Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions...
Purchased 3 qualified C&R firearms at auction. Confirmed with Auction prior to purchase that they would do C&R transfers.
Now that it is time to transfer, they first told me that CA and MD restricted such transfers and that the firearms had to go to 01 FFL. I informed them that was not the case, which they would not accept. So I called MSP and got an email from them verifying I was correct...
But now auction house is telling me...oh, its not a state law, but an ATF regulation. When I told them that was not the case, they said they needed me to point them to the ATF regulation. I was quite frustrated at that point, told them I would get something from the ATF and get back to them and hung up.
This is absurd, how could a Federal Agency make a regulation specific to a particular state... violates not only the principles of Federalism but Constitutional statute -- no?
I am waiting for a call back from ATF.. and hoping they too will send me an email which I can forward the auction house.... Am I correct, that it would be impossible to find any ATF regulation pointing that it is OK to ship C&R to MD? Statutes & Regulations tend to be negative (what you cant do) not positive.
Has anyone run into this issue... and know of any legal document I could reference?
Purchased 3 qualified C&R firearms at auction. Confirmed with Auction prior to purchase that they would do C&R transfers.
Now that it is time to transfer, they first told me that CA and MD restricted such transfers and that the firearms had to go to 01 FFL. I informed them that was not the case, which they would not accept. So I called MSP and got an email from them verifying I was correct...
But now auction house is telling me...oh, its not a state law, but an ATF regulation. When I told them that was not the case, they said they needed me to point them to the ATF regulation. I was quite frustrated at that point, told them I would get something from the ATF and get back to them and hung up.
This is absurd, how could a Federal Agency make a regulation specific to a particular state... violates not only the principles of Federalism but Constitutional statute -- no?
I am waiting for a call back from ATF.. and hoping they too will send me an email which I can forward the auction house.... Am I correct, that it would be impossible to find any ATF regulation pointing that it is OK to ship C&R to MD? Statutes & Regulations tend to be negative (what you cant do) not positive.
Has anyone run into this issue... and know of any legal document I could reference?