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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 194

CHAPTER 194

(House Bill 1057)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Carrying Weapons

FOR the purpose of providing that it is a misdemeanor for a
person of a certain age in Baltimore County to carry a
certain dangerous or deadly weapon at certain times;
and correcting an error.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 21 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 36(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

36.

(a) Every person who shall wear or carry any dirk
knife, bowie knife, switchblade knife, sandclub, metal
knuckles, razor, nunchaku, or any other dangerous or deadly
weapon of any kind, whatsoever (penknives without
switchblade and handguns, excepted) concealed upon or about
his person, and every person who shall wear or carry any
such weapon, chemical mace or tear gas device openly with
the intent or purpose of injuring any person in any unlawful
manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 [dollars] or
be imprisoned in jail, or sentenced to the Maryland
Department of Correction for not more than three years; and
in case of conviction, if it shall appear from the evidence
that such weapon was carried, concealed or openly, with the
deliberate purpose of injuring the person or destroying the
life of another, the court shall impose the highest sentence
of imprisonment prescribed. In Cecil, Anne Arundel, Talbot,
Harford, Caroline, Prince George's, Montgomery, St. Mary's,
Washington, Worcester [and], Kent, AND BALTIMORE counties
it shall also be unlawful and a misdemeanor, punishable as
above set forth, for any person under eighteen years of age
to carry any dangerous or deadly weapon, other than a
handgun, between one hour after sunset and one hour before
sunrise, whether concealed or not, except while on a bona
fide hunting trip, or except while engaged in or on the way
to or returning from a bona fide trap shoot, sport shooting
event, or any organized civic or military activity.