Introduction and a quick question about transporting from VA to MD?

Also, you need to remember that loaded mags (when stowed in a SEPARATE container from the firearm) are 100% legal to transport in MD, per the MD AG and DO NOT (contrary to urban legend) equate to a "firearm" under MD law.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31712287/MD-AG-Opinion-Loaded-Mags


And while you're downloading documents, you might download and print a copy of the FOPA wording that I made, just for keeping in my gun safe when I travel through MD...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31711873/FOPA-Transport

Good luck... Transport in, through, and around MD is a legal nightmare, an if you are an out-of-state traveller, and have plates from certain states, they actually have legal precedent to profile you JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR PLATES....

But I own property in MD with my wife, so I can transport to and from that property from here in NC, and there is not one thing they can legally do about it, as long as I'm following FOPA transport rules.

Oh, and one more thing--if you REALLY want to piss them off, tape a copy of the Fourth Amendment to the outside of your locked gun case and ammo box.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31905829/Fourth-Amendment


That's how I roll in MD...

With no more knowledge than anyone else, and a lot less than some, on the issue of possession in Maryland ...

Is the mother's property a place where one is authorized to possess (and carry?) without a permit? That is, could the OP be protected by FOPA if she remains parked on her mother's property while in MD, provided the weapon were properly locked for transport throughout the rest of Maryland?

Just a thought.

Tess, that's my read on this. She is going from a state where she can posses and carry to a state where she can possess and carry (on her property). According to User who is an attorney in VA, this would satisfy the FOPA requirements.

Just make sure you comply to the letter of the law.