Two arrested for selling illegal magazines to detectives

[RalR]

Baltimore County Police arrested two men last week for selling high-capacity bullet magazines during a trade show at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

According to police, an undercover detective saw a pair of customers ask one of the two vendors for a magazine compatible with a .223 caliber AR-15 rifle.

Police said the customers were sold what appeared to be a 30-round magazine and after interviewing the detectives, police confirmed the magazine was illegal and then confiscated it.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,2983962.story

[octoburn]

According to police, an undercover detective saw a pair of customers ask one of the two vendors for a magazine compatible with a .223 caliber AR-15 rifle.

Police said the customers were sold what appeared to be a 30-round magazine and after interviewing the detectives, police confirmed the magazine was illegal and then confiscated it.

According to Maryland law, magazines that hold over 20 rounds cannot be sold or purchased, county police said.

Later that day, the detectives approached the vendor and asked to purchase a 30-round magazine. Police said the vendor told he could not say "30-round magazine" in Maryland, but that the magazine could be purchased.

Linky

It sounds like some might be trying to circumvent the law at these shows here in Maryland.

[Woodbuchr]

I doubt their case will end up with the same results as David Gregory

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepa...ssion-n1487532

If this is true, as stated by the OAG for Gregory:

because under all of the circumstances here a prosecution would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes its trust.

Then why wouldn't it be true for the Average Joe or Jane citizen who wants to posess the same magazine? And yes I know this was in Baltimore County and Gregory's was in DC.

If they broke the law in Baltimore County they sould be prosecuted, as Gregory should have been in DC. If these people are prosecuted it just shows how inconsistent the law is about gun rights.

[NOTAGUNNUT]

Linky

It sounds like some might be trying to circumvent the law at these shows here in Maryland.

so much for your mythical "gun show loophole".

[Eastside Terp]

pretty dumb thing to do in the current climate .......

[Wizard777]

pretty dumb thing to do in the current climate .......

Unless the NRA is looking for test cases to take all the way to SCOTUS.

[Smokey 1]

In MD it is not illegal to own a magazine that holds more than 20 you just can't purchase them here. All you have to do is go up to PA or DE and you can buy 30 round mags there and bring them back to MD with no legal problems.

[ybnormal]

Thanks for the tip!!!

Sadly, these two will probably do more time than the 18-year old drug dealer that was just arrested for murder in southwest Baltimore last night.

[NOTAGUNNUT]

so much for your mythical "gun show loophole".

Octo.... where you at?.... and when are you going to tell us all why the gun show loophole doesn't apply here despite the fact that this happened at a gun show?

It sure seems like the laws apply at a gun show just as they do, anywhere, and everywhere else.

[octoburn]

Octo.... where you at?.... and when are you going to tell us all why the gun show loophole doesn't apply here despite the fact that this happened at a gun show?

It sure seems like the laws apply at a gun show just as they do, anywhere, and everywhere else.

I didn't realize you were speaking to me specifically. Why would I tell anyone anything about the gun show loophole and whether it applies here or not?

It's pretty obvious you haven't read any of my posts regarding guns on here for years. Are you under the impression that I am anti~gun or against gun ownership or easing CCW here in Maryland? If so, I'm not. I do not think it will happen here in Maryland, but that is just an honest opinion whether I approve of it or not. It's up to the courts to decide whether we like it or not.

[Omaha Beach]

Gee maybe now the brownshirts in baltimore county will start having undercover officers staking out the hip hop parties in towson that have caused two near mini riots and assaults recently. Oh i forgot you can only stereotype and profile middle aged white men at gun shows.

[yeah]

glad they busted them. police were just doing what the gun nuts always say 'enforce the laws that are already on the books!'

[NOTAGUNNUT]

..... yeah..... because so many crimes in Maryland involve high capacity magazines..... like two in the last 5 years.

This is what I call "effective" law enforcement.

9 murders in Baltimore so far in 2013, and 2 cases closed.
More"effective" law enforcement.
http://chamspage.blogspot.com/2013/0...homicides.html
What a damned joke this whole story is!

[Omaha Beach]

..... yeah..... because so many crimes in Maryland involve high capacity magazines..... like two in the last 5 years.

This is what I call "effective" law enforcement.

9 murders in Baltimore so far in 2013, and 2 cases closed.
More"effective" law enforcement.
http://chamspage.blogspot.com/2013/0...homicides.html
What a damned joke this whole story is!

Yea those two guys being arrested at the gun show will have a drastic effect on gun violence in baltimore county. You are right. What a friggin joke!

[NOTAGUNNUT]

Yea those two guys being arrested at the gun show will have a drastic effect on gun violence in baltimore county. You are right. What a friggin joke!

My point, exactly!

I'm glad that SOMEBODY here actually gets it!

Crime is a high profit industry, along with gun control...... for politicians, and lawyers.

Whoever said crime doesn't pay has never seen a politician's or criminal lawyer's paycheck!

[TheResearcher]

I doubt their case will end up with the same results as David Gregory

Gregory is a Minister In Good Standing in the Hussein Propaganda Bureau. So, like Ted Kopechne-Kennedy, Eric Holder and Hussein, he can break whatever law he wants to and never expect to be held accountable.

[octoburn]

glad they busted them. police were just doing what the gun nuts always say 'enforce the laws that are already on the books!'

There are those on here who claim that, just as they claim that they are pro~law enforcement and pro~law enforcement officers. But such claims tend to fly out the window when that same small, vocal group demonstrates that it doesn't think law enforcement applies to guns and traffic violations ~ in particular ~ for some reason.

Fortunately ~ they represent only themselves and not the majority of gun owners and drivers who practice safety and obey the laws.

[bmorepunk]

These guys are incredibly dumb.

[Omaha Beach]

These guys are incredibly dumb.

What is really dumb is thinking limiting magazines to 20 round instead of 30 makes people any safer. So a nut like in Colorado or Conn. walks into a movie or school with a 20 round magazine in the rifle and another 20 round magazine in his pocket instead of a single 30 round magazine. He emptys the 20 rounds and within 2 or 3 seconds loads the second 20 round magazine into the weapon. So how in hell did limiting the magazine capacity to 20 save anyone?

In the service this would be called look see pigeon. Something for show!

[bmorepunk]

I think the magazine restrictions aren't really useful, but I could do a lot more damage with 30 round magazines instead of 20s in a tactical situation. I doubt the reload time with these mass shooters is in the two/three second range, since they're not trained individuals. If it buys you no advantage, then why is the common magazine capacity 30 rounds instead of 20 on a black rifle platform? It's like saying you could kill as many people as fast with a rifle grip compared to a pistol grip; it's simply not true.

Restricting these types of things because of mass shooters is stupid. These events are so incredibly rare in the overall picture. We don't have a mass shooting "problem". It's horrific but it's not common at all.

The guys involved in selling these magazines are idiots because they did it a short number of miles from a bordering state where they could do it legally. Why put yourself at this kind of risk for a small sum of money? Incredibly stupid.