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I was under the impression that open-carrying of long guns was de jure legal per an admission by the Attorney General of Maryland ( http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/agopinions/MDAG%20ResponseToLongGunCarry.pdf). State delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr. made a dramatized video regarding the risks of open-carrying in Maryland due to ignorance of the law ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKtkefEcDQY). He played this video in the state legislature to raise awareness of the consequences of the laws ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR541Ea9n70). I wanted to get anyone's input on the matter since these laws post-Heller are tricky to unravel and subject to constant judicial changes. Should this article be amended? -- Veggies ( talk) 13:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
In Maryland, if you become a convicted felon-- you lose all of your gun ownership rights. And, once you are felon, if you are then caught by police possessing a gun, you can go to jail for up to ten years.
Also-- there is something (but I don't know all of the details) in Maryland law that says that if you are caught with a large amount of drugs (more than you could personally consume) (making you a "drug dealer" under Maryland law)-- and if at the same time you are ALSO found to have a gun in your possession (with the very large ammount of drugs in your posession) your prison sentence for drug dealing will then be longer.
And also-- I think Maryland has possibly recently outlawed " ghost guns" but don't quote me on that.
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I was under the impression that open-carrying of long guns was de jure legal per an admission by the Attorney General of Maryland ( http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/agopinions/MDAG%20ResponseToLongGunCarry.pdf). State delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr. made a dramatized video regarding the risks of open-carrying in Maryland due to ignorance of the law ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKtkefEcDQY). He played this video in the state legislature to raise awareness of the consequences of the laws ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR541Ea9n70). I wanted to get anyone's input on the matter since these laws post-Heller are tricky to unravel and subject to constant judicial changes. Should this article be amended? -- Veggies ( talk) 13:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
In Maryland, if you become a convicted felon-- you lose all of your gun ownership rights. And, once you are felon, if you are then caught by police possessing a gun, you can go to jail for up to ten years.
Also-- there is something (but I don't know all of the details) in Maryland law that says that if you are caught with a large amount of drugs (more than you could personally consume) (making you a "drug dealer" under Maryland law)-- and if at the same time you are ALSO found to have a gun in your possession (with the very large ammount of drugs in your posession) your prison sentence for drug dealing will then be longer.
And also-- I think Maryland has possibly recently outlawed " ghost guns" but don't quote me on that.