PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 561

(c)     The minimum mandatory sentence provided in subsection (b)(1) and (2) of
this section shall be doubled if the firearm is:

(1)     Any firearm listed in § 36H-1 or § 481E 441 of this article;

(2)     A machine gun; or

(3)     Equipped with a firearm silencer or muffler.

(d)     (1) Any firearm or ammunition seized under this section is contraband and
shall be summarily forfeited.

(2)     If the owner or possessor of property seized under this section is
acquitted or the charges against the person are dismissed, the seized property shall be
returned to the owner or possessor within 90 days if not otherwise prohibited by law
unless forfeiture proceedings have commenced.

(3)     If the State enters a nolle prosequi against the owner or possessor of
property seized under this section and does not charge the person within 90 days after the
nolle prosequi is entered, the seized property shall be promptly returned to the owner or
possessor if not otherwise prohibited by law.

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(a)     It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter or give away to any minor:

(1)     Any firearms or other deadly weapons or ammunition, except with the
express permission of a parent or guardian of the minor; or

(2)     Pepper mace.

(b)     Any person violating this section shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution. On
failure to pay the fine and costs, the person shall be committed to jail and confined until
such fine and costs are paid, or for the period of sixty days, whichever shall first occur.

(c)     The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(1)     A member of any organized militia in Maryland, when said member is
engaged in supervised training, marksmanship activities or any other performance of his
official duty; or

(2)     Any adult or qualified supervisor or instructor of a recognized
organization engaged in the instruction of marksmanship.

(d)     In this section, "pepper mace" means an aerosol propelled combination of
highly disabling irritant pepper based products and is also known as oleoresin capsicum
(o.c.) spray.]

[Pistols] REGULATED FIREARMS

[441.

(a) As used in this subtitle —

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