Daniel Webster

Harford County Council condemns state gun law

2013-05-16 13:41:04

The Harford County Council passed a resolution Tuesday, by a 6-1 vote, criticizing the state's new gun safety bill. The resolution says the Firearms Safety Act, which bans the sale of 45 kinds of rifles and magazines and requires "law-abiding citizens"...

Benefactor doesn't dictate direction of research

2013-05-16 09:54:47

Editor: In response to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15th, 2013): The article quotes a Harford County Councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York...

No time to go weenie on Maryland gun control

2013-02-27 16:32:00

Watch out, ladies and gentlemen, the Maryland Senate — where Democrats outnumber Republicans 35 to 12 — could be going weenie on gun control. Already, they're caving to the "gun enthusiasts" on the proposal to require a license to buy a...

Crucial test for Md. gun control

2013-02-25 10:27:00

This week may well be the time when lawmakers in Annapolis decide whether the gun control legislation they pass in the wake of the Newton, Conn., school shooting actually does some good to reduce the rates of violence in Maryland or just sounds good at...

Thousands go to Annapolis for gun-control rally and hearing

2013-02-06 17:45:00

Several thousand Marylanders went to Annapolis to voice their opinions on gun control Wednesday as the General Assembly began considering Gov. Martin O'Malley's sweeping proposal to impose new limits on the purchase of firearms. At a hearing before a...

Gun debate sparks education, advocacy campaigns

2013-02-04 14:53:00

As .223-caliber bullets from an assault-style rifle pinged a torso-shaped target, state Del. Michael D. Smigiel Sr. videotaped his latest pupil squeezing off rounds from a gun and magazine targeted to be banned in Maryland. "You see why you wouldn't...

O'Malley takes a stand on guns

2013-01-14 09:10:00

State and federal politicians have been scrambling for the last few weeks to react to the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., with governors, congressmen and the president exploring new laws that might have prevented that tragic massacre. But today, Gov....

Hopkins gun panel calls for universal background checks

2013-01-15 16:58:59

Anyone seeking to purchase a gun — even those buying weapons at a show or through a private dealer — should be required to pass a background check through a national database, according to recommendations drafted by a panel of violence...

Who will be our next profiles in courage?

2013-01-14 10:49:00

One of the great works in politics and political rhetoric is John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage. Courage has always been important to the Kennedys, who created a Profile in Courage Award a generation ago, and the awards, although...

The massacre this time

2012-12-14 16:58:00

Look at what has become national ritual: A horrific shooting in some otherwise ordinary corner of the country — this time a town in Connecticut — with many dead and wounded, shock and grief, wall-to-wall television coverage. The president...

Baltimore police make 1,000th gun arrest of 2012

2012-12-06 06:54:40

A man who allegedly entered a rowhouse in the city's Central Park Heights neighborhood uninvited, hid a handgun behind a living room sofa and then assaulted the homeowner as she was trying to get him to leave was arrested Wednesday night in Baltimore...

What Maryland can do to reduce gun violence

2012-12-20 10:04:00

When President Barack Obama talked about the violence in Newtown, Conn., in his weekly radio address on Saturday, he urged the nation to act not only to stop mass killings like that one but also those that occur on "countless street corners in places like...

The fifth annual Disabled American Veterans pheasant hunt took place on Oct. 27 at Duane Riedel's farm. Hunters and helpers who took part in the event included, front row from left: Amy Engelhart, Tom Perrizo, Richard Scepaniak, Merle Kjer, Chuck Webster and Terry Salfrank.

2013-03-17 16:32:00

The fifth annual Disabled American Veterans pheasant hunt took place on Oct. 27 at Duane Riedel's farm. DAV members who took part in the event included, front row from left: Dale Mills, Tom Perrizo, Richard Scepaniak, Merle Kjer, Chuck Webster and Alan Ochsner.

2013-03-17 00:00:00

Daniel Webster holds his wife Sandy Tuesday, November 6, 2012 as hedeclares victory at his Congressional race election party located at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort.

2012-11-06 00:00:00