Ch. 533                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(A) AS USED IN THIS SUBHEADING, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE
THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

[(a) The term "handgun" as used in this subheading shall
include] (B) "HANDGUN" MEANS 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] DOES not include a shotgun,
rifle or antique firearm as those terms are defined below.

[(1) The term "antique] (C) "ANTIQUE firearm" means
[--]:

[(a)] (1) Any firearm (including any firearm with a
matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition
system) manufactured in or before 1898; and

[(b)] (2) Any replica of any firearm described in
[subparagraph (a)] PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION if such
replica [—]:

(i) Is not designed or redesigned for using
rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed 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) The term "rifle"] (D) "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.

[(3) The term "short-barreled] (E) "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.

[(4) The term "short-barreled] (F) "SHORT-BARRELED
rifle" means a rifle having one or more barrels less than sixteen
inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether by
alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such weapon, as
modified, has an overall length of less than twenty-six inches.

[(5) The term "shotgun"] (G) "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

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