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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="4-301" title_number="4" title_name="Weapon Crimes" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Assault Weapons and Detachable Magazines">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Assault long gun” means any assault weapon listed under § 5–101(r)(2) of the Public Safety Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Assault pistol” means any of the following firearms or a copy regardless of the producer or manufacturer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>AA Arms AP–9 semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Bushmaster semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Claridge HI–TEC semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>D Max Industries semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Encom MK–IV, MP–9, or MP–45 semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Heckler and Koch semiautomatic SP–89 pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Holmes MP–83 semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Ingram MAC 10/11 semiautomatic pistol and variations including the Partisan Avenger and the SWD Cobray;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Intratec TEC–9/DC–9 semiautomatic pistol in any centerfire variation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <level label="P">
        <level label="A">
          <level label="W">
            <level label="S">
              <text>type semiautomatic pistol;</text>
            </level>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Skorpion semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Spectre double action semiautomatic pistol (Sile, F.I.E., Mitchell);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>UZI semiautomatic pistol;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Weaver Arms semiautomatic Nighthawk pistol; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>Wilkinson semiautomatic “Linda” pistol.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Assault weapon” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an assault long gun;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an assault pistol; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a copycat weapon.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Binary trigger system” means a device that, when installed in or attached to a firearm, fires both when the trigger is pulled and on release of the trigger.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Bump stock” means a device that, when installed in or attached to a firearm, increases the rate of fire of the firearm by using energy from the recoil of the firearm to generate a reciprocating action that facilitates repeated activation of the trigger.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Burst trigger system” means a device that, when installed in or attached to a firearm, allows the firearm to discharge two or more shots with a single pull of the trigger by altering the trigger reset.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Common household tool” includes a screwdriver, a pipe wrench, pliers, a hacksaw, a crowbar, an electric drill, a rotary tool, a hammer, a chisel, a file, and a crescent wrench.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Copycat weapon” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and has any two of the following:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a folding stock;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a grenade launcher or flare launcher; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a flash suppressor;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that has an overall length of less than 29 inches;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a semiautomatic shotgun that has a folding stock; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a shotgun with a revolving cylinder.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Copycat weapon” does not include an assault long gun or an assault pistol.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Cruciform trigger bar” means a component in a semiautomatic pistol that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>serves as a link between the trigger and the firing pin; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has its sear incorporated into a cross–shaped surface.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Detachable magazine” means an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from a firearm without requiring disassembly of the firearm action or without the use of a tool, including a bullet or cartridge.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Flash suppressor” means a device that functions, or is intended to function, to perceptibly reduce or redirect muzzle flash from the shooter’s field of vision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Hellfire trigger” means a device that, when installed in or attached to a firearm, disengages the trigger return spring when the trigger is pulled.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Licensed firearms dealer” means a person who holds a dealer’s license under Title 5, Subtitle 1 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Machine gun convertible pistol” means any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or by using common household tools into a machine gun by the installation or attachment of a pistol converter as a replacement for the slide’s backplate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Machine gun convertible pistol” includes a semiautomatic pistol described under paragraph (1) of this subsection, regardless of whether a tab or other piece of material is located on the rear portion of the pistol frame to block the attachment of a pistol converter, if the tab or other piece of material can be readily removed with a common household tool.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Machine gun convertible pistol” does not include a hammer–fired semiautomatic pistol or a striker–fired semiautomatic pistol without a cruciform trigger bar.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="p">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Pistol converter” means any device or instrument that, when installed in or attached to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate and interferes with the trigger mechanism, which enables the pistol to shoot automatically more than one shot by a single function of the trigger.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Pistol converter” includes a pistol converter manufactured using a three–dimensional printer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="q">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Rapid fire activator” means any device, including a removable manual or power–driven activating device, constructed so that, when installed in or attached to a firearm:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the rate at which the trigger is activated increases; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the rate of fire increases.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
