Here’s how bad it is in Maryland. You want to purchase a handgun. First, you must apply for a Handgun Qualification License and take an 8 hour “safety” class along with fingerprints and a background check. Then, a few weeks later, you are given permission to purchase a firearm with a letter from the state the tells you that you are NOT DISALLOWED. Yes, they actually use those words.
Then, you trot off to the local gun shop and pick out your firearm only to be reminded of the additional 7 day waiting period.
Of course, you cannot purchase an AR-15 under any circumstances, but of course in their infinite wisdom, the ignorant general assembly allows one to purchase a HBAR, which is an AR-15 with a s]thicker barrel.
High capacity magazines may not be purchased in Maryland, but they are legal to possess. But, they are hard to find in neighboring states because they can’t keep enough in stock to take care of all the Maryland residents.
Concealed Weapons permit. Dream on.
I must have realized that 72 years ago and left the state when I was 3 days old. LOL! Then at 3 months, off to Guam. Of course at that point in time I didn’t have much say in the matter.