dgapilot
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What am I missing my HQL does not have an expirations date on it ???
Mine is just a letter (emailed), and the expiration is just below the number.
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What am I missing my HQL does not have an expirations date on it ???
What am I missing my HQL does not have an expirations date on it ???
If you have a card, it should be right under the HQL number in red. If you were in the first wave of folks who got one, it should be expiring early fall 2023.
I’ve got awhile on mine. It wasn’t THE last physical, laminated HQL. But I think I got mine the last year they were doing those.
Maybe as part of NYSRPA SCOTUS case they’ll ditch HQLs? I am sure no. But I can hope.
Looks like he’s exempt from training a couple of ways. How about finger printing? He was finger printed for his NC permit. Does he have to do it again in MD?
The sensible thing would to make the HQL a carry permit. They vetting process for an HQL is similar to most states permits.
If he already owns a "regulated firearm," such as any handgun at all, he can claim that as his training exemption.
I think that firearm has to be on file with MD. He can always voluntarily register a regulated firearm with MSPLD thru the website.
ThanksYes, prints are specific to each application.
Anything that makes sense is forbidden in MD law. I think its somewhere in the state constitution
I never got an HQL, because, as the MSP knows perfectly well, I already own enough regulated firearms.
So it's been awhile since I looked at the HQL application form.
However I believe there is an area in which one can enter the serial number of a handgun one already owns as a training exemption. If you use a gun which is not already in the State Police database, such as that Luger which grampaw captured from General Rommel, then I assume you will be effectively "registering" it.
1) You could thus "sacrifice" that gun you already own which is not already "registered."
2) You could use the serial number of a "registered" gun you already own. This is what I would probably do, because what the hell.
3) You could buy a handgun which is HQL exempt, that is, any C&R eligible handgun, and then use that as an exemption from the training. Gun shops usually have a few older handguns for sale. Anything at least 50 years old is exempt from the HQL.
4) I believe you could buy a reproduction "black powder" revolver (I like the 1851 Navy), and use that gun's serial number. If it has a serial number, I'm pretty sure you could register a flintlock horse pistol.
5) I'm pretty sure you could register a BB gun or an airsoft pistol if if has a serial number. That might be fun.
6) I understand you can use an AR15 lower as a training exemption. $60 bucks from Palmetto.
7) I think you can still do the Texas Hunter Safety course online, and use that for a training exemption.
4 and 5 would technically be fraud. They aren’t regulated firearms. Do so at your peril of them ever finding out.
How about a blank firing starter gun that MD does consider a "regulated weapon"?