MD 7 day wait...

[Novus Collectus]

If I recall correctly there was no fee at all for the "designated collector" status, but you have to pay the notary public to notarize your signature though.

The MDSP has this on their websight on what a "designated collector" is:

How many firearms can I purchase at one time?
A person may not purchase more than one regulated firearm in a 30-day period, except for the following reasons:
(1) The purchase of the regulated firearms is for a private collection or a collector series (Designated Collector by the Maryland State Police);
(2) Dealer Sale (No more that two guns and must wait 60 days before next purchase);
(3) The purchase of the regulated firearms is a bulk purchase from an estate sale;
(4) Similar purpose.

http://mdgunsafety.com/mspfaq.htm
IOW, they should probably grant collector designation to anyone who applies saying they collect guns and is not disqualified from purchasing a reguilated firearm in the state. They do some kind of a background check before they grant the status (I should know they check because they denied mine at first for a supposed felony and I had to clear it up before I got my designation).
Now the current policy of granting a collector status to whomever requests one may change under the new administration depending on how they want to re-interpret the code.

IMO, if you are worried about what the "nature" of the collecting is, then just simply state that it is for monetary investment, and/or history preservation, and/or maybe simple novelty.

 

[Guido2006]

haole_boySS, glad to hear that the collectors app went through quickly. I plan to submit mine in the next week or two.
Hopefully it will go through as swiftly as yours.

I am very interested about this whole "7-day wait," since it seems from the info that Novus posted that it is only "7 days."
I don't see where dealers are getting the "7 working day" thing unless they are just trying to cover their butts as Novus suggested.
I'll ask a gunsmith I know that should know it there is any particular reason for the "7 working day" waits.

I still can't get over the "not disapproved" stamp on the approved handgun forms.
As if there is not enough PC BS in the process... what is so hard about saying "approved."

 

[zoom6zoom]

It is not "registered" but they know you bought it.

Potato, Pohtahto.

 

[Novus Collectus]

It is not "registered" but they know you bought it.

Potato, Pohtahto.

Yes, but in states where registration is compulsory, they have to register handguns they brought with them into the state when moving there and they have to notify the state when they sell them even when to an FFL in or out of state as I understand it. In MD the recordkeeping is a state database (which sucks), but it has no requirements imposed upon the handgun owners like true registration does.

I have five modern handguns (handguns that are not cap and ball or antique) which the state has no idea or record I own and I am not required to tell them I own them.