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Maryland lawmakers consider new rifle and shotgun regulations
A bill returning to the Maryland legislature this session aims to regulate certain sales and transfers of rifles and shotguns.
Maryland law requires the regulation of the “sale, transfer, rental, and possession of regulated firearms, which consist of handguns and assault weapons,” according to a state analysis. However, this regulation does not currently apply to rifles and shotguns, which lead sponsor of House bill 4, Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary, D-Howard, has been striving to pass.
Under the bill, in many cases of a transfer of a long gun, a third-party licensed gun dealer would be involved, and the transfer must be done under three conditions: The sale must be from the owner; there must be a background check done on the transferee through the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and the transfer must comply with all federal and state law that would apply to the transfer.
Atterbeary told Capital News Service on Tuesday that some challenges against the bill include citizens not reading the bill and assuming that “I’m taking away their Second Amendment right,” which allows for the possession of firearms.
She said that all the bill will be doing is to “make sure all gun sales go through a background check.”
The legislation failed last year after a slow vote in a state Senate committee.
Maryland lawmakers consider new rifle and shotgun regulations
A bill returning to the Maryland legislature this session aims to regulate certain sales and transfers of rifles and shotguns.
Maryland law requires the regulation of the “sale, transfer, rental, and possession of regulated firearms, which consist of handguns and assault weapons,” according to a state analysis. However, this regulation does not currently apply to rifles and shotguns, which lead sponsor of House bill 4, Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary, D-Howard, has been striving to pass.
Under the bill, in many cases of a transfer of a long gun, a third-party licensed gun dealer would be involved, and the transfer must be done under three conditions: The sale must be from the owner; there must be a background check done on the transferee through the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and the transfer must comply with all federal and state law that would apply to the transfer.
Atterbeary told Capital News Service on Tuesday that some challenges against the bill include citizens not reading the bill and assuming that “I’m taking away their Second Amendment right,” which allows for the possession of firearms.
She said that all the bill will be doing is to “make sure all gun sales go through a background check.”
The legislation failed last year after a slow vote in a state Senate committee.
Maryland lawmakers consider new rifle and shotgun regulations - The Southern Maryland Chronicle
By: Fatemeh Paryavi, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — A bill returning to the Maryland legislature this session aims to regulate certain
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