Cp told me 30 round mags are illegal in MD

[RoadDawg]

Any questions?

Yes...

Why did you post this?

It does not answer my question nor does it satisfy the point.

{The Baltimore County Officer was CORRECT about his exemption from the magazine capacity law in Maryland.
(His only error was in saying 20 instead of 10 rounds.)}

It simply redirects focus to a different portion of the OP.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Help me find the car, and we can drive out.

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The way I Interpeded the OP :

LE Ofc said he was glad he was exempt , and implied that others could not have them.

Nobody replied that only transfer, etc was illegal, possesion was not , implying that others could obtain them elsewhere, and thereby "have them" in Md .

Both sides of thr reported conversation had implied components, unkown if that was in the origonal conversation, or if Nobody wrote it up in shorthand here.

But my takeaway was that the LEO dinner guest readily checked into the situation and recieved the correct answer, instead of sticking with Because I Said So. ( Yes, this is a good thing, and positive outcome.)

 

[RoadDawg]

Help me find the car, and we can drive out.

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The way I Interpeded the OP :

LE Ofc said he was glad he was exempt , {1}and implied that others could not have them.

Nobody replied that only transfer, etc was illegal, possesion was not , implying that others could obtain them elsewhere, and thereby "have them" in Md .

Both sides of thr reported conversation had implied components, unkown if that was in the origonal conversation, or if Nobody wrote it up in shorthand here.

{2}But my takeaway was that the LEO dinner guest readily checked into the situation and recieved the correct answer,{3} instead of sticking with Because I Said So. ( Yes, this is a good thing, and positive outcome.)

{1}NOT stated in the text of OP... Why make that assumption?
{2}Called a "friend" /?other LEO?... Got bad information. But it agreed with the OP so it "had to be correct"???
{3}WHAT? Where did you pull the "because I said so" BS from?

And... What is "Interpeded"?

 

[KevinK]

At a friends for thanksgiving and her son, a balto co. pd office and I were talking and he said he was glad he was exempt from the 20 + round mag limit.

I informed him that they were illegal to transfer or buy in MD but you can own. He said I was wrong and I asked him if he would like to bet 1000 rounds of .223?

He called a friend and he said I was correct, I dislike cops who spout misinformation as law.

Just a rant.

NOBODY

The above bolded is what I focused on in the OP. I kind of ignored the '10 vs. 20 round' or 'LEO exempt' and inferred the cop meant regular citizens were not allowed to own the 'high capacity' magazines.

Hopefully NOBODY will post as to what exactly went down.

 

[RoadDawg]

The above bolded is what I focused on in the OP. I kind of ignored the '10 vs. 20 round' or 'LEO exempt' and inferred the cop meant regular citizens were not allowed to own the 'high capacity' magazines.

Hopefully NOBODY will post as to what exactly went down.

I wish he would clarify it as well

Because based on his second paragraph ... He appears to owe the Officer 1000 rounds of .223.

I informed him that they were illegal to transfer or buy in MD but you can own. He said I was wrong and I asked him if he would like to bet 1000 rounds of .223?

Since the Officer is exempt from the mag cap law... It is NOT illegal for HIM to transfer or buy >10 round mags in Maryland.

 

[lee2]

Cops aren't god and they're not always right geeze

 

[motorcoachdoug]

So i know this might be a little bit off the topic but yet on the topic as well. Does anyone know where in Sussex Cnty DE where i can get 15rd or 20 rds mag for a Glock 27 and a S&W40VE as well? Wife and I are going to Lewes, Rehoboth Beach area the friday before new years eve and come back on the 2cd. Will feel so good to legally carry again in DE as well. Also have a 40cal High Point Carbine also that i want to get mags for as well that are over 10rds. Like some people here have said if they will not believe you about the mag laws here in MD after you show it to them in B&W then let them live in their own little misinformed world. That way if they do realize that were wrong, they have no one to blame but their own little feeble minded selves ..

 

[RoadDawg]

Cops aren't god and they're not always right geeze��

Only an idiot would claim that they were always right. And I haven't seen anyone fitting that description around here.

 

[Doctor_M]

The clear way around the infringement on greater than 10 rounders, is to not buy magazines at all.... just buy those funky "banana clips" that they were screaming about in the 90s.... problem solved.

 

[Nobody]

Considering we were talking about being at the range and me having to reload every 10 rounds and him not having to because he was exempt from the law. I would assume that we were speaking of possession, as far as the transfers I know it's illegal for me to transfer and I keep up with the laws that pertain to me and I have enough trouble with that and don't want to keep up with laws that pertain to other people, since law enforcement is his job I would figure he would have to keep up with laws pertaining to other people such as as peons that are not Exempted from a law that should be of the People by the people for the people.

As far as the 10/20 round conundrum I've never seen a 11 round magazine for an AR-15 or a 12 round or 13 round ect so I assume by saying he was exempt from the 20 round law that he was able to possess a 20 round magazine and I was not. I know there are round capacities in between for handguns but I have never seen a 10 11 12 13 Extra Magazine for an AR-15.

Nobody

 

[lee2]

Considering we were talking about being at the range and me having to reload every 10 rounds and him not having to because he was exempt from the law. I would assume that we were speaking of possession, as far as the transfers I know it's illegal for me to transfer and I keep up with the laws that pertain to me and I have enough trouble with that and don't want to keep up with laws that pertain to other people, since law enforcement is his job I would figure he would have to keep up with laws pertaining to other people such as as peons that are not Exempted from a law that should be of the People by the people for the people.

As far as the 10/20 round conundrum I've never seen a 11 round magazine for an AR-15 or a 12 round or 13 round ect so I assume by saying he was exempt from the 20 round law that he was able to possess a 20 round magazine and I was not. I know there are round capacities in between for handguns but I have never seen a 10 11 12 13 Extra Magazine for an AR-15.

Nobody

Well stated and since you are the original poster on this thread I guess theres everyones answer

 

[Isaakb]

i actually seem gunstores have boxes of banned mags for sale to police or military since they are exempt,here's a copy of sb0281 "(i)
providing or servicing an assault
[pistol]WEAPON or detachable magazine for a law enforcement unit or for personnel exempted under item (1) of this section

What? Military is exempt? This must mean only if used in the performance of official duties.

 

[j_h_smith]

Cops aren't god and they're not always right geeze��

But with authority, comes responsibility. Obviously if this officer had this opinion and found a 30 round mag during a stop, things could have gotten really ugly.

Sure a police officer is human and as such will make mistakes. But when he speaks from authority, he better be correct.

 

[RoadDawg]

Considering we were talking about being at the range and me having to reload every 10 rounds and him not having to because he was exempt from the law.{1} I would assume that we were speaking of possession, as far as the transfers I know it's illegal for me to transfer and I keep up with the laws that pertain to me and I have enough trouble with that and don't want to keep up with laws that pertain to other people, since law enforcement is his job I would figure he would have to keep up with laws pertaining to other people such as as peons that are not Exempted from a law that should be of the People by the people for the people.

{2}As far as the 10/20 round conundrum I've never seen a 11 round magazine for an AR-15 or a 12 round or 13 round ect so I assume by saying he was exempt from the 20 round law that he was able to possess a 20 round magazine and I was not. I know there are round capacities in between for handguns but I have never seen a 10 11 12 13 Extra Magazine for an AR-15.

Nobody

{1} Since you did not state that you assumed he was talking about possession, in your OP... Thanks for clarifying...

You did, however, state "I informed him that they were illegal to transfer or buy in MD but you can own." Which, for him, is incorrect. As was the assertion that he was wrong about what you reported saying to him.

{2} No such conundrum exists. It so happens that prior to 10/01/13... The magazine limit for residents of Maryland was <20 rounds. After that date the law changed to only allow transfer of <10 round magazines. The 11,12,13, etc... is a non sequitur. In fact the mention of those numbers is found no place else in this thread.

 

[mopar92]

I just want to point out after 5 pages of posts i can surmise that nobody is right and nobody is wrong. Also, nobody has a lot of explaining to do. You guys sure do argue a lot about nobody.

 

[RoadDawg]

But with authority, comes responsibility. Obviously if this officer had this opinion and found a 30 round mag during a stop, things could have gotten really ugly.

Sure a police officer is human and as such will make mistakes. But when he speaks from authority, he better be correct.

Making sh1t up about what "could happen" is a constant tactic of the anti-gunners when they ask for more laws to restrict the average gun owner.

One such "IF" statement I have heard...
"IF a gun owner gets mad they could just shoot us for fun."

Rest easy... Even though humans are human and some mistakes can be made... there are many checks and balances, in the field of LE, which keep the likelihood of such things to a bare minimum.

 

[Sealion]

I just want to point out after 5 pages of posts i can surmise that nobody is right and nobody is wrong. Also, nobody has a lot of explaining to do. You guys sure do argue a lot about nobody.

Nobody knows the trouble I have seen...

 

[j_h_smith]

Making sh1t up about what "could happen" is a constant tactic of the anti-gunners when they ask for more laws to restrict the average gun owner.

One such "IF" statement I have heard...
"IF a gun owner gets mad they could just shoot us for fun."

Rest easy... Even though humans are human and some mistakes can be made... there are many checks and balances, in the field of LE, which keep the likelihood of such things to a bare minimum.

I bow to your stubbornness. You do know that even if you're right, doesn't make you right for the 100th time.

 

[RoadDawg]

I bow to your stubbornness. You do know that even if you're right, doesn't make you right for the 100th time.

Wait... WHAT?

Sorry... but...

At what point in the sequence of 1 to 100 does right become wrong?

 

[j_h_smith]

Wait... WHAT?

Sorry... but...

At what point in the sequence of 1 to 100 does right become wrong?

One can be wrong for being right. Particularly after the first 20 or so times you point that out.

Just one man's opinion...

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This is the 100th post in this thread and a many of these posts aren't about the OP. But after all, this is MD Shooters...