Got a lot of good feedback and info in my last thread about the HQL. This time on my way to work I was thinking about the whole HBAR thing. So I figured I’d start another “Is my thinking wrong” thread on this.
My understanding and according the MSP website of the HBAR law MD has is that a barrel has to be “marked or marketed as HBAR”. They give no or even mention a nominal dimension or physical diameter to go by which is illogical (big surprise) to me.
I’ve seen a lot of threads along the lines of “I really want X barrel but it’s not marked or marketed as HBAR...” I’ve also been browsing the EE and Tacswap with interest in barrels and uppers but they aren’t HBARs. So I got to thinking, this law is dumb and seems to be very vague and for a lack of a better term “fix”.
So here’s my thinking: If the barrel isn’t marked or marketed as HBAR, make it so that it is. Get a machinists stamp set and stamp it yourself, get someone to laser etch it into the barrel, etc.
Seems easy enough to me. So I talked to a lawyer friend that is adept with firearms about that. He said doing that technically meets the “marked as” requirement, especially since they leave it so vague*. What’s stopping people from doing that anyway?
To sum up my thinking: The HBAR thing is dumb and easy to “fix”. Get a barrel, stamp or laser etch HBAR into it and you’re good to go.
Is my thinking wrong?
*Dont take this as legitimate legal advice*
My understanding and according the MSP website of the HBAR law MD has is that a barrel has to be “marked or marketed as HBAR”. They give no or even mention a nominal dimension or physical diameter to go by which is illogical (big surprise) to me.
I’ve seen a lot of threads along the lines of “I really want X barrel but it’s not marked or marketed as HBAR...” I’ve also been browsing the EE and Tacswap with interest in barrels and uppers but they aren’t HBARs. So I got to thinking, this law is dumb and seems to be very vague and for a lack of a better term “fix”.
So here’s my thinking: If the barrel isn’t marked or marketed as HBAR, make it so that it is. Get a machinists stamp set and stamp it yourself, get someone to laser etch it into the barrel, etc.
Seems easy enough to me. So I talked to a lawyer friend that is adept with firearms about that. He said doing that technically meets the “marked as” requirement, especially since they leave it so vague*. What’s stopping people from doing that anyway?
To sum up my thinking: The HBAR thing is dumb and easy to “fix”. Get a barrel, stamp or laser etch HBAR into it and you’re good to go.
Is my thinking wrong?
*Dont take this as legitimate legal advice*