Maryland Laws

[Mossberg88]

Could someone give me a basic run-down on Maryland laws in regards to private property, i.e. what are the can/can't do's on my own private property.
Thanks.

Alex

 

[travistheone]

Like what? you can carry on your property, open or concealed. You can shoot depending on your county/city.

 

[Grey_Mana]

Go here:
http://www.mdshooters.com/
and ask them.

My understanding:
Most rifles and shotguns are not regulated. Pistols, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other stuff are regulated.

To buy a regulated firearm, you need to take a safety course - either watching a video at the gun store or watching it online and mailing in a form (http://mdgunsafety.com/program.htm).

Limited to 1 regulated firearm purchase per month, unless you have a C&R license.

Maryland has concealed carry, but you need to show cause (so, be a cop, a bounty hunter, repo man, medical doctor who might prescribe restricted drugs, judge, some lawyers, etc). So no CCW for regular people.

Maryland code is here:
http://michie.lexisnexis.com/maryland/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=

Criminal law title 4 is weapons crime.
Natural Resources title 10 is wildlife -> hunting, which has some long gun rules.

 

[Grey_Mana]

Oh yeah, NRA-ILA has a nice cheat sheet for each state. MD is:
http://www.nraila.org/statelawpdfs/MDSL.pdf

 

[travistheone]

defintly check out the mdshooters

 

[MifflinKid]

Limited to 1 regulated firearm purchase per month, unless you have a C&R license.

You don't have to be a C&R licensee. I'm not but I am registered as a collector.

You write to the Maryland State Police and identify yourself as a collector (e.g., you collect Ruger single action handguns). In a few weeks they send you a letter verifying your status.

From then on, when you buy a regulated firearm, you tell the FFL dealer you're a collector. They check the collector box and you're good to buy more than one gun per month.

Sort of a waste of time by all involved.