Maryland Gun Owners get visits from State Police!

[melensdad]

Another reason why we should never register our firearms

No reason given for the visits other than to 'check up' on your guns?

Registered Gun Owners Receive More Visits From Maryland State Police
Registered Gun Owners Receive More Visits From Maryland State Police

Maryland - -(AmmoLand.com)- We’ve receiving reports of more gun owners receiving visits from the Maryland State Police to “check up on” their regulated firearms.

It’s too early to get a clear picture of exactly what’s going on but it’s being looked into.

In the meantime remember, “May I have your name and the agency that you work for?” and “Do you have a warrant?”.

There is nothing in Maryland law that gives the Maryland State Police, or any other agency, the authorization to “check on” your firearms without a warrant.

Maryland gun owners if you are visited by MD State Police please notify Maryland Shall Issue.

Maryland Shall Issue.org
P.O. Box 314
Libertytown, MD
21762-0314
ph. 240-446-6782

About:
Maryland Shall Issue is an all volunteer, non-partisan effort dedicated to the preservation and advancement of all gunowners’ rights in Maryland, with a primary goal of CCW reform to allow all law-abiding citizens the right to carry a concealed weapon; and to the education of the community to the awareness that ’shall issue’ laws have, in all cases, resulted in decreased rates of violent crime.”​

 

[rambone]

What the heck are they trying to accomplish??

 

[rich8483]

i would like to know what the reasoning is behind this

 

[Chefcook]

It has to start somewhere, so it begins...

 

[SavageEagle]

Excuse me officer. Do you have a warrant? No? Please leave or I will consider you trespassing. Thanks. (Slam door)

 

[jedi]

Excuse me officer. Do you have a warrant? No? Please leave or I will consider you trespassing. Thanks. (Slam door)

Maryland Officer 1: Hey Maryland Officer 2 (MO2) did that guy seem a little jumpy to you?

MO2: Yup... I wonder what he is hiding since he slammed the door on us.

MO1: <calling on radio> Dispatch we have probable cause of illegal activies at xxxxxx. Gun owner was jumpy and slammed door on us. Send in the GunSquad.

 

[miguel]

Ask for the badge numbers, too...better yet, get a video camera and tape it all "for the record".

 

[NateIU10]

They don't care. You can find stories of the MD State Police Firearms Division searching houses because someone bought ammo that they didn't buy a gun for in-state.

There isn't "registration" in MD BTW, so it's a bit mis-leading. They have 2 classes of firearms, regulated and non-regulated. Regulated arms (M4s, handguns, etc) cannot be transferred between 2 residents or at an FFL without a transfer through an FFL or transfer at the MD State Police barracks. When transferred, after the 7 day waiting period, there is a separate form filled out for the regulated firearm that is kept on file with the MD State Police. This creates a de-facto registration, but there is not technically registration, as I could move back to MD right now and not have to register any of my guns. Non-regulated firearms, such as most shotguns etc, can be exchanged FTF just like here in IN.

 

[NateIU10]

To add to my last post, this is one of the arguments against 4473s in my opinion. The intent wasn't to create registration, but that's just what it did. Scary stuff.

 

[WHAT HAPPENED]

if you come a knock'n im come a lock'n and load'n then going to ask you to get the buck off my property

that or...

this will work also :fawk:

 

[Adrenaline]

huh seems a little over the top...no you may not check up on me or my guns.

 

[Bigum1969]

They don't care. You can find stories of the MD State Police Firearms Division searching houses because someone bought ammo that they didn't buy a gun for in-state.

There isn't "registration" in MD BTW, so it's a bit mis-leading. They have 2 classes of firearms, regulated and non-regulated. Regulated arms (M4s, handguns, etc) cannot be transferred between 2 residents or at an FFL without a transfer through an FFL or transfer at the MD State Police barracks. When transferred, after the 7 day waiting period, there is a separate form filled out for the registered firearm that is kept on file with the MD State Police. This creates a de-facto registration, but there is not technically registration, as I could move back to MD right now and not have to register any of my guns. Non-regulated firearms, such as most shotguns etc, can be exchanged FTF just like here in IN.

That sounds like a load of fun. Sell someone a gun and go down to the police barracks to transfer it!

 

[NateIU10]

That sounds like a load of fun. Sell someone a gun and go down to the police barracks to transfer it!

Yup, and you can't even transfer it then. You have to bring both people and the regulated firearm to the State Police Barracks, do the paperwork, then the seller has to take the gun back home, wait the 7 days, all 3 go back to the Barracks after approval and can be transferred then. Good ole time...

 

[StarKing]

What the heck are they trying to accomplish??

What are they always trying to accomplish?

 

[melensdad]

What are they always trying to accomplish?

EXACTLY!

Intimidate the honest people.

Set up barriers so that honest people will find it too troublesome, which leads honest people to the sheep mentality that its better/easier for the police to take care of them.

Let's face it folks, they are not going to the street gangs to check up on illegal activity. They are knocking on the doors of honest, decent folks. The ONLY reason to do that is to intimidate them.

 

[Indecision]

I honestly don't understand the point of stuff like this. I don't even see what intimidation would help. It just seems irrelevent.

 

[INGunGuy]

Do you have a search warrant? No, well then "Get the HELL off my property!"

INGunGuy

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

This is complete crap any way you look at it .

WTH is going on with their thought process that makes this behavior a good idea and why are the citizens sitting back and taking it ?

 

[groovatron]

A prime example of where state's rights can go overboard. This kind of facist behaviour should not be tolerated anywhere in this country.

 

[Adrenaline]

Really sounds like OBAM(a)ination is spreading his evil.