Md. Code Regs. 29.03.03.01

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 29.03.03.01 - Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Antique firearm" means any:

(a) Firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; and

(b) Replica of any firearm described in §B(1) of this regulation if the replica:

(i) Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire ammunition, or

(ii) Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

(2) "Board" means the Handgun Roster Board.

(3) Handgun.

(a) "Handgun" means a pistol, a revolver, or any other firearm capable of being concealed on the person.

(b) "Handgun " does not include a shotgun, a rifle, a short-barreled rifle, a short-barreled shotgun, or an antique firearm.

(4) "Handgun Roster" means the roster of permitted handguns compiled by the Board under Public Safety Article, § 5-406(a)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland.

(5) "Hearing" means a hearing held by the Board to determine whether a handgun should be placed on the Handgun Roster.

(6) "Manufacture" means to engage in the licensed business of producing handguns from raw materials or assembling handguns from parts, or both of these, for sale or distribution, and to assign a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms registered serial number to the frame or receiver. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to apply to any customizing services performed by a pistolsmith or gunsmith that do not remove any safety mechanisms of the handgun, reduce the overall size of the handgun, shorten the barrel length, or reduce the caliber to less than that of any model variation of the handgun previously approved by the Board.

(7) "Objection" means a formal written opposition to the inclusion of a handgun on the Handgun Roster.

(8) "Objector" means a person who files with the Board a written objection to the inclusion of a handgun on the Handgun Roster.

(9) "Party of record" means any petitioner or objector.

(10) "Person" includes any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock company.

(11) "Petition" means a formal written request to the Board for the inclusion of a handgun on the Handgun Roster.

(12) "Petitioner" means a person who files with the Board a petition to have a certain handgun included on the Handgun Roster.

(13) "Rifle" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.

(14) "Short-barreled rifle" means a rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if the weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches.

(15) "Short-barreled shotgun" means a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length and any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if the weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches.

(16) "Shotgun" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger.

(17) "Secretary" means the Secretary of State Police, or the Secretary's designee.

Md. Code Regs. 29.03.03.01

Regulations .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 7, 1989 (16:13 Md. R. 1416); emergency status expired February 19, 1990 (16:24 Md. R. 2615) (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)
Regulations .01 adopted effective June 11, 1990 (17:11 Md. R. 1344)
Regulation .01B amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 318); amended effective 46:22 Md. R. 980, eff. 11/4/2019