Keywords

Theme: Gun, firearm, pawn, ammunition, license, explosives

Theme: location

Place: Prince George's County, Maryland

Description

Abstract

This dataset contains locations, names, phone numbers, and federal firearms license information for commercial venues where firearm commerce is permitted within Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Purpose

This dataset was developed to provide current Prince George's County, Maryland information concerning the locations of commercial sales of firearms for use by the staff of the Planning Department and the general public.

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Status of the data

Complete
Data update frequency: As needed

Time period for which the data is relevant

Date and time: 20140515 at time 000000

Description:

publication date

Publication Information

Who created the data: The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission

Date and time: unpublished material

Contact

Name: GIS Supervisor

Title: GIS Supervisor

Organization: The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission - Prince George's County

Phone: (301) 952-3108

email: **NO_SPAM**ppd-gis@ppd.mncppc.org

Hours of Operation: 9AM - 5PM

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Constraints on accessing and using the data

Access constraints: http://www.pgplanning.org/Resources/Tools_On-line/Mapping_Tools/Digital_Data_Price_Schedule.htm

Use constraints:

http://www.pgplanning.org/Assets/Planning/Planning+Resource/GIS+Tool/Data+Lease+Agreement.pdf

Details about this document

Contents last updated: 20140515

Contents last reviewed: As needed

Who completed this document

GIS Coordinator
The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission
mailing:

14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive

Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772

(301) 952-4779 (voice)
(301) 952-3459 (fax)
**NO_SPAM**ppd-gis@ppd.mncppc.org

Hours of service: 9AM - 5PM

Standards used to create this document

Standard name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention used in this document: local time

Horizontal coordinate system

Details

Map Projection Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Maryland FIPS 1900 Feet

Standard Parallel: 38.3
Standard Parallel: 39.45
Longitude of Central Meridian: -77.0
Latitude of Projection Origin: 37.66666666666666
False Easting: 1312333.333333333
False Northing: 0.0

Planar Coordinate Information

Planar Distance Units: Foot_US

Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate Representation

Abscissa Resolution: 0.00025600000023841865

Ordinate Resolution: 0.00025600000023841865

Geodetic Model

Horizontal Datum Name: D North American 1983

Ellipsoid Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222101

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Bounding coordinates

Horizontal

In decimal degrees

West: -77.039258

East: -76.726925

North: 39.036389

South: 38.647998

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Lineage

Feature and Attribute Updates

Update 1

Edit Description: Complete review. Added fields for licensee name, number, license type, and expiration date.
Date Updated: 20120529

Update 2

Edit Description: Reviewed and updated the layer using information from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ listing of federal firearms licensees as of April, 2014. Source: https://www.atf.gov/content/firearms/firearms-industry/listing-FFLs
Date Updated: 20140515

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Spatial data description

Vector data information

SDTS description

Feature class: SDTS feature type, feature count

Feature class: Entity point, 17

Details for ARCDBA.Gun_Shop_Point

Description

Internet

Attributes

OBJECTID

Definition:

Internal feature number.

Definition Source:

ESRI

SHAPE

Definition:

Feature geometry.

Definition Source:

ESRI

NAME

Definition:

The business name as identified on the owner’s Federal Firearms License.

ADDRESS

Definition:

The premise address of the store as assigned by the local address authority and as identified on the owner’s Federal Firearms License.

CITY

Definition:

The primary city name assigned to the applicable U.S. Postal ZIP code.

STATE

Definition:

Abbreviation for the State of Maryland.

TELEPHONE

Definition:

The primary phone contact number of the store.

ZIP_CODE

Definition:

ZIP code derived from the official database available at the U.S. Postal Service website.

LICENSE_NAME

Definition:

The name of the license holder, business, or corporation as shown on the Federal Firearms License.

LICENSE_NUMBER

Definition:

The number assigned to a successful applicant for a Federal Firearm License. The parts of the license number correspond to different aspects of the license. For example, a possible license number is 8-52-033-01-4B-12345. The components of this number are as follows:

License Region – 8
License District – 52
License County – 033
License Type – 01
Expiration Date – 4B
License Sequence Number - 12345

The first digit of the Expiration Date code corresponds to a year in this decade (so a ‘4’ means ‘2014’). The second digit corresponds to the first day of a month where ‘A’ is January, ‘B’ is February, and so on to ‘M’ for December.

The License Sequence Number is unique within state boundaries to the license holder or dealer.

Definition Source:

http://www.atf.gov/about/foia/ffl-list.html

LICENSE_TYPE

Definition:

The two main federal laws concerning the manufacture and trade of firearms and explosives are the National Firearms Act (“NFA”) of 1934 (also referred to as “Title II”) and the Gun Control Act (“GCA”) of 1968 (also referred to as “Title I”). These laws imposed a tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and require the registration of those firearms. LICENSE_TYPE shows the various categories of license registration, differing in the particular privileges granted to and restrictions placed on the licensee in regards to commerce, manufacture, and importation of firearms and other regulated devices. 

Note:  Licensed importers or manufacturers of firearms may also engage in business as dealers in the same type of firearms authorized by the license to import or manufacture. Source: [ Title 27 CFR 478.41(b) ]

Definitions of terms like “firearm” and “destructive device” may be found here:  [Title 26 U.S.C. § 5845].

Federal law states that it is unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver any firearm or ammunition to any person if the person’s purchase or possession would be in violation of any State law or local published ordinance applicable at the place of sale or delivery. Source:  [Title 18 U.S.C. 922(b)(2), Title 27 CFR 478.58, Title 27 CFR 478.99(b)(2)]

Explanations of relevant federal and state legislation may be found here:

Gun Control Act (18 U.S.C. Chapter 44)

National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. Chapter 53)

Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. Chapter 2778)

Importation, Manufacture, Distribution and Storage of Explosive Materials (18 U.S.C. Chapter 40)

ATF State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms

- Title 1 dealer or gunsmith other than destructive devices. May also deal in Title II NFA firearms with a Special Occupational Tax Class 3 tax stamp. Examples of such firearms are fully automatic weapons, short barrel rifles and shotguns, and suppressors.

Title 1 dealer doing business as a pawnbroker in firearms other than destructive devices.

Licensed collector of Curio & Relic firearms. This includes the manufacture of related items such as black powder and antique munitions.

Licensed manufacturer of ammunition and reloading components other than armor piercing ammunition.

Title 1 manufacturer of firearms and ammunition, who may also act as dealer; may not manufacture or deal in destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, or armor piercing ammunition. May also manufacture & deal in Title II NFA firearms with a Special Occupational Tax Class 2 tax stamp.

Importer of Title 1 firearms and ammunition. May also import Title II NFA firearms with a Special Occupational Tax Class 1 tax stamp. May also deal in all the aforementioned items.

Dealer in Title 1 firearms, including destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, and armor piercing ammunition.

Manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and ammunition components, manufacturer of destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, and armor piercing ammunition; may also deal in all of the aforementioned items.

- Importer of firearms, ammunition, destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, and armor piercing ammunition; may also deal in all the aforementioned items.

EXPIRATION_DATE

Definition:

The date of license expiration. Licenses are issued for a period of three years. The licensee may continue to lawfully conduct business under a current license while a renewal application is pending for up 45 days.

Definition Source:

Title 27 CFR 478.94