Moore v. State

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The majority, relying on the plain language of Maryland Code (2008, 2011 Supp.) § 5-133(c) of the Public Safety Article,1 the statute at issue, proscribing possession of a regulated firearm by a disqualified person, concludes that a handgun need not be operable to be considered a “firearm,” as defined *142in § 5-101(h)2 of that Article. The majority, in so concluding, assumes a fact that simply does not exist, that there is a uniform definition of firearm, which applies to the construction of § 5-133(c). There are, however, conflicting definitions of the term, “firearm,” one of which the…