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Sec. 57-7. Access to guns by minors.

Montgomery County, Md., Code § 57-7 (2026)

Sec. 57-7. Access to guns by minors.Copy Citation

(a)
A person must not give, sell, rent, lend, or otherwise transfer any rifle or shotgun or any ammunition or major component for these guns in the County to a minor. This subsection does not apply when the transferor is at least 18 years old and is the parent, guardian, or instructor of the minor, or in connection with a regularly conducted or supervised program of marksmanship or marksmanship training.
(b)
An owner, employee, or agent of a gun shop must not allow a minor to, and a minor must not, enter the gun shop unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or other legal guardian at all times when the minor is in the gun shop.
(c)
A person must not give, sell, rent, lend, or otherwise transfer to a minor:
(1)
a ghost gun or major component of a ghost gun;
(2)
an undetectable gun or major component of an undetectable gun; or
(3)
a computer code or program to make a gun through a 3D printing process.
(d)
A person must not purchase, sell, transfer, possess, or transport a ghost gun, including a gun created through a 3D printing process, in the presence of a minor.
(e)
A person must not store or leave a ghost gun, an undetectable gun, or a major component of a ghost gun or an undetectable gun, in a location that the person knows or should know is accessible to a minor.
(f)
This section must be construed as broadly as possible within the limits of State law to protect minors.