Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES › Subtitle 10 - CORRECTIONAL TRAINING COMMISSION › Chapter 12.10.04 - Firearms Training › Section 12.10.04.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Academy" means a college, school, training unit, or training facility approved or certified by the Commission under this chapter or COMAR 12.10.01 to conduct entrance-level and other training programs.
(2) Classroom Instruction.
(a) "Classroom instruction" means training conducted in a traditional educational setting; for example, in a room with desks, chairs, books, paper, and other educational tools or equipment.
(b) "Classroom instruction" does not include training conducted on a firing line.
(3) "Commission" means the Maryland Correctional Training Commission, its officers, and its employees.
(4) Course of Fire.
(a) "Course of fire" means a sequence of activities related to the actual discharge of a firearm on a firing line for training or qualification.
(b) "Course of fire" does not include classroom instruction.
(5) Day-fire.
(a) "Day-fire" means firearms training or qualification, or both, conducted during normal outdoor lighting conditions that exist between dawn and dusk.
(b) "Day-fire" includes the indoor equivalent or other lighting conditions that simulate normal outdoor lighting conditions that exist between dawn and dusk.
(6) "Deputy Director" means the Deputy Director of the Police and Correctional Training Commissions, or, the Deputy Director's designee.
(7) "Entrance-level" means initial classroom instruction, training, or qualification with a firearm regardless of experience or training with a different type of firearm.
(8) "Firearms qualified employee" means an individual who:
(a) Is subject to regulation by the Commission;
(b) Is authorized by the individual's employer to use or carry a firearm; and
(c) Meets the requirements of this chapter.
(9) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, or long gun.
(10) "Firearm provisional instructor" means an individual certified by the Commission in that instructor classification according to requirements established under COMAR 12.10.06.
(11) "Firearms instructor" means an individual certified by the Commission in that instructor classification according to requirements established under COMAR 12.10.06.
(12) "Firing line" means those areas and positions from which an individual actually discharges a firearm with live ammunition for training or qualification, or both, as part of a course of fire.
(13) Firing Line Controller.
(a) "Firing line controller" means the line instructor or firearms instructor responsible for issuing commands on a firing line during firearms training and qualification.
(b) "Firing line controller" includes a line instructor or firearms instructor actually on the firing line or in a structure overseeing the firearms training and qualification conducted on the firing line.
(14) Handgun.
(a) "Handgun" has the meaning stated in Public Safety Article, §
											5-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(b) "Handgun" includes a:
(i) Pistol; and
(ii) Revolver.
(15) "Judgmental or decision training" means instruction and skills development conducted in the classroom, using firearms simulation, or on a firing line, to enable an individual to:
(a) Differentiate between threat levels; and
(b) Respond appropriately to an identified threat.
(16) "Line Instructor" means an individual certified by the Commission in that instructor classification according to requirements established under COMAR 12.10.06.
(17) Long Gun.
(a) "Long gun" means a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder.
(b) "Long gun" includes a:
(i) Type 1 long gun;
(ii) Type 2 long gun;
(iii) Type 3 long gun; and
(iv) Type 4 long gun.
(18) Optical Sighting Device.
(a) "Optical sighting device" means a mechanism that assists an individual in sighting a firearm.
(b) "Optical sighting device" does not include an iron sight.
(19) "Pistol" means a handgun that operates semi-automatically:
(a) Discharging a single round of ammunition with a pull of the trigger;
(b) Clearing the chamber of the spent casing; and
(c) Loading the next round of ammunition in the chamber.
(20) "Power" means a measurement used to describe levels of visual magnification, with a number representing the level of magnification above the normal visual range.
(21) "Qualification" means proficiency testing by discharging a firearm on a Commission-approved course of fire to receive a score that the Commission measures against established requirements to determine if the individual is authorized to use or carry a specific firearm.
(22) Reduced Light.
(a) "Reduced light" means the normal outdoor lighting conditions that exist between dusk and dawn.
(b) "Reduced light" includes simulated natural outdoor lighting conditions such as:
(i) Artificial light to simulate natural reduced lighting conditions; or
(ii) Goggles, headgear, or an apparatus worn to cover the eyes designed to reduce the availability of light to simulate natural reduced lighting conditions.
(23) "Revolver" means a handgun that:
(a) Fires a single round of ammunition with each pull of the trigger; and
(b) Has a cylinder containing additional rounds of ammunition that rotates to position the next round of ammunition for firing.
(24) Strong hand" means the hand:
(a) On the same side of the body where an individual normally carries a handgun in a holster; and
(b) That the individual would primarily use to discharge a handgun.
(25) Training.
(a) "Training" means a demonstration or an exercise, in addition to classroom instruction, provided by an individual certified under COMAR 12.10.06, to enhance understanding, proficiency, marksmanship, and other skills related to proper firearm use and tactics such as movement, multiple targets, judgmental or decision training, and use of cover and concealment.
(b) "Training" may include drills that involve discharging rounds.
(26) "Type 1 long gun" means a long gun with an optical sighting device greater than 4 power intended for use as a counter-sniper firearm.
(27) "Type 2 long gun" means a long gun with an optical sighting device greater than 4 power intended for use other than as a counter-sniper firearm.
(28) "Type 3 long gun" means a long gun without an optical sighting device, or with an optical device of 4 power or less.
(29) Type 4 Long Gun.
(a) "Type 4 long gun" means a long gun manufactured and sold as a shotgun that is designed to discharge a single projectile or multiple projectiles from a single round of ammunition.
(b) "Type 4 long gun" includes a long gun manufactured and sold as a shotgun regardless of the:
(i) Action; or
(ii) Use of an optical sighting device.
(30) "Weak hand" means the hand that is not considered the strong hand.