# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 5. Firearms

### Subtitle 8. The Maryland State Police Gun Center

#### Section 5-802

(a) The Center is established within the Department as a statewide firearms enforcement center for the tracking, screening, and vetting of all:

  (1) firearm crimes committed in the State; and

  (2) firearms surrendered under final protective orders in the State.

(b) This subtitle shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

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