Doesn't matter too much here in the PR of MD since we cant buy lowers anyhow.
Since when? I bought one last weekend. Paid the man, filled out the form, survived the NICS check, out the door. You can own all the (legally bought) lowers you want. Where it gets squirrely is the strict limitations we have on the configuration of the finished build- H-bars only, minimum overall length that precludes most "shorties", etc. Go up to Hendershot's in Hagerstown and peruse enough Maryland-legal AR-stuff to gladden the heart of any AR aficionado. I'm having a ball specing-out what is my first AR build. I had no idea, having assumed that AR ownership is a Byzantian-like process in our state. Not true.
(For the record, going with 20" barrel, flat top receiver, and a mix of detachable iron sights, detachable carry handle, and optics. Would I want a shorty tactical carbine? Neat as they are, I don't see my arthritic 63 year old butt doing any "running and gunning" ever again, so a 20" musket will serve me fine!)
