CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge, Specially Assigned.
I
The General Assembly of Maryland has long been concerned with the unlawful use of handguns. From time to time, it enacted legislation encompassing these types of weapons. One of the statutes early enacted was codified as § 445(c), Article 27 of the Maryland Code (1957). As set out in the 1987 Replacement Volume, it reads, in part pertinent to this appeal:
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