsewhere, I manage a pawn shop that does sell guns and accessories on the internet as well as in store, and the amount of visitors and temporary residents that come to Florida, I decided to do some checking on the Mag Cap laws via the Giffords Law Center website.
The more I look into laws on firearms the more I realize just how crazy the patchwork whole is. After the Parkland Fla shooting the legal age was raised to 21 for all firearms purchases. I agree with this for several reasons that I don't intend to go into on this thread. That being said it cleared up one nutty wrinkle that had previously existed. I could sell someone 19 years of age a box of 9mm rounds to use in his carbine, but I couldn't sell him the same box of ammo if he intended to use it in a handgun.
The arbitrary way that cap limits are chosen is head scratching. Limits of 10, 15 and 20 rounds are listed. Then things get weird. Hawaii says 10 rounds for mags that can be used in a pistol. NY limits to 10, BUT you can only load 7 unless you're a a range.
Ohio has no law restricting large capacity magazines. However, Ohio includes within the definition of “[a]utomatic firearm” any semi-automatic firearm designed or specially adapted to fire more than thirty-one cartridges without reloading, other than a firearm chambering only .22 caliber short, long, or long-rifle cartridges.
We have always required a DL or State ID to be presented when purchasing firearms, magazines and ammo. We generally don't ship to states like NJ, NY, Ca, Ct, etc., but the way some laws are being changed it's a struggle to ship to the others.
I hasten to add that all internet sales of anything are handled through our corporate sales department who always checks the laws on shipping before processing the purchase. I was checking these things for my own information
I don't have to check the laws of the receiving state before shipping things personally.
Since, as stated elsewhere, I manage a pawn shop that does sell guns and accessories on the internet as well as in store, and the amount of visitors and temporary residents that come to Florida, I decided to do some checking on the Mag Cap laws via the Giffords Law Center website.
The more I look into laws on firearms the more I realize just how crazy the patchwork whole is. After the Parkland Fla shooting the legal age was raised to 21 for all firearms purchases. I agree with this for several reasons that I don't intend to go into on this thread. That being said it cleared up one nutty wrinkle that had previously existed. I could sell someone 19 years of age a box of 9mm rounds to use in his carbine, but I couldn't sell him the same box of ammo if he intended to use it in a handgun.
The arbitrary way that cap limits are chosen is head scratching. Limits of 10, 15 and 20 rounds are listed. Then things get weird. Hawaii says 10 rounds for mags that can be used in a pistol. NY limits to 10, BUT you can only load 7 unless you're a a range.
Ohio has no law restricting large capacity magazines. However, Ohio includes within the definition of “[a]utomatic firearm” any semi-automatic firearm designed or specially adapted to fire more than thirty-one cartridges without reloading, other than a firearm chambering only .22 caliber short, long, or long-rifle cartridges.
We have always required a DL or State ID to be presented when purchasing firearms, magazines and ammo. We generally don't ship to states like NJ, NY, Ca, Ct, etc., but the way some laws are being changed it's a struggle to ship to the others.
I hasten to add that all internet sales of anything are handled through our corporate sales department who always checks the laws on shipping before processing the purchase. I was checking these things for my own information
I don't have to check the laws of the receiving state before shipping things personally.
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