# Sec. 14-140. Loaded weapons prohibited; exceptions

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 14-140. Loaded weapons prohibited; exceptions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-140 (2026)

(a) Prohibited. No person shall discharge or have in their possession, while loaded, any firearm, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol, air gun, air rifle, or any similar mechanism known by whatever name, which is designed to expel a projectile through a gun barrel by the action of any explosive, gas, compressed air, spring or elastic, within one thousand feet (1,000') of any home or residence, other than their own, or any school or school grounds (private or public), church or church grounds, places of public assembly, public parks and playgrounds within the County, whether the weapon is loaded with blank or live cartridges or projectiles of any kind.

(b) Exceptions. This Section shall not prohibit the owner or tenant of any land from discharging such described weapons on their land for the purpose of the protection of their own property or the life of themself or their family, or killing predatory animals which prey upon, damage or destroy their property, livestock or crops.