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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-622" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “firearm” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, and short-barreled rifle, as those words are defined in § 4-201 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a machine gun, as defined in § 4-401 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a regulated firearm, as defined in § 5-101 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not possess, own, carry, or transport a firearm if that person has been convicted of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a felony under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a crime under the laws of another state or of the United States that would be a felony under this title if committed in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>conspiracy to commit a crime referred to in items (1) and (2) of this subsection; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an attempt to commit a crime referred to in items (1) and (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
