WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 373

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.

(4) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL AND A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE AS
PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION, FOR A MINOR TO POSSESS
PEPPER MACE, EITHER OPENLY OR CONCEALED.

(B) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS SECTION, A MINOR
MAY NOT POSSESS PEPPER MACE. EITHER OPENLY OR CONCEALED.

(2) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO $1,000 OR
IMPRISONMENT FOR UP TO 3 YEARS OR BOTH.

(b) (C) As used in this section, a "star knife" is a device used as a throwing
weapon, consisting of several sharp or pointed blades arrayed as radially disposed arms
about a central disk.

(c) (D) As used in this section, a "nunchaku" is a device constructed of two
pieces of any substance, including wood, metal, or plastic, connected by any chain, rope,
leather or other flexible material not exceeding 24 inches in length.

(D) (E) "PEPPER MACE" MEANS AN AEROSOL PROPELLED COMBINATION OF
HIGHLY DISABLING IRRITANT PEPPER-BASED PRODUCTS AND IS ALSO KNOWN AS
OLEORESIN CAPSICUM (O.C.) SPRAY.

(d) (E) (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the carrying of
any of the weapons mentioned in subsection (a) SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (B) of this section
by:

(1)      [an] AN officer of this State, or of any county or city [therein], who is
entitled or required to carry such weapon as part of [his] THE OFFICER'S official
equipment, or by any conservator of the peace, who is entitled or required to carry such
weapon as part of [his] THE CONSERVATOR'S official equipment, or by any officer or
conservator of the peace of some other state temporarily sojourning in this State [, or by];

(2)      [any] ANY special agent of a railway [or by];

(3)      [any] ANY person to whom a permit to carry a concealed weapon has
been issued under § 36E of this article[, or by]; OR

(4)      [any] ANY person who shall carry such weapon as a reasonable
precaution against apprehended danger, but the tribunal before which any case arising
under the provisions of this section may be tried, shall have the right to judge of the
reasonableness of the carrying of any such weapon, and the proper occasion therefor,
under the evidence in the case.

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