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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.10.04.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="04" heading="Entrance-Level Firearms Classroom Instruction, Training, and Qualification — Handgun.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A firearms qualified employee shall successfully complete the minimum requirements for entrance-level handgun classroom instruction, training, and qualification established under this regulation before using or carrying a handgun.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Minimum entrance-level classroom instruction, training, and qualification for a handgun include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>35 hours of classroom instruction, training, and qualification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Classroom instruction topics marked with an “X” under Entrance-Level Handgun Training in the table under Regulation .10B of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The following activities conducted over a minimum of three separate calendar days:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Firearms training exercises; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A course of fire for qualification scoring that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Three successive day-fire courses of fire; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>One reduced light course of fire;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Use of ammunition authorized by the individual's employer, or the ballistic equivalent when firing for qualification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Discharging a minimum of 1,000 rounds of ammunition for firearms training and qualification collectively; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The course of fire requirements outlined in the table under Regulation .05 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>