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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-307" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Handgun Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A permit is valid for each handgun legally in the possession of the person to whom the permit is issued.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a permit issued under this subtitle shall restrict the wearing, carrying, and transporting of a handgun by the person to whom the permit is issued to wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun concealed from view:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>under or within an article of the person’s clothing; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>within an enclosed case.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The requirement in paragraph (1) of this subsection to keep a handgun concealed is not violated by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the momentary and inadvertent exposure of a handgun; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the momentary and inadvertent exposure of the imprint or outline of a handgun.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person is not subject to the requirement in subsection (b) of this section to keep a handgun concealed if the person is authorized at the time and under the circumstances to wear, carry, or transport the handgun as part of the person’s official equipment, and is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a person exempted under § 4–203(b)(1) of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a security guard licensed under Title 19 of the Business Occupations Article acting within the scope of employment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a correctional officer or warden of a correctional facility in the State acting within the scope of employment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a railroad police officer appointed under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of this article acting within the scope of employment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>an employee of an armored car company acting within the scope of employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
