Cold Steel
Active Member
I'm curious.
Does anyone know of a case where someone was arrested in Maryland for illegal concealed carry? (I'm not planning on carrying concealed, nor do I advocate carrying illegally in our great and glorious Fatherland.) I'm just curious as to what the penalty is and how long one might be incarcerated for doing so. Since it is a felony, one who does carry and is convicted for doing so, will be forever barred from owning any type of firearm in any state, worlds without end. Amen.
But some people will carry anyway, intentionally or unintentionally. I'm just wondering if anyone has any personal or firsthand experience with this.
The reason I ask is that a friend of mine is a cop in Arizona. They pulled over a guy on the highway and they ask him if they can search the car. The guy, an elderly fellow, says, "Sure, I have nothing to hide."
So they conduct a search. Under the seat, they find a Jennings J-22 with no magazine. It's covered in dust and the man doesn't know it was there or who it belonged to. (His son drove the car a lot, and the gun was thought to have belonged to a friend of his.) Instead of throwing the gun in the trunk and giving the guy a warning, they arrest the guy!
Jennings J,-22
When my friend told me the story, I told him he was a jerk. That could be expected in a state like Maryland, but Arizona? He didn't know what happened to the guy, but they had someone come to the site and impound the car and they took him to the station in handcuffs.
So that started me thinking, what would happen in Maryland to someone arrested for carrying concealed? Could one expect to receive a prison sentence if he/she had an otherwise clean record? And if anyone is a cop, I'd be particularly interested in hearing from you.
Does anyone know of a case where someone was arrested in Maryland for illegal concealed carry? (I'm not planning on carrying concealed, nor do I advocate carrying illegally in our great and glorious Fatherland.) I'm just curious as to what the penalty is and how long one might be incarcerated for doing so. Since it is a felony, one who does carry and is convicted for doing so, will be forever barred from owning any type of firearm in any state, worlds without end. Amen.
But some people will carry anyway, intentionally or unintentionally. I'm just wondering if anyone has any personal or firsthand experience with this.
The reason I ask is that a friend of mine is a cop in Arizona. They pulled over a guy on the highway and they ask him if they can search the car. The guy, an elderly fellow, says, "Sure, I have nothing to hide."
So they conduct a search. Under the seat, they find a Jennings J-22 with no magazine. It's covered in dust and the man doesn't know it was there or who it belonged to. (His son drove the car a lot, and the gun was thought to have belonged to a friend of his.) Instead of throwing the gun in the trunk and giving the guy a warning, they arrest the guy!
Jennings J,-22
When my friend told me the story, I told him he was a jerk. That could be expected in a state like Maryland, but Arizona? He didn't know what happened to the guy, but they had someone come to the site and impound the car and they took him to the station in handcuffs.
So that started me thinking, what would happen in Maryland to someone arrested for carrying concealed? Could one expect to receive a prison sentence if he/she had an otherwise clean record? And if anyone is a cop, I'd be particularly interested in hearing from you.