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Adams Arms Agency Rifle	12/29/2016
Black Rain Ordnance model Spec-15in.223/5.56 caliber	3/5/2019
Brownells model BRN-601	6/11/2019
Bula Defense model M21-DMR	6/11/2019
Bushmaster.300AAC model #90924	1/28/2020

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What guns are ban in Maryland?

Summary of Maryland gun laws and regulations –

Subject/Law	Long Guns	Handguns	Relevant Statutes	Notes
State permit required to purchase?	No	Yes	Md Public Safety Article Section 5-117.1	A Handgun Qualification License is required, unless exempted (Active Duty/Retired Military with identification cards, Active/Retired Law Enforcement with department credentials, Federal Firearms Licensees); training is required, unless exempted; fingerprints are required; background checks are required; does not invalidate the requirement to perform a comprehensive background check for every handgun purchase transaction.
Firearm registration?	No	Yes		The state police maintain a permanent record of all handgun transfers. Automatic weapons must be registered with the state police.
Owner license required?	No	No
Permit required for concealed carry?	N/A	Yes		Maryland is a de jure “may issue” state for concealed carry, but in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in, Governor Larry Hogan directed law enforcement to cease enforcement of the “good and substantial reason” requirement to obtain a concealed carry permit. As a result, Maryland is de facto a “shall issue” state.
Permit required for open carry?	No	Yes		Open carry is permitted with a carry license, but is not generally practiced except by uniformed private security officers. Long guns and antique handguns may be carried openly without a license.
State preemption of local restrictions?	Yes	Yes		Maryland has state preemption for most but not all firearm laws.
Assault weapon law?	Yes	Yes	Md Criminal Law Article Section 4-303	Certain models of firearms are banned as assault pistols and assault long guns. It is illegal to possess an assault weapon or a copycat weapon with two or more specified features (folding stock, grenade/flare launcher, flash suppressor) unless owned before 10/1/2013, or received through inheritance from a lawful possessor and not otherwise forbidden to possess. Some local counties have adopted resolutions in opposition to assault weapon laws.
Magazine capacity restriction?	Yes	Yes		Illegal to purchase, sell or manufacture magazines with a capacity of greater than 10 rounds within Maryland. However, possession of magazines greater than 10 rounds is legal if purchased out of state. These may not, however, be transferred to a subsequent owner unless done so outside the state of Maryland.
weapons restricted?	No	No		Automatic firearms, SBSs, and SBRs must be owned in compliance with federal law. Law is silent in regards to DDs, suppressors, and AOWs.
Background checks required for private sales?	Partial	Yes		All private transfers of regulated firearms (handguns or assault weapons) must be processed through a licensed dealer or designated law enforcement agency which must conduct a background check on the buyer.
Red flag law?	Yes	Yes

Gun laws in Maryland ConstitutionConstitution sections Synopsis Art.28. That a well regulated Militia is the proper and natural defence of a free Government. Preemption and local regulationPreemption sections Synopsis

• Local governments are prohibited from regulating the purchase, sale, taxation, transfer, manufacture, repair, ownership, possession and transportation of handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition, with some exceptions.
• Local governments are prohibited from regulating possession, sale, rental, or transfer of “regulated firearms.”
  • Regulated firearms are handguns and specific and their copies.
• Localities may regulate the purchase, sale, transfer, ownership, possession and transportation of such firearms and ammunition with respect to minors; law enforcement officials of the local government; and activities in or within 100 yards of “a park, church, school, public building, and other place of public assembly.”
• Localities may regulate the discharge of firearms, but not at “established ranges.”
• Localities may regulate the sale of trigger locks with handguns.
• To the extent that a local law does not create an inconsistency with this section or expand existing regulatory control, a county, municipal corporation, or special taxing district may exercise its existing authority to amend any local law that existed on or before December 31, 1984.

Local regulation sectionsSee below for existing local regulations.RegistrationOwnership registration sections Synopsis

• Machine guns must be registered with the State yearly.
• Assault pistols are prohibited; except:
  • Assault pistols lawfully possessed before June 1, 1994 and registered before August 1, 1994.

Purchase registration sections Synopsis

“Regulated firearm” means:

1. a handgun; or
2. specific assault weapons or their copies

• The Secretary shall maintain a permanent record of all notifications received of completed sales, rentals, and transfers of regulated firearms in the State.
• Annapolis requires dealers to keep a register of persons purchasing ammunition and certain firearms, along with the make, model, caliber, and date.

Restricted or prohibited itemsRestricted firearms sections Synopsis

• Assault pistols are prohibited; except:
  • Assault pistols lawfully possessed before June 1, 1994 and registered before August 1, 1994.

Restricted accessories sections Synopsis

• Detachable magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition may not be made, sold, purchased, or transferred. Possession is not prohibited.
  • This law does not apply to,22 caliber rifles with tubular magazines that have a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Restricted or prohibited placesRestricted places sections Synopsis

• Public school property, except certain persons.
• Demonstrations in a public place or in a vehicle within 1,000 feet of such demonstrations, except certain persons.
• Aircraft engaged in certificated air commerce services, except certain persons or in compliance with certain rules.
• Machine guns generally may not be possessed outside of one’s permanent residence or business occupancy, except certain persons.
• Anne Arundel County: the property of another without signed, written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee.
• Baltimore City: firearms with barrels over 14″ in length on one’s person or in a vehicle within the city, except certain persons, certain firearms, or in compliance with certain rules.
• City of Gaithersburg: pistols, revolvers, or other dangerous weapons on the streets of the city, except unloaded firearms used for hunting.
• Montgomery County: firearms on one’s person or in a vehicle, except certain persons, or in certain circumstances, or in compliance with certain rules.
• Montgomery County: in or within 100 yards of a place of public assembly, except certain persons or in compliance with certain rules.

Restricted or prohibited personsUnderage persons sections Synopsis

Persons who are under 21 years of age, with some exceptions for hunting and target shooting.

Restricted persons sections Synopsis

• Fugitives from justice.
• Habitual drunkards.
• Addicts or habitual users of any controlled dangerous substance.
• Persons suffering from a mental disorder and have a history of violent behavior; unless he possesses a physician’s certificate.
• Persons who have been confined for more than 30 consecutive days to a mental health facility; unless he possesses a physician’s certificate.
• Persons who are visibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs may not purchase a firearm.
• Persons who have not completed a certified firearms safety training course may not purchase a “regulated firearm.”
• Participants in a “straw purchase.”
• Persons subject to a “non ex parte civil protective order.”

Convicted persons sections Synopsis

• Persons who have been convicted of a crime of violence, any Maryland-classified felony, conspiracy to commit a felony, a common law crime for which the person received a term of imprisonment for more than two years, or any Maryland-classified misdemeanor that carries a statutory penalty of more than two years.
• Persons under 30 years of age who have been adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court for an act that would be a disqualifying crime if committed by an adult.

ManufacturingManufacturing regulations sections Synopsis

• A person generally may not manufacture for distribution or sale a handgun manufactured after January 1, 1985 that is not included on the handgun roster in the State.
• Manufacturers must ship handguns with a shell casing of a projectile discharged from the handgun in a sealed container.
• A person many not manufacture a detachable magazine that has a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition for a firearm.
  • .22 caliber rifles with tubular magazines that have a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition may be manufactured.

Sale, purchase, and transferDealer regulations sections Synopsis

• A State license is required to engage in the business of selling, renting, or transferring regulated firearms.
• Purchasers must complete a certified firearms safety training course before purchasing a regulated firearm.
  • An online program offered by the Maryland Police Training Commission can fill this requirement with the purchaser receiving the card at the end of the on-line lecture.
• No more than one “regulated firearm” may be purchased in a 30-day period, except in certain circumstances.
• Dealers must forward the manufacturer-included shell casing in its sealed container to the Department of State Police Crime Laboratory upon sale, rental, or transfer, for inclusion in their ballistics database, known as the (IBIS).
• Handguns manufactured on or before December 31, 2002 must be sold or transferred with an external safety lock.
• Handguns manufactured after December 31, 2002 may only be sold or transferred if they have an internal mechanical safety device.
• Maryland residents may purchase a rifle or shotgun from a Federally licensed dealer in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia.
• Residents of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia may purchase a rifle or shotgun from a Federally licensed dealer in Maryland.

Private sale regulations sections Synopsis

• Private sales of long guns are legal and do not require a dealer’s license.
• Private sales of “regulated firearms” are prohibited.

Gun show regulations sections Synopsis

A temporary transfer permit is required to offer a “regulated firearm” for sale at a gun show.

Transportation and carryTransportation restrictions sections Synopsis

• For the purposes of “Criminal Law – Subtitle 2. Handguns”, including “§ 4–203. wearing, carrying, or transporting handgun,”
  • short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns are “handguns.”
  • certain antique firearms, as defined in Criminal Law – § 4-201, are not “handguns.”
• Machine guns generally may not be possessed outside of one’s permanent residence or business occupancy.

Open carry restrictions sections Synopsis

• Carrying a handgun either openly or concealed is prohibited, except certain persons, or in certain circumstances.
  • Exceptions include transportation of an unloaded and cased firearm, when traveling to or from:
    • a place of purchase or repair;
    • a residence and business;
    • an organized military activity, formal or informal target practice, sport shooting event, or hunting.
• Generally, no permit is required to possess a rifle or shotgun within the State.
• The Secretary of State Police, at his discretion and based on an investigation, a carry permit to a person seeking to wear, carry, or transport a handgun.

The contains no provision protecting the right for individuals to keep and bear arms. The state preempts some local firearm regulations, though local governments may regulate firearms with respect to minors and areas of public assembly. Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Montgomery County, Gaithersburg, and Baltimore are known to have local firearm regulations.

The Constitution of Maryland, Declaration of Rights, Art.2. The Constitution of the United States, and the Laws made, or which shall be made, in pursuance thereof, and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, are, and shall be the Supreme Law of the State; and the Judges of this State, and all the People of this State, are, and shall be bound thereby; anything in the Constitution or Law of this State to the contrary.

Maryland state law currently blocks anyone who has been in a mental facility or has been reported or coded as mentally ill from buying a gun notwithstanding.

Are AR 15s illegal in Maryland?

Last updated September 15, 2021, Maryland now prohibits the possession, sale, offering of sale, transfer, purchase, receipt, or transportation into the state of an assault weapon, which includes assault pistols and assault long guns.1 There are various exceptions under the prohibitions, including returning an assault weapon to a customer in another state that was transferred to a licensed firearms dealer under the terms of a warrant or for repair, or for the possession of an inherited assault weapon as long as the person inheriting the assault weapon is not otherwise disqualified from possessing a regulated firearm.2 Additionally, a person who lawfully possessed an assault pistol before June 1, 1994 may continue to transport and possess the weapon if it was registered with the Maryland State Police before August 1, 1994.3 Assault weapons qualify as state-defined “regulated firearms,” 4 and transfers of such guns, if allowed at all, are subject to enhanced background checks, firearms dealer regulations, private sales requirements and reporting of lost or stolen firearms regulations.

• Must be age 21 or older (see the Minimum Age to Purchase & Possess Firearms in Maryland section);
• Are subject to the state’s seven-day waiting period ; and
• Are limited to one assault weapon in any 30-day period (see the Multiple Purchases & Sales of Firearms in Maryland section).

Is an AK-47 legal in Maryland?

Maryland Weapon Laws – Possession of prohibited dangerous weapons in Maryland conspiracy charges would allude to the fact that there was more than one person that may be involved in this particular act or action, and that the pairing of persons or the inclusion of many persons would be part of a more collaborative effort to bring illegal weapons or ammunition into the State of Maryland.

an AR-180-type semi-automatic a barrel-lite 50 caliber bushmaster semi-automatic rifle M-100 M-900 Colt AR-15s Colt AR-15s Sporter

Unfortunately, possession is quite literal and possession may be termed in one of two ways; actual physical possession or constructive, meaning that it was within a person’s reach even if it was within a confined space that they had full access to. Possession of prohibited dangerous weapons in Maryland laws start out with a three-year maximum with 30 days minimum unless a person gets a probation before judgment, which allows a judge to keep the person out of jail or suspend the term itself.

Can you open carry an AR in Maryland?

No, Maryland is currently a shall-issue state. Maryland requires a gun owner have a permit to carry his or her weapon open or concealed. Prior to the Supreme Court ruling of NYSRPA v. Bruen on June 23, 2022, Maryland was a may-issue state.

Is a 300 Blackout AR legal in Maryland?

300 BLK is not currently banned, as it is not a copy of the Colt AR15 rifle.

Are 30 round clips illegal in Maryland?

Handgun laws. Higher Capacity Magazines: Maryland law prohibits manufacture, sale, or transfer within the state of detached magazines of greater than 10-round capacity, but does not restrict possession of such magazines.

Can you own a full auto gun in Maryland?

Machine Guns – Maryland bans machine guns, but so do the federal laws. Machine guns are generally defined as guns that allow continuous fire with one trigger pull. They are illegal in any state without very special licenses. Maryland does have some specific enhanced sentences for anyone using a machine gun in a crime of violence or for aggressive purposes.

Can you own a 50 cal in Maryland?

Maryland 50 caliber Regulations The state includes the ‘Barrett light.50 cal. semi-auto’ in the list of assault weapons defined as ‘regulated firearms.’ Transfers of regulated firearms in Maryland are subject to enhanced background checks, minimum age restrictions, and waiting periods.

Can I own a 15 round magazine in Maryland?

(b) Prohibited. A person may not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, purchase, receive, or transfer a detachable magazine that has a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition for a firearm. Section 4-305.1.

Can you own a p90 in Maryland?

Unfortunately no it’s not legal in Maryland.

Do you need a license for an AR 15 in MD?

Gun Laws in Maryland – The state of Maryland has several rules and regulations pertaining to the ownership and use of firearms. As a gun owner, you should keep the following in mind:

You do not need a permit to purchase or carry rifles and shotguns in the state of Maryland. Registration of firearms and the licensing of owners is also not necessary for rifles or shotguns. You do, however, need a permit to purchase and carry handguns. Registration of firearms and licensing of owners is also necessary for handguns. To apply for a handgun in Maryland, click here. If you do not have a permit, you may not wear or carry a handgun, openly or concealed. Without a permit, you are also prohibited from knowingly transporting a handgun in any vehicle traveling on public roads, waterways or airways. You may not possess a firearm in Maryland if you are a habitual drunkard, a fugitive from the law, are under the age of 21 (for handguns), mental institution patient of 30 days or more, if you are addicted to a controlled substance, are a convicted felon (or have been convicted of a violent crime ), and more. If you are caught unlawfully possessing a firearm, you may spend up to 10 years in prison, and if you have three or more unlawful possession convictions, you may spend at least 15 years in prison. Though the sale or transfer of a rifle or shotgun to anyone under the age of 18 is illegal, it is not illegal to possess a shotgun while under the age of 18. You may not obliterate or alter the manufacturer’s identification mark or number on a firearm. If you do, or even if you are caught in possession of a weapon with an altered/removed ID mark/number, law enforcement will assume you have committed the offense. You may not carry a firearm of any kind on public school property. If you are found guilty of doing so, you may spend up to 5 years in prison You may not have a loaded firearm in an area where you know, or should reasonably know that someone under the age of 16 can access it. Even if you have a gun permit, you still may not use a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Antique firearms are exempt from certain state laws, depending on individual circumstances surrounding the case.

Can I own a 15 round magazine in Maryland?

(b) Prohibited. A person may not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, purchase, receive, or transfer a detachable magazine that has a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition for a firearm. Section 4-305.1.