52                                Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 13

a person, except IT SHALL NOT INCLUDE A RIFLE OR antique
firearms possessed as curiosities, ornaments, or for their historical

significance or value and which (i) are incapable of being fired or

discharged, or (ii) do not fire cartridge ammunition, or (iii) fire
ammunition which is not commercially available, WERE MANU-
FACTURED IN OR BEFORE 1898 AND ANY REPLICA OF
ANY SUCH ANTIQUE FIREARM IF SUCH REPLICA (1) IS
NOT DESIGNED OR REDESIGNED FOR USING RIM FIRE OR
CONVENTIONAL CENTER-FIRE FIXED AMMUNITION, OR
(2) USES RIM-FIRE OR CONVENTIONAL CENTER-FIRE
FIXED AMMUNITION WHICH IS NO LONGER MANUFAC-
TURED AT THE UNITED STATES AND WHICH IS NOT READ-
ILY AVAILABLE IN THE ORDINARY CHANNELS OF COM-
MERCIAL TRADE.

(A) THE TERM "HANDGUN" AS USED IN THIS SUB-
HEADING SHALL INCLUDE ANY PISTOL, REVOLVER, OR
OTHER FIREARM CAPABLE OF BEING CONCEALED ON
THE PERSON, INCLUDING A SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUN
AND A SHORT-BARRELED RIFLE AS THESE TERMS ARE
DEFINED BELOW, EXCEPT IT SHALL NOT INCLUDE A
SHOTGUN, RIFLE OR ANTIQUE FIREARM AS THOSE TERMS
ARE DEFINED BELOW.

(1) THE TERM "ANTIQUE FIREARM" MEANS—

(A)  ANY FIREARM (INCLUDING ANY FIREARM WITH
A MATCHLOCK, FLINTLOCK, PERCUSSION CAP, OR SIMILAR
TYPE OF IGNITION SYSTEM) MANUFACTURED IN OR
BEFORE 1898; AND

(B)  ANY REPLICA, OR OF ANY FIREARM DESCRIBED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH (A) IF SUCH REPLICA—

(1)   IS NOT DESIGNED OR REDESIGNED FOR USING
RIMFIRE OR CONVENTIONAL CENTERFIRE FIXED AMMU-
NITION, OR

(II) USES RIMFIRE OR CONVENTIONAL CENTERFIRE
FIXED AMMUNITION WHICH IS NO LONGER MANUFAC-
TURED IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHICH IS NOT
READILY AVAILABLE IN THE ORDINARY CHANNELS OF
COMMERCIAL TRADE.

(2)  THE TERM "RIFLE" MEANS A WEAPON DESIGNED
OR REDESIGNED, MADE OR REMADE, AND INTENDED TO
BE FIRED FROM THE SHOULDER AND DESIGNED OR RE-
DESIGNED 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.

(3)  THE TERM "SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUN" MEANS
A SHOTGUN HAVING ONE OR MORE BARRELS LESS
THAN EIGHTEEN INCHES IN LENGTH AND ANY WEAPON
MADE FROM A SHOTGUN (WHETHER BY ALTERATION,
MODIFICATION, OR OTHERWISE) IF SUCH WEAPON AS
MODIFIED HAS AN OVERALL LENGTH OF LESS THAN
TWENTY-SIX INCHES.