If one visits the Baltimore City Police Department's website, you'll see an image of a Tokarev handgun under the heading:  "Fighting Illegal Handguns".  For those of us who live or work in Baltimore, we know that the vast majority of gun crimes are committed by drug dealers and gang-bangers.  Since when do drug-thugs and 'bangers opt for collectable antique firearms? 

This is a Tokarev from a legal gun dealer's website:

And here's the image the Baltimore City Police Department used (blown up x's 2):

The only thing I can't tell is if it's a Romanian or Yugoslavian Tokarev.

A thread about this on MDShooters.com

The other day we went to a local gunstore and for the first time was presented with the requirement to log our name and address and driver’s license number before we bought ammo.  In my case I bought 4 boxes of Remington .22LR Subsonic.  We honestly thought it was a new requirement but based on what I’m reading in the linked forum, it’s not a law but a scare tactic by our Maryland State Police force and most likely the Attorney General of MD.

Well, from now on if presented with this I’m going to say thanks but no thanks and buy my ammo in other ways.  More revenue the state will be missing.  Oh well, sucks to be them.

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Today, the Maryland State Police issued a request to the House Judiciary Committee to pull House Bill 1446 from consideration.
This bill would have required that any person engaged in the business of selling ammunition maintain extensive records on all sales, including the date of sale, purchaser's full name, address, date of birth, and form of ID used, as well as the type and quantity of ammunition purchased. The bill would have also forced a business that sells ammunition to allow the inspection of the sales record by a law enforcement officer upon request.  HB 1446 was tantamount to firearm registration, would have done nothing to stop crime, and would have only increased the size and bureaucratic scope of the Maryland State Police. 

The U.S. Congress tried ammunition registration in the past, only to discover that it was not only ineffective for law enforcement, but also completely unmanageable due to the sheer volume of transactions.  Ammunition registration creates huge record keeping requirements and provides no useful benefits for law enforcement which is why it was repealed by the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.

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House Bill 1446, a bill requested by the Maryland State Police to require the registration of ammunition at purchase has passed out of the House Rules & Executive Nominations Committee and re-referred to the House Judiciary Committee for a hearing on March 19 at 1:00 pm.

This bill would require that any person engaged in the business of selling ammunition maintain extensive records on all, including the date of sale, purchaser’s full name, address, date of birth, description of the form of ID used as well as the type and quantity of ammunition purchased. The bill also forces a business that sells ammunition to allow the inspection of the sales record by a law enforcement officer upon request.  HB 1446 is tantamount to firearm registration, will do nothing to stop crime and only increase the size and bureaucratic scope of the Maryland State Police.  If they succeed, they will no doubt be back wanting a background check or license to purchase ammunition as well. This bill must be defeated. If you think ammunition is hard to find now, just wait and see how hard it is to get if this bill passes.

Congress has tried ammunition registration in the past, only to discover that it was not only ineffective for law enforcement, but also completely unmanageable due to the sheer volume of transactions. Ammunition registration creates huge record keeping requirements and provides no useful benefits for law enforcement; which is why it was repealed under the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.

Register this!