Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e)     The [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police [and/or
his] OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized agent or agents shall conduct an
investigation in order to determine the truth or falsity of the information supplied and
statements made in an application for a pistol and revolver dealer's license. If it be
thereupon determined that any false information or statement has been supplied or made
by the applicant, or that the application has not been properly completed, the [said
Superintendent] SECRETARY [and/or his] OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized
agent or agents shall forward, written notification to the prospective licensee of his or
their disapproval of said application.

(f)      No person shall engage in the business of selling pistols or revolvers whose
application for a pistol and revolver dealer's license has been disapproved, unless such
disapproval has been subsequently withdrawn by the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of
the [Maryland] State Police [and/or his] OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized agent
or agents or overruled by the action of the courts pursuant to subsection (g) below.

(g)     Any person aggrieved by the action of the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of
the [Maryland] State Police [and/or his] OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized agent
or agents may appeal the disapproval of his or her application for a pistol and revolver
dealer's license to the circuit court of the county where the applicant's intended place of
business is to be conducted. Such appeal must be filed not later than thirty days from the
date written notification of disapproval to the prospective licensee was mailed by the
[said Superintendent and/or his] SECRETARY OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized
agent or agents. The court wherein an appeal is properly and timely filed shall affirm or
reverse the determination of disapproval rendered by the [said Superintendent and/or
his] SECRETARY OR THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized agent or agents, depending
upon whether it finds that any false information or statement was supplied or made by the
applicant, or that the application was not properly completed. A further appeal to the
Court of Special Appeals may be prosecuted by either the [Superintendent]
SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police or the applicant from the decision reached
by the circuit court in accordance with this subsection.

(h) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State Police or [his]
THE SECRETARY'S duly authorized agent or agents shall revoke an issued pistol and
revolver dealer's license, by written notification forwarded to the licensee, under any of
the following circumstances:

(1)     When it is discovered false information or statements have been
supplied or made in an application required by this section.

(2)     If the licensee is convicted of a crime of violence, in this State or
elsewhere, or of any of the provisions of this subtitle, or is a fugitive from justice, or is a
habitual drunkard, or is addicted to or a habitual user of narcotics, barbiturates or
amphetamines, or has spent more than thirty consecutive days in any medical institution
for treatment of a mental disorder or disorders, unless the licensee produces a physician's
certificate, issued subsequent to the last period of institutionalization, certifying that the
licensee is capable of possessing a pistol or revolver without undue danger to himself or
herself, or to others.

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