Are all HBAR legal, are their any other parts of an AR that make it illegal in MD.
No.
Bushmaster ARs are banned. No sale/transfer allowed.
Yeah, that was totally idiotic! Like Bushmaster was in some way more fearsome and terrible than all the others. They should have filed a lawsuit!
Yeah, that was totally idiotic! Like Bushmaster was in some way more fearsome and terrible than all the others. They should have filed a lawsuit!
If its a .308 they are exempt too. Md does not have the ability to regulate the uppers so you should be able to have a flash hider. That was explained to me by the dealer who transferred my AR .308 lowers to me.
They explained the .308 ARs were not considered to have been an actual military battle rifle and consequently avoided enumeration in the law as banned. Further one of the DPMS .308 ARs was enumerated as exempt. You can see that on the MSP website.
HBAR AR15 rifles are exempt by name in the law.
MD says a semi-auto centerfire rifle shorter than 29" long is an "assault weapon".
Having any two of the below features make a rifle an "assault weapon"
-folding stock
-grenade launcher
-flash hider
You're not going to find a HBAR with the first two features there.
If in doubt, check with your local FFL or one of the industry partners here -- chances are they sell HBARs
So then the question becomes, if I call any rifle an "AR-15 HBAR" and imprint/stamp it as such, is it legal because the law doesn't define it? Stupid laws....
So then the question becomes, if I call any rifle an "AR-15 HBAR" and imprint/stamp it as such, is it legal because the law doesn't define it? Stupid laws....
Exactly, but what if for instance century arms takes their C39v2, and makes a very similar but not identical heavy barrel version and markets it as the AR-15 HBAR complete with catalog and all the advertising. See where I am going with this?Possibly not. You might want to search one of the dozens of previous HBAR threads.
To answer your question directly, MSP has consistently said an HBAR is such when the selling dealer can enumerate the rifle is an HBAR. That meant catalog sheet, slick sheet, bill of sale, stuff like that.
A paper trail indicating it is such if you will. They do not want to have to look at it and decide, nor may the average LEO be qualified to do so.
So just grabbing any rifle and stamping it probably won't get it.
Yes it's weird, it's Maryland.
On a self build, myself I wouldn't do it unless I had documentation on the upper saying it was an HBAR.
Screw all this HBAR stuff; just build a legal SBR - in that case, HBAR does not matter - correct?
Exactly, but what if for instance century arms takes their C39v2, and makes a very similar but not identical heavy barrel version and markets it as the AR-15 HBAR complete with catalog and all the advertising. See where I am going with this?
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