<P> Until 2016, Dealers were required to forward the manufacturer - included shell casing (or one provided by the federally licensed gun shop) in its sealed container to the Department of State Police Crime Laboratory upon sale, rental, or transfer of a "regulated firearm" for inclusion in their ballistics database, known as the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS). The program was shut down in 2015 due to its ineffectiveness . </P> <P> On April 4, 2013, the Maryland General Assembly approved legislation imposing significant new restrictions on gun ownership . The bills ban the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms that they define as assault weapons, limit magazine capacity to ten rounds, require that handgun purchasers be fingerprinted and pass a training class in order to obtain a handgun license, and bar persons who have been involuntarily committed to a mental health institution from possessing firearms . Martin O'Malley Governor at the time, signed the legislation into law on May 16, 2013 . Regarding ten round magazine limits for rifles purchased in Maryland,' standard' 30 round magazines may be purchased outside Maryland and brought into the state for personal use . Those standard magazines may not be transferred, given, sold or manufactured inside Maryland . </P> <P> As of October 1, 2013, detachable magazines for semi-automatic handguns and semi-automatic centerfire rifles which are capable of holding more than 10 rounds may not be purchased, manufactured or sold, though they may be possessed (but not transferred within the state) by persons who already owned them prior to enactment of the 2013 changes . Magazines greater than ten (10) rounds may be purchased or acquired outside the state and carried into Maryland and used within the state . Certain pistols are classified as "assault pistols", and banned from ownership if not registered prior to August 1, 1994 . Only handguns on the official handgun roster may be sold in the state . Private sales of "regulated firearms," which includes handguns, are permissible, but must be done at a local Maryland State Police barracks . As of 1 Oct, a Handgun Qualification License (HQL) is required for the sale, as well as a background check and a mandatory seven - day waiting period . A person must obtain a safety training certificate prior to purchasing "regulated firearms" and present that certificate prior to each purchase . With some limited exceptions, only one "regulated firearm" may be purchased in any 30 - day period . Handguns manufactured on or before December 31, 2002 must be sold or transferred with an external safety lock . Handguns manufactured after December 31, 2002 may only be sold or transferred if they have an internal mechanical safety device . </P> <P> Firearms advocates challenged the 2013 law . The District Court ruled that the law was constitutional based on intermediate scrutiny . On February 1, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overruled the reasoning used to uphold the law in a 2 - to - 1 vote . The appellate court said that the ban on semi-automatic weapons and high - capacity magazines should be subject to strict scrutiny, not intermediate scrutiny, because they "are in common use by law - abiding citizens ." The court acknowledged that the state has a right to limit the use of or ban citizen possession, sale, or transfer of "dangerous and unusual" weapons (such as hand grenades), but the weapons and ammunition barred by the 2013 law did not fall under that provision . The appellate court remanded the case to a federal district court, leaving the ban temporarily in place pending a review by the district court . The state said it would appeal the decision . On March 4, 2016, Fourth Circuit agreed to rehear the case en banc and oral arguments took place on May 11, 2016 . The full court ruled that such assault weapons and magazines holding more than 10 bullets are not protected by the Second Amendment; the Supreme Court refused to hear the case . </P>

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