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I dont think there are any restrictions for non residents
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I don't think so either, Maryland is just so full of gray areas and I'm not sure if it's the ATF agents processing the forms trying to respectfully honor Maryland's laws and not trumping them with Federal law, or what is going on. It would make no sense since Federal Law trumps state law. But, you have one agent denying a 5320 for a reason like "Target shooting" and another agent approving a 5320 for that reason. I've seen that happen before. You can call Maryland State Police and get one answer, call the local Sheriff and get another answer, call the ATF and get their answer, call a lawyer in the area and get their answer, ask a Judge and get their answer, and not one of them will be the same answer. I texted a few people to let them know I will be bringing my SBR's to the ranges in Maryland for the shoots and trainings this year so they can get firsthand experience, and almost all the responses I got were, "Your 5320 actually got APPROVED?!" I talked to my current PA FFL LGS owner yesterday and he said he sent his 5320 in for his 10.5 and 14.5 SBR's to bring them to Maryland with us, and it came back denied. He used the exact same reasons as I did, we filled them out together on his computer when I stopped by, but mine got one agent, and his got another. For such a pro-2A area as this one, there is an extreme lack of NFA knowledge or interaction. Mostly because the people who are Pro-2A are blue collar workers with families, welfare dependent, unemployed, or minimum wage who don't have the extra cash to buy suppressors or SBR's or registered machine guns, and the ones that do have the cash have plenty of AR15's and other such arms, but live under the stigma of, "I'm not paying $200 for a tax stamp, that gives the ATF/Government another reason to single me out or come into my home uninvited."
I mean, we are talking about Maryland, the state that says an AR15 with a HBAR barrel is less dangerous than an M4 profile barrel.