William Kirk, President of Washington Gun Law TV, analyzes Maryland House Bill 1287, which proposes to ban the sale of nearly all semi-automatic handguns by redefining them as 'convertible pistols' if they can be converted to machine guns with an auto-sear device. This broad definition, even if targeting specific accessories like Glock switches, could encompass most striker-fired semi-automatic handguns, effectively banning their sale and receipt in the state, with no exceptions for inheritance. The bill also prohibits the transfer of existing 'convertible pistols'.
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