Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Subtitle 04 - POLICE TRAINING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION
Chapter 12.04.02 - Firearms Training
Section 12.04.02.04 - Entrance-Level Firearms Classroom Instruction, Training, and Qualification - Primary Handgun

Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 12.04.02.04

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024

A. An individual shall successfully complete the minimum requirements for entrance-level handgun classroom instruction, training, and qualification established under this regulation before using or carrying a primary handgun.

B. Except as required in §C of this regulation, the minimum entrance-level classroom instruction, training, and qualification for a primary handgun includes:

(1) 35 hours of classroom instruction, training, and qualification;

(2) Classroom instruction topics marked with an "X" under Entrance-Level Handgun Training in the table under Regulation .10B of this chapter;

(3) The following activities conducted over a minimum of three calendar days:
(a) Firearms training exercises; and

(b) A course of fire for qualification for scoring that includes:
(i) Three consecutive day-fire courses of fire; and

(ii) One reduced light course of fire;

(4) Use of ammunition authorized by the individual's law enforcement agency, or the ballistic equivalent when firing for qualification;

(5) Discharging a minimum of 1,000 rounds of ammunition for firearms training and qualification collectively; and if the primary sighting device is a red dot sight then a minimum of 20 percent of the rounds must be fired using the firearm's iron sight; and

(6) The course of fire requirements outlined in the table under Regulation .05 of this chapter.

C. The following requirements shall be imposed if the handgun is equipped with a red dot sight:

(a) At least one of the three consecutive day-fire courses must be fired with the iron sight; and

(b) One reduced light course will be fired with each of the handgun's sighting devices.

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