HQL renewal

ras_oscar · Oct 28, 2021

My first HQL renewal is coming up in a couple of years. I was idly curious. Does MSP send out notifications that renewals are coming up like Utah carry permit or do I have to remember and apply at the appropriate time? I saw on the MSP website that they no longer issue physical cards but nothing about notifications. I'm hoping, since they get money to send an email and all

Doctor_M · Oct 28, 2021

My guess is they haven't even figured it out yet. There will be a last min scramble to accommodate the first wave of renewals. They will kick they can as far down the road as they can and then slap a rushed plan together. I predict a total Charlie Foxtrot.

85MikeTPI · Oct 28, 2021

FWIW, my HQL trainer specifically told us (2014) that MSP will NOT notify of expiration, it is up to the serf to track and renew the HQL.

YMMV

Bob A · Oct 28, 2021

You mean you have to go thru all the BS and expense again? Why wouldn't a NICS check suffice to demonstrate your current squeaky-clean record?

I can't say how much I loathe this stinking state, and the sleazy assholes who write its laws.

dgapilot · Oct 28, 2021

Bob A said:
You mean you have to go thru all the BS and expense again? Why wouldn't a NICS check suffice to demonstrate your current squeaky-clean record?

I can't say how much I loathe this stinking state, and the sleazy assholes who write its laws.

Because the General Assembly wants to make gun ownership as difficult as possible.

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Pinecone · Oct 29, 2021

Since no one has had to renew it, no one knows how renewals will go. Probably not even MSP.

BartExp · Oct 29, 2021

May be a dumb question, but I have an HQL. Moved out of Maryland. I can’t think of any reason to need it. Any thoughts?

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lazarus · Oct 30, 2021

Bob A said:
You mean you have to go thru all the BS and expense again? Why wouldn't a NICS check suffice to demonstrate your current squeaky-clean record?

I can't say how much I loathe this stinking state, and the sleazy assholes who write its laws.

Huh? What? No, you don’t have to go through all of that. It is just a renewal fee. MSP I am sure will run your info through NICS and state databases, but no new finger prints or anything else like that. $20, no fingerprints needed.

lazarus · Oct 30, 2021

Pinecone said:
Since no one has had to renew it, no one knows how renewals will go. Probably not even MSP.

I guess in theory maybe they’ll change their mind on finger prints, but MSP has said for years new fingerprints are not required. Id suspect you’ll fill out something similar to a 77r attesting you don’t molest anyone’s sensibilities, pay a $20 fee and wait 2-4 weeks.

Threeband · Oct 30, 2021

If they gave it any thought at all back in 2013, they probably assumed that by 2023 the Revolution would have transformed the world so completely, that there would be no need to renew HQLs.

They seem to be right on track.

rseymorejr · Oct 30, 2021

BartExp said:
May be a dumb question, but I have an HQL. Moved out of Maryland. I can’t think of any reason to need it. Any thoughts?

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A non-Maryland resident would have no use for it. Unless you feel the urge to donate money to Maryland one more time.

ras_oscar · Oct 30, 2021

ok, I thought I missed something on the MSP website. I'll put it on my calendar. Never know when some sweet little thing will decide to follow me home

Shore88 · Nov 4, 2021

My son has a concealed carry permit from NC. Became null and void when he moved back to Maryland. Also has a Maryland Hunter’s Safety certificate from years ago. Will either one of those trainings exempt him from the training required to obtain a Maryland HQL? Does he even need a HQL with those certificates? I thought I read of some type of exemption.

dblas · Nov 4, 2021

Shore88 said:
My son has a concealed carry permit from NC. Became null and void when he moved back to Maryland. Also has a Maryland Hunter’s Safety certificate from years ago. Will either one of those trainings exempt him from the training required to obtain a Maryland HQL? Does he even need a HQL with those certificates? I thought I read of some type of exemption.

Hunter safety is good forever, as a training exemption.

Neither one works as an exemption to needing the HQL for a transfer.

Shore88 · Nov 4, 2021

dblas said:
Hunter safety is good forever, as a training exemption.

Neither one works as an exemption to needing the HQL for a transfer.

Thanks

Threeband · Nov 4, 2021

If he already owns a "regulated firearm," such as any handgun at all, he can claim that as his training exemption.

Mark75H · Nov 4, 2021

Threeband said:
If he already owns a "regulated firearm," such as any handgun at all, he can claim that as his training exemption.

I think that firearm has to be on file with MD. He can always voluntarily register a regulated firearm with MSPLD thru the website.

dblas · Nov 5, 2021

Mark75H said:
I think that firearm has to be on file with MD. He can always voluntarily register a regulated firearm with MSPLD thru the website.

Nope, nothing in state statute requires the regulated firearm to be "on file" with MSP. But, once his son moves into the state, they become registered per Maryland law once he fills out the paperwork within 90 days of becoming a resident.

And for those that moved into the state before 2013, that didn't have to register anything, they can use any of those regulated firearms as a training exemption.

There are a whole lot of other examples of "unregistered firearms" that can be used as a training exemption.

Pinecone · Nov 5, 2021

Mark75H said:
I think that firearm has to be on file with MD. He can always voluntarily register a regulated firearm with MSPLD thru the website.

No, it does not.

And registration is NOT voluntary if he moved back to MD after Sept 30, 2013.

Registration for new or returning residents is required.

Knuc · Nov 5, 2021

What am I missing my HQL does not have an expirations date on it ???

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