Ch. 533                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

defining, certain terms; authorizing the Superintendent of
the Maryland State Police to seek injunctive relief under
certain circumstances; authorizing the revocation of certain
licenses for willful violations of this Act; limiting civil
liability concerning certain handguns; prohibiting issuance

of a permit to carry certain handguns; establishing

procedures for hearings and appeals; authorizing requiring
the Superintendent Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services to adopt rules and regulations to
implement this Act; making the provisions of this Act
severable; providing for publication of the handgun roster;
providing for judicial review of certain actions by the
Superintendent Board; providing that compliance with the
prohibition against the manufacture for distribution or
sale, sale, or offer for sale of certain handguns is not
required until a certain date; making certain technical
changes; providing that a person or entity may not be held
strictly liable for damages resulting from injuries to
another person sustained as a result of the criminal use of
any firearm by a third person; and generally relating to
handguns.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 36(E)(a), 36F and 443(h)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume).

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 36-I and 36J
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

Preamble

WHEREAS, "Saturday Night Specials" Certain handguns
generally include several of the following characteristics:
easily concealable, ballistically inaccurate, relatively light in
weight, of low quality and manufacture, unreliable as to safety,
and of low calibre; and

WHEREAS, "Saturday Night Specials" Certain handguns have no
legitimate socially useful purpose and are not suitable for law
enforcement, self-protection, or sporting activities; and

WHEREAS, Only the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of
these "Saturday Night Specials" Handguns will remove these
handguns from the streets of this State; now, therefore,

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