# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 5. Firearms

### Subtitle 2. Rifles and Shotguns

#### Section 5-202

This subtitle does not apply to a short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun that is:

(1) an antique firearm as defined in Sec. 4-201 of the Criminal Law Article;

(2) a device designed or redesigned for use other than as a weapon;

(3) a device designed or redesigned for use as a signaling, pyrotechnic, line throwing, safety, or similar device; or

(4) a firearm that cannot:

  (i) discharge a projectile by an explosive; and

  (ii) be readily restored to a firing condition.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)