ARPistol410
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- Mar 6, 2019
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So I want to build an AR Pistol and I am trying to find out do I need a MD HQL to purchase a lower receiver since its going to be registered as Other?
Hence the qualifier, "If you were so inclined".im not trying to get a HQL though if I dont need one.
I used my post-2013 lower as my training exemption. I now have an HQL.One is only exempt from HQL training due to ownership of regulated firearm if they owned said item before Oct 1, 2013. One cannot go out and buy a lower today on a 77R and then use that as an exemption from HQL training.
Responses like this are what they look for: "If you were so inclined, you could claim the receiver as your previously owned regulated firearm to use as a training exemption for HQL."
This was posted by another "new" member which may also be an infiltrator seeking to spread bad advice and taint this site's stellar reputation.
I would not make false claims about a firearm to any law enforcement personnel.
I used my post-2013 lower as my training exemption. I now have an HQL.
The exemption is, "Lawfully owns a regulated firearm, you do not have to complete the training to apply for the Handgun Qualification License."
When assembled as a handgun the lower qualifies as a regulated firearm.
Actually no, MSP considers AR-15 lowers themselves as regulated. You just don’t need an HQL to purchase one as they aren’t a handgun. So you don’t have to build it in to anything, just purchase one, go through the 77r process and 7-day wait and once transferred to you, you lawfully own a regulated firearm by legal definition.
Besides how would MSP know it was ever built in to anything?
So you don't need an HQL to purchase a lower registered for pistol....but once it is built into a fully functional AR pistol then you need an HQL, but just don't have to do the training component of getting the HQL?
thank you!!No HQL needed to buy a lower, regardless of what it is built into, still have to wait 7 days. After it is built into a pistol, enjoy it, no need for an HQL to own it.
And it doesn't need to be built into a pistol to satisfy the "regulated firearm" exemption of the HQL training.
Follow up: If I bought a complete AR pistol would I need a HQL then? Is the only way to avoid need for HQL to buy pistol lower (non stripped or stripped - I would go for non stripped) and build it myself?No HQL needed to buy a lower, regardless of what it is built into, still have to wait 7 days. After it is built into a pistol, enjoy it, no need for an HQL to own it.
And it doesn't need to be built into a pistol to satisfy the "regulated firearm" exemption of the HQL training.
Follow up: If I bought a complete AR pistol would I need a HQL then? Is the only way to avoid need for HQL to buy pistol lower (non stripped or stripped - I would go for non stripped) and build it myself?
thanks very muchIf you buy a complete AR style pistol, then yes an HQL is required, and the pistol need to be on the Maryland handgun Roster.
If you by a full lower that is designated a handgun lower, then you need an HQL and it needs to be on the Maryland Handgun Roster.
A stripped lower (there is NO difference between a pistol and a rifle AR style lower, so drop the pistol part) does not require an HQL, just a 7 day wait.