- Feb 4, 2013
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As previously stated it is still in the Maryland Code and many if not most FFL's refer to the ATF code book.
See page 226
https://www.atf.gov/file/58536/download
The code refers to the adjacent states vs contiguous.
If you really think FOPA protects you then you should be just fine driving through D.C. with your unloaded handgun in a locked case. Lets see how that works for you.
MD language does not restrict to ONLY adjacent states. It only ALLOWS in adjacent states.
So when the Fed law changed, MD law did not stop non-adjacent state sales.
Some states had laws that said ONLY adjacent states.