BAR wrote:
H the K wrote:
BAR wrote:
H the K wrote:
BAR wrote:
GC Boater wrote:
Reason for sale: Purchase of an S&W Model 41.

Interested? Questions? Contact me at:



Well good morning, Old Timer. Does the county mental health
department know you have guns?




Are Harry's guns registered? You wouldn't want to be buying
unregistered guns and I would hope that Harry is performing a
background check to whomever he is selling the guns.





D'oh. *All* my firearms were purchased legally from licensed dealers
in Maryland. In my original post on this subject, I stated I would
only ship the Ruger to an FFL holder from whom the purchaser would
receive the handgun. The background check, such as it is, is handled
by the FFL.

What does that mean to you?


Morons.

Are your firearms registered with the State of Maryland?


You haven't purchased a firearm in Maryland in recent years from a
dealer, have you? Because if you had, you wouldn't be repeatedly asking
that question.

Let's try this again:

*All* my firearms were purchased legally from licensed dealers
in Maryland.

Report back (or don't) when you figure out what that means.


You can't answer a simple question can you?

I have never purchased a firearm in Maryland.


Ahhh. You aren't familiar with the regs. In that case, you shouldn't be
making statements like these:

"Are Harry's guns registered? You wouldn't want to be buying
unregistered guns and I would hope that Harry is performing a
background check to whomever he is selling the guns."

1. When you buy through a licensed dealer, you fill out federal and
state forms before you can take the handgun home. The form includes the
serial number of the gun. If it is a handgun, there is a seven to 10 day
waiting period that allows the state police to check you out. If it is a
rifle or shotgun, the call to the feds suffices, and you can take the
long gun home immediately. The last shotgun I bought from a dealer, the
call took less than five minutes, and I was on my way with the shotgun.
There is no separate registration, nor do you have to carry a
registration, as there is nothing you are given to carry.

2. Wherever you are, if you buy through an FFL holder, he or she handles
whatever forms are required by his or her state. Thus, the seller who
sells through an FFL holder has no reason to do a "background check" on
the buyer...that is handled by the FFL holder.

So, if you wanted to buy the Ruger, the best way to do it would be for
you to meet me at a local gun dealer who handles FFL transactions. He
would take possession of the firearm, collect the money and have you
fill out the forms, and then he would call you when the state police
said you were "OK" for the purchase.

That's how it is done in Maryland, typically.

Now, I just purchased a new handgun from an out-of-state dealer. He will
ship the firearm to a local FFL holder with whom I have done business.
When it arrives, I will go to his office, fill out the forms, and pay
him his fee. When the state police notify him, he will call me and I
will pick up the gun.

Fairly simply, straightforward procedures.