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Old February 26, 2015, 05:21 PM   #26
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I was asked if I had firearms in the vehicle. Given there are under 4,000 gun owners in DC, that was a very unusual question
Maybe, but maybe not. It's just your opinion that it is an unusual question. And, you might be right, but..

IT is routine for police to ask this nowdays. You can see it all the time on TV, on the "cops" shows (not the fiction ones, the ones with real cops making stops, etc.) They almost ALWAYS ask, "Do you have any guns, knives, dangerous weapons, drugs, (or) anything I should know about in the car, sir?"

Or something like that. SO, maybe what you felt was an unusual question was simply an unexpected use of their current SOP?
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Old February 28, 2015, 02:04 AM   #27
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If you do NICS in MD the only contact agency is MSPD. They require way more than NICS does to process the query, including:
Then technically that's not "NICS", which is "National Instant Check System"

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NICS doesn't directly gather the info, but if you don't "voluntarily submit" it the check can't be performed.
Those MD's state regulations and requirments
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Old February 28, 2015, 02:05 AM   #28
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I was asked if I had firearms in the vehicle. Given there are under 4,000 gun owners in DC, that was a very unusual question
That's a common question during traffic stops, no matter where you are
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Old February 28, 2015, 11:07 AM   #29
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Actually it is. MD law has only one provider for NICS checks & its the MSP. ALL NICS checks are performed by them.

Which is why I say is it registration? so much.
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Actually it is. MD law has only one provider for NICS checks & its the MSP.
Exactly
It's MD law that requires the serial number, not NICS.
That requirement is in addition to the NICS requirements, which are Federal only.

NICS will let states substitute their own background check systems
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Still 100% missing the point.
MD has MSP as the sole contact portal for NICS.
Its still NICS, not a state check, its just routed through the MSP.
Yes the state requires more info than NICS does but the question: "is it registered" is just as valid.
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Its still NICS, not a state check
Nope
You're missing the point that I never said anything about state laws

My point is NICS doesn't require serial numbers

Your point is about MD law, and the fact they might also use the NICS data base is not relevent to what I stated, because MD doesn't have to give NICS the numbers either

Your guns are not "registered" with the Federal Govt through NICS

It's done on the state level, through their own draconian rules, and doesn't apply to other states nor the Federal Govt

If it was "still NICS, not at state check", I highly doubt they'd have a web page stating otherwise:

The FBI says MD performs their own checks, and maintains their own "registration" database

http://fbinicsystem.com/us-gun-laws-...-gun-laws.html
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