Maryland gun law loophole????

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Stu R

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anybody heard anything about a loophole in making it legal to own an M1A in Maryland in 6.5 creed
 
My apologies, I don't normally correct adults in public. But, what is at issue here is not a "loophole" it is simply achieving ones goals within the letter of the law.

"Loophole" is a word that has been twisted by freedom hating people to undermine otherwise law abiding people that are following the law, but still achieving their goals and exercising freedom.
It's a tactic used through the ages to discredit an opponent.

These people have no honor.

It's underhanded, dirty, and deceitful. Like "Assault Rifle" when applied to a common semi automatic rifle.

Dont get lured into their terminology, it only helps them.

Thank you.
 
To expound on the above, there are two kinds of "loophole" in law. One is an aspect of the regulation which was not anticipated by the lawmakers, or is an explicit use of the definitions used in the regulation. The other kind is more accurately called a "leave out" where some special interest group gets the definitions written to explicitly exclude their activity from the regulation.

That latter is more seen in tax code, but exists in some gun regulations, like if carry is restricted in, say, amusement parks, which are then described by very specific square footage size. Rare, but occurs.

Loophole most often has a pejorative connotation, so, yes, it is wise to avoid using it.

During the federal AWB, using a "thumbhole" stock was not exploiting a loophole, it was exercising the definition of the law to one's advantage. It was a "loophole" to the antis, who saw it as scofflawry, but was perfectly legal given the intent expressed in the definitions of the law.

And, we always want to look at the definitions of the law, and not our impressions, interpretations, or imaginings of it. Which is doubly true here in Legal.
 
Not being a resident of MD, and only poorly qualified to opine on MD law, it would be my supposition that the MD AWB bans the M1A by feature, likely the detachable box magazine of greater than nn rounds capacity. It may also be excluded by name explicitly, too.

Probably the caliber is not mentioned at all. Not that I was aware of a 6.5cm M1A in the first place.
 
Ahh yes. Loopholes-Are-Us. Laws are made by legislators, who traditionally have unlimited resources (tax dollars). And the vast majority of them are ATTORNEYS.

If you found a looph, er,clause that allows firearm X because the wood grain runs verticle and that was allowed that day due to full moon cycle, GOOD FOR YOU.
 
We have a somewhat similar situation here in WA, call it a loophole or an oversight, not really sure. Cutting to the chase, owing to the passage of an Initiative to the People that passed with 59% of the vote in favor, citizens 18 to 20 years old can no longer purchase "assault rifles", this went into effect January 1, 2019. The same Initiative to the People also defines "assault rifles", but that doesn't go into effect until July 1, 2019.

So, can a dealer transfer a Ruger 10-22 to a 20 year old today, February 10, 2019, since the 10-22 is not yet an "assault rifle"?

Sorry if this has already been addressed.
 
It’s called people writing laws about things they don’t know about. You can’t write intentions. Thats what executive actions are for...
 
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