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Maryland State Police Faces Delays in Gun Background Checks, Gun Dealers Say
It's taking three times longer for background checks.
By Rashee Raj Kumar, Capital News Service Want to buy a gun? Get in line. Maryland State Police are taking three times longer than usual to finish background checks on new gun purchases, Maryland gun dealers said in interviews. The process usually takes seven days, but several Maryland gun dealers said it was taking three weeks or more for the agency to complete the checks. They blamed the delay on a surge in gun sales sparked by debate over new gun control regulations proposed by President Barack Obama and Gov. Martin O’Malley. “Right now a standard background check is running about three weeks and MSP is being more and more restrictive,” said Andrew Raymond, co-owner of Engage Armament in Rockville. “That’s making things much more …
Andy Knaster
5:23 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Elizabeth: You are certainly entitled to feel that way, but for those of us who are law abiding citizens and following the rules, I believe it is inappropriate to have the exercise of a constitutional right severely hindered to an inefficient system. I have a right to own the gun I purchased in January. Here it is March 5th, and I still don't have it. It may be two more weeks until I have it. I … more ›