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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-130" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Regulated Firearms">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “gun show” means any organized gathering open to the public at which any firearm is displayed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subsections (c) through (h) of this section do not apply to a licensee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person must obtain a temporary transfer permit issued by the Secretary before the person displays a regulated firearm for sale or transfer from a table or fixed display at a gun show.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for a temporary transfer permit shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay to the Secretary a fee of $10 for each calendar year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each additional temporary transfer permit during the same calendar year shall be issued without charge.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The application for a temporary transfer permit shall contain any information that is necessary for the Secretary to conduct a computer background investigation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each application for a temporary transfer permit shall contain the following statement: “Any false information supplied or statement made in this application is a crime which may be punished by imprisonment for a period of not more than 3 years or a fine not more than $5,000 or both.”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall conduct an investigation to determine the truth or falsity of the information supplied and the statements made in the application for a temporary transfer permit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If there is no reason to disapprove the application for a temporary transfer permit, the Secretary shall issue the permit within 7 days after the date of application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary shall disapprove an application for a temporary transfer permit if the Secretary determines that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the applicant supplied false information or made a false statement; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the application is not properly completed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the Secretary disapproves an application for a temporary transfer permit, the Secretary shall notify the applicant in writing of the disapproval.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A temporary transfer permit shall be clearly labeled “temporary” and shall include the statement: “This is not a license to engage in the business of selling firearms.”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The temporary transfer permit shall be placed in public view as part of any display of a regulated firearm.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not receive more than five temporary transfer permits during a single calendar year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To display a regulated firearm for sale, trade, or transfer at more than five gun shows in a calendar year, a person shall obtain a dealer’s license under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>A sale or transfer of a regulated firearm from a table or fixed display at a gun show is governed by §§ 5-103, 5-104, 5-117 through 5-129, and 5-136 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
