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Update to Maryland firearm purchase...
In the past if you wanted to buy a modern firearm here, you filled out a
couple of forms at the gunshop. If the purchase was a rifle or shotgun, the usual phone background check was made and if you were ok, you took the gun home that day. If you were buying a handgun, you had to wait seven to 10 business days while the state police completed an additional background check. Simple enough. Now, there's another layer. If you are a civilian with no military background and you are not a cop, you have to obtain a state Handgun Qualification License (HQL), and there are several variables. First time purchasers of handguns have to show proof they've taken a qualifying handgun training course. I think that is a good idea. Those without an existing carry permit also have to have submitted on their behalf ($50) a set of electronic fingerprints taken by a couple of local sheriff offices or by commercial vendors. Everyone has to get the HQL and some get a pass on the training and fingerprinting. It takes the state about a week to issue the HQL. The net effect is that the costs involved in obtaining a handgun have gone up and are now about $100 if you have to get fingerprinted, and another $25 if you have to get training, and the new processes add about two weeks to getting the final OK from the staties. |
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