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Maryland

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Maryland. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial period through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, maritime, manufacturing, and military records, and oral histories tied to Maryland people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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  • Item type:Item,
    1890 Md. Laws 606
    (1890)
    § 742A: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol, dirk-knife, Bowie knife, slingshot, billy, sandclub, metal knuckles, razor or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, or who openly carries with the intent to injure a person. Punishable by fine of up to $500 and imprisonment up to 6 months.
  • Item type:Item,
    1886 Md. Laws 602
    (1886)
    Ch. 375: Prohibited carrying, concealed or openly with intent or purpose of injuring another, any pistol, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, Billy, sandclub, metal knuckles, razor, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon whatsoever.
  • Item type:Item,
    1894 Md. Laws 833-34
    (1894)
    Act of April 6, 1894, ch. 547, §§ 1-2: Every person not being a conservator of the peace entitled or required to carry such weapon as a part of his official equipment, and not carrying such weapon as a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger, who shall wear or carry any pistol, dirk knife, bowie knife, slung shot, billy, sand club, metal knuckles, razor or any other dangerous or deadly weapon of any kind whatsoever (penknives excepted,) concealed upon or about his person, and every person who shall carry or wear any such weapon openly, with the intent or purpose of injuring any person in any unlawful manner, and not for any proper purpose of self-protection, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not more than two years in jail or in the house of correction