Limitations of C&R license?

[bob.a]

I'm thinking seriously of getting a C&R license, but have a couple questions.

As a Maryland resident, can I use this license to purchase handguns from fellow Marylanders who do not have an FFL?

Can I use this to purchase firearms from citizens of other states who do not have an FFL?

I've bought most of my recent purchases thru auction sites. If a non-licensed individual seller in another state has what I want, does he/she have to send it thru a local FFL?

Since MD is a one-gun-per-month state, do I need to get a Maryland collector's permit as well as the federal C&R to exceed the limit? (I understand that this permission is reasonably easy to get, but is it necessary?)

Thanks for your expertise.

 

[scythefwd]

bob, I think that you should be good as far as handguns go as long as they meet the requirements for C&R. As far as I know, the arm has to be 50 years old and unmodified from it's original configuration. here is an incomplete list from the atf

Yes, you can transfer arms from out of state to yourself as a C&R FFL, again as long as they meet the C&R requirements.

I would get the Maryland collectors permit as a CYA if nothing else.

 

[Neo-Luddite]

While you ask many questions I can't answer for a lack of state-specific knowldege, I would offer that the type 3 is handy for many uses and at about 10 bucks a year, will provide savings and come in handy enough to justify the expense and hastle.

Once you get past the BIG hurdle of applying and securing it, you'll find yourself more engaged is researching the many ways it can be a handy tool for a gun nut operating today's Constitutionally imperfect world. In short, it is a cheap credential for a practical-mided citizen to achieve their ends (often at a reduced rate, and by 'cutting out the middleman').

 

[Oro]

Can I use this to purchase firearms from citizens of other states who do not have an FFL?

Yes, that's a specific intent of the license - to facilitate interstate transactions for the collector. You can acquire out-of-state C&R eligible firearms (see scythfwd's post for that) in person or have them shipped to you.

I've bought most of my recent purchases thru auction sites. If a non-licensed individual seller in another state has what I want, does he/she have to send it thru a local FFL?

A C&R firearms can be sent straight to you (but not other modern firearms). If they are NOT and FFL, then they have to follow the law as it applies to them. They can mail it to you since you are an FFL if it is a C&R long-gun. They can Fed-Ex or UPS a C&R handgun to you. If they want to send you modern handguns or long guns, or to use the USPS, it will need to go through a transferring dealer FFL on their end.

The caveat is the shipping regulations are very different for handguns and long guns, and whether or not they are C&R eligible does not matter. Frankly, our national firearms shipping laws are a mess, convoluted, confusing, and ineffective. I understand this is because Congress has been involved.

Regardless, if you purchase even one or two guns a year more than 50 years old, the license is well worth having. It is not difficult to get, and at $10/year is not expensive.

 

[bob.a]

Thanks for the responses so far. If anyone has something to add, please do so.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Check your state laws, really.

Go the the MD gunonwers site and ask there, the states control what you can do, the is a federal license that allows to conduct allowed interstate firearm purchases, how the state restricts your right I don't know. But some state require that a C&R use a state licensed dealer so that any guns purchased are inside their registration scheme. So receiving a firearm at home may put you at odds with the locals even if BAFTE says ok.

 

[Lee Roder]

your state laws will almost always further restrict your opportunities granted under federal law. for handguns, federal C&R's included,

http://www.nraila.org/statelawpdfs/MDSL.pdf

maryland state law appears to restrict your purchase to only those from a "regulated firearms *dealer*", which is a significantly smaller population than of all regulated firearms license holders. i am assuming here that maryland defines "dealer" in the same way uncle sam does. but you should read your own statutes.

this is one reason i left california.