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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-902" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="9">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a firearm if a law enforcement agency determines that the firearm is stolen or is evidence of a crime.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program shall destroy each firearm, including every component and part attached to the firearm, that is surrendered to the federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency at a gun buyback program.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The destruction required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall make the firearm and every component and part attached to the firearm permanently inoperable and unrepairable.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency may contract with a law enforcement agency or a business to satisfy the requirement under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency that violates this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 per violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a person violates this section and the person holds a dealer’s license under § 5–106 of this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person shall be subject to the penalty provided in subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Secretary shall revoke the person’s dealer’s license in accordance with § 5–114 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
