Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
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The text of bill HB0175 is pretty specific, though:
5–703.
(A)BEFORE THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF AMMUNITION,AN AMMUNITION VENDOR SHALL:
(1)CONFIRM IDENTIFICATION OF THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR OTHER GOVERNMENT–ISSUED IDENTIFICATION;AND
(2)CONDUCT A BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE THROUGH THE NICS INDEX.
"Ammunition Vendor" is defined here:
5–701.
(A)IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B)“AMMUNITION”HAS THE MEANING STATED IN §5–133.1 OF THIS TITLE.(C)“AMMUNITION VENDOR”MEANS A PERSON ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING AMMUNITION.
It makes no mention of MSP using NICS, acting as an authorized agent. And even with the expanded list of other specific purposes a GOV entity can use NICS for in the Federal regulation, there's no mention of ammunition transfers as an allowed purpose.
I was explaining why there are more NICS checks than firearms sold because this thread is about firearm sales not the background check bill.