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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-2501" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Civil Actions for Public Nuisance Against Firearm Industry Members">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Firearm” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Firearm” includes an antique firearm as defined in § 4–201 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Firearm industry member” means a person engaged in the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm–related product.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Firearm–related product” means a firearm, ammunition, a component or part of a firearm, or a firearm accessory that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Sold, manufactured, distributed, or marketed in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Intended to be sold, manufactured, distributed, or marketed in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Firearm trafficker” means a person who acquires, transfers, or attempts to acquire or transfer a firearm for the purpose of selling or disposing of the firearm in violation of State or federal law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Reasonable controls” means policies that are designed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To prevent the sale or distribution of a firearm–related product to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A straw purchaser;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A firearm trafficker;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A person prohibited from possessing a firearm under State or federal law; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A person who the firearm industry member has reasonable cause to believe intends to use the firearm–related product:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>To commit a crime; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>To cause harm to the person or another person;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To prevent the loss or theft of a firearm–related product from a firearm industry member; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To ensure that the firearm industry member complies with all provisions of State and federal law and does not otherwise promote the unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, importation, marketing, possession, or use of a firearm–related product.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Straw purchaser” means a person who engages or attempts to engage in a straw purchase as defined in § 5–101 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
