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Maryland's model for gun regulation

2013-05-15 11:54:00

Tomorrow, Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign into law the most comprehensive gun control legislation Maryland has seen in at least 25 years, a bill that will not only help guard against a mass shooting incident, like December's massacre at Sandy Hook...

Time to talk about guns

2013-05-02 06:45:00

I grew up with guns in my house. There are guns in my house. I understand the sport of the shooting range and the sport of hunting. I understand the argument, while not finding it convincing, that guns in the home protect you. What I do not understand...

Harford GOP legislators, gun rights backers, candidates turn out for Bel Air rally Saturday

2013-04-30 07:28:20

Dozens of people came to downtown Bel Air Saturday afternoon to take part in the Harford County Republican Central Committee's Second Amendment Rally and to meet many of the local legislators who tried unsuccessfully to defeat the state's latest gun...

Biden speaks about gun control at University of Baltimore event

2013-04-16 19:32:00

Vice President Joe Biden, speaking Tuesday at an event in Baltimore, said he was unsure whether there is enough support in the Senate for what would be the biggest change to federal gun laws in decades. "We may not get it this week, but we will prevail,...

Young singers shine at Kodaly educators conference [Lutherville]

2013-04-08 03:15:00

Local elementary and middle-school students performed in the Children's Choir at the Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE) national conference in Hartford, Conn., March 20- 23. The students, representing Riderwood Elementary School, Dumbarton...

Assembly moved quickly to pass bevy of landmark bills

2013-04-06 15:20:00

This time last year, the Maryland General Assembly was mired in anger and confusion. The House and Senate were feuding over taxes and casino gambling. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch were butting heads....

Gun advocates detail armed school guard plan

2013-04-02 19:31:56

Gun-rights advocates unveiled Tuesday a 225-page report paid for by the National Rifle Association that lays out a vision for arming teachers to prevent the kind of mass shootings that claimed 27 lives at a Connecticut elementary school last year....

Md. gun bill gets stronger

2013-04-01 10:55:00

Despite the national horror at the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, the effort in Congress to enact any meaningful legislation to address gun violence appears increasingly at risk. The first casualty of...

Newtown shooter's reading list?

2013-03-28 13:49:00

The search warrant for the home of Adam Lanza, who went on a murderous pre-Christmas rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., included some chilling items, including a New York Times articla about a 2008 school shooting. It also mentioned...

Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons

2013-03-27 15:53:00

Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...

Why we should ban assault weapons

2013-03-21 10:43:23

In 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the Washington region for three weeks by firing bullets at innocent people in parking lots and at gas stations, ultimately killing 10 people and wounding three others. They used a Bushmaster XM-15...

Minor in possession of a loaded pastry

2013-03-06 08:29:00

If anyone was at risk in the case of the Anne Arundel County second-grader who nibbled a strawberry pastry into the shape of a gun, it wasn't his classmates eating breakfast at Park Elementary School, where authorities say he waved the confection around....

Jimmy Greene, the celebrated jazz musician whose daughter was one of the 26 victims of the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec.

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Why: Less than four months since 20 children and six educators were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the television show �Glee� depicted a school shooting in Thursday night�s episode.

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Family members of children killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, prepare to board Air Force One with U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) at Bradley Air National Guard Base, April 8, 2013.

2013-04-08 00:00:00