The wife's career may take us to the DC area. We started looking at a place in MD.  Then I checked the gun laws.  How bad are they in MD? Sounds pretty bad. No AR15's, no AK's, no SKS's, no M14's.  That sound accurate?

MD sucks. Do not move here. You have been warned.


ARs are ok if they are HBAR.


AKs are banned


HK Roller locks are banned


Basically they took the AWB list  and added a few feature tests in 2013.


NFA is ok so an AK SBR is gtg.


Need Handgun license(HQL) to purchase a handgun or SBR on a Form 4. HQL requires prints and training

Lots more detail around the gun laws but this a high level view.


MD sucks. Do not move here. You have been warned.

 

Gun laws are bad in Md.  Move to Va.

VA is much better for you.  Virginia is also an anti-subrogation state.

If you have any choice at all, pick not MD.  Northern VA is crowded, but at least it's VA.

Va is better across the board, but md isn't as bad as some would let on. I can still walk into a gunstore and walk out with a scar, hbar ar, or any post 93 design. All banned pre 93 designs like the ak,fal,hk 9x series are legal as sbr's.

Even with the new regulations,  nothing is really enforced

Biggest issue I see is essentially no ccw/ccl, with a such a large, rich and vibrant population.

When moving to the DC area years ago I made the wrong choice and bought a place in Maryland.  One of the biggest mistakes ever.  The taxes killed me, the politics pissed me off, and the restrictions on my RKBA kept growing.  After several years of saving and looking for someplace better I made the move south of the Potomac.  What a relief.  The feeling of a weight being lifted off my back was almost physical.  It's a damn shame because there are parts of Maryland, Washington County and points west for instance, that I really like but will never entertain the possibility of moving there.  Do the smart thing while you have the chance, settle in Virginia.

I'm curious what you mean by 'nothing is enforced'?

VA has better gun laws and probably lower taxes.  However, NOVA has been flooded with liberal transplants from around the country and loads of illegals for at least the last 15 years (hence, the solid "blue" in the north).  Besides the guns and taxes, Maryland wins on everything else.

There is a State police Barricks maybe 10 minutes away from elk neck shooting range, the place is always packed and if they really wanted to poster and put some teath behind the regulations they could show up on a Saturday,  start running numbers and checking barrel diameter or stampings.

They could also measure oal of sbr's and check form 1's to make sure they are pre ban sbr's.  They could check purchase date of people with scars to make sure they are good to go with factory muzzle device.

But they are not doing any of that stuff,  the msp has even stated officially that their own website that shows what stuff is legal should not be taken as official as they really have no clue what is good to go or not.

Very valid point

Thanks guys. Sounds a lot like NJ. I left there 14 years ago and never looked back.  We have decided that VA will be where we settle...for now.  We'll need to be close to a metro stop so we're looking fairly close in. Coming GA I was shocked.  Half the house/lot for almost twice the cost. It is what it is. The taxes are deinately better in VA than MD and I'd have to get rid of about a third of my guns. Not to mention having to register all my handguns.

Y'all got bad.  Thanks for the info.

Found another thread on the subject that referenced the md shooters forum. Very informative.

Thanks again.