Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

Greybeard wrote:No way. Thats a felony if you get stopped. Handguns can be legally transported to and from matches WITH the following stipulations:

-Handgun(s) unloaded
-Handgun(s) and ammuntion in locked trunk of vehicle
-No firearm can ever be within reach of the operator
-NO STOPS on the way or returning from a match (7-11, grandmother's house etc.)
-If the vehicle has no trunk, SUV, pickup etc., the firearm(s) must be unloaded and secured in a locked case in the rear of the passenger compartment and out of reach of the operator

2010 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL LAW
TITLE 4 - WEAPON CRIMES
Subtitle 2 - Handguns
Section 4-203 - Wearing, carrying, or transporting handgun.

a) Prohibited.-

(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not:

(i) wear, carry, or transport a handgun, whether concealed or open, on or about the person;

(ii) wear, carry, or knowingly transport a handgun, whether concealed or open, in a vehicle traveling on a road or parking lot generally used by the public, highway, waterway, or airway of the State;

(iii) violate item (i) or (ii) of this paragraph while on public school property in the State; or

(iv) violate item (i) or (ii) of this paragraph with the deliberate purpose of injuring or killing another person.

(2) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person who transports a handgun under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection transports the handgun knowingly.

(b) Exceptions.- This section does not prohibit:

(4) the wearing, carrying, or transporting by a person of a handgun used in connection with an organized military activity, a target shoot, formal or informal target practice, sport shooting event, hunting, a Department of Natural Resources-sponsored firearms and hunter safety class, trapping, or a dog obedience training class or show, while the person is engaged in, on the way to, or returning from that activity if each handgun is unloaded and carried in an enclosed case or an enclosed holster;

SHMIV wrote:Firearms training is included there, as long as it is sponsored by the Dept. Of Natural Resources.

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JNelson wrote:We live in VA but lived in maryland for a while. I always had been told unloaded in the trunk with ammo stored elsewhere.

jmicheals1984 wrote:I have also been advised that the ammo must also be separate from any Magazines. If your magazines have bullets in the, that is also illegal.

Nemo24 wrote:Chasbo00 - Just advancing the conversation. Remember that decisions from court cases also influence the law. Not that I like it, but just because it's not written in the statutes doesn't mean it's legal. If a judge has ruled in the past that a magazine with a single bullet in it is considered a "loaded weapon", then it is. As well, I'm sure some case law definition of "enclosed holster" also exists.

So to answer your question fully, we'd need to know the case law definition of the terms "enclosed holster" and "unloaded" as they pertain to firearms, handguns, magazines, and speed-loaders. I'm not a lawyer nor do I know any so I can't get this info.