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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know how many times these gun shops been broken into and guns stolen. They need to close them all down.[/quote]

So where do I - a non criminal - buy my guns after you’ve shut down the shops because your police won’t control criminals?

I mean, as long as we’re eliminating each other’s rights, can we also close polling places because I don’t like the outcome of local elections? You’re cool with that in exchange for closing gun stores, right? Tit for tat, and all….[/quote]

How many guns does a non-criminal like you need?[/quote]

I [i]collect[/i] guns. Just like some people collect stamps or beanie babies or pointless Masters degrees. I enjoy it.

The guns I choose to collect are already expensive, and get more expensive each year, so it’s also a stable asset that continually appreciates.

But in order to purchase them, they MUST be purchased through an FFL. But you want to shut down FFL’s.

So where does that leave me? [/quote]

You register as a collector.[/quote]

I already AM a designated collector with the state of Maryland.

That just means I can purchase multiple guns at time, rather than the current one-per-month that most Maryland residents are limited to. I registered as a designated collector because I frequently acquire multiple guns estate sales, where keeping a specific lot of guns together as part of their own collection is vital to maintaining the collective value of them as a set.

But even as a collector, I still need to go through a dealer to transfer them to me. If there are no gun dealers left because they’ve all been sued by a punitive AG, that’s a serious problem. Not just for me as a collector, but for ANY person who wants to acquire a gun legally and above board.

If you close gun dealers, you will basically force all gun transactions underground. Is that really the solution you want? Because then there’s no records, no background checks, no waiting periods, nothing. I don’t we’d be better served in that world that some of you seem to want to create by shutting down gun stores. [/quote]

The AG sued 3 gun dealers in Rockville for obvious straw buying.

According to this website for FFLs, there's over 2000 federal dealers in Maryland: https://www.ffl123.com/ffl-dealers-per-state-by-population/

Stop shouting, chicken little. You still have 2000+ dealers to choose from in MD. No lack of options. [/quote]

There are ~2,000 FFL holders in Maryland - that’s ALL types of FFL’s, of which there are many. Only a tiny fraction of that number are retail gun sales locations, however.

There are FFL’s required for:

Gun sales (like stores, obviously)

but also:

Gun repair/refinishing
Manufacturing 
Collection of Curio and Relic guns
Explosive manufacturing 
Destructive Device manufacturing 
Ammunition manufacturing
Fireworks manufacturing 
Fireworks sales
Fireworks distribution

So there might be over 2,000 FFL’s in Maryland, yes. But probably less than 200 are retail sales locations that sell guns to the public. The rest are industrial FFL’s held by businesses that work in areas requiring a FFL.

Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, for example, holds at least 6 different FFL’s at its facility in Bethesda. But NOT because they sell guns.

You should educate yourself about stuff like this, then you wouldn’t look so laughably uninformed and foolish when you blather things like “you still have 2,000 dealers to choose from chicken little”.

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So you're hyperventilating about 3 shops that arguably were not following the law when you - self admittedly - have 200+ other retail locations to choose from?

Chill. [/quote]

Those three dealers being unfairly targeted by the AG in this frivolous suit are the three closest ones to my home. I’m a regular customer at all three of them.

Your flippancy puzzles me.

What if the AG decided to sue your closest three pharmacies because people with illegally obtained prescriptions were buying narcotic drugs there and reselling them to kids? No big deal, right? You can just drive another 20 minutes to find another pharmacy, right?

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Every comment makes you look nuttier. [/quote]

The only thing nutty here is the politically motivated litigiousness of a state employee with aspirations of higher office.

These three stores violated no laws. They committed no crime. Had they, they would be in criminal court, not civil. But that they ARE in civil court is proof positive they broke no laws.

Still, I don’t think the there’s much chance Brown will even be able to reach the preponderance of evidence threshold. But that doesn’t matter - the whole point is to bankrupt stores with legal fees. To use lawfare paid for by the taxpayers to drive a legally operatng store out of business.

I don’t think my posts sound nutty - but your smarmy one-line retorts bely your having nothing substantive to say. So you resort to personal attacks.  [/quote]

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