§ 59-1. Carrying long-barrel firearms.

(a) Carrying prohibited — in general.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry in any vehicles or about his person, except in his place of abode, fixed place of business, target range, gun show, historic reenactment, or civic event held on a National Monument or a Historic Shrine or parade for which a permit has been obtained, any rifle, shotgun or other firearm the barrel of which is over 14 inches in length.

(2) Provided that this subsection shall not apply to:

(i) marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens, or their deputies while in the performance of their official duty;

(ii) policemen or other law enforcement officers;

(iii) members of the armed forces of the United States or of the National Guard or organized reserves when on duty;

(iv) holders of special police commissions issued under Title 4, Subtitle 9, of Article 41 of the Maryland Code, while actually on duty on the property for which the commission was issued or while traveling to or from such duty;

(v) uniformed security guards, special railway police, and watchmen who have been cleared for such employment by the appropriate governmental agency, while in the course of their employment or while traveling to or from the place of employment;

(vi) guards in the employ of a bank, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or express or armored car agency, while in the course of their employment or while traveling to or from the place of employment;

(vii) manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons to persons authorized under law to possess such under the laws of the United States;

(viii) transportation of firearms unloaded and carried in an enclosed case or rack designed for that purpose;

(ix) antique firearms, meaning:

(A) any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; and

(B) any replica of any firearm described in subitem (A) if such replica:

1. is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or

2. uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

(b) Carrying prohibited — intent to commit crime.

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry in any about his person any rifle, shotgun, or other firearms the barrel of which is over 14 inches in length with the intent to use the rifle, shotgun, or other firearm in the commission of a crime against the person or property of another.

Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, subject upon conviction to a fine of not more than $500 or to imprisonment for not longer than 60 days or to both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.