Personal Weapon Control

Beretta has no plans to leave, yet

2013-05-20 14:35:00

Despite Beretta's threats that the company would leave Maryland if new gun laws were passed and signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Beretta USA has no current plans to abandon its headquarters�in Prince George's County.� In a statement sent to The Baltimore...

Sneak peek: Ads supporting gun law set to air this week

2013-05-20 07:33:00

A hunter, a mother and a minister are featured in new advertisements touting Maryland's new gun law, which was signed last week and represents one of the nation's most sweeping pieces of gun-control legislation passed this year. The ads, released in...

New Md. gun law misfires

2013-05-18 08:00:00

Maryland passes the strictest gun control laws in the country on its law abiding citizens ("The Maryland model for gun control," May 16), yet it does nothing about those who get caught with illegal guns. Why? If you really want to cut the crime in...

Hopkins gun research is not biased

2013-05-18 11:00:00

In reference to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15), the article quotes a Harford County councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York City Mayor...

Same speculation, different styles for O'Malley, Cuomo

2013-05-18 11:52:11

By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning — efforts that...

Amid scandal, Obama focuses on jobs in Baltimore

2013-05-17 12:07:00

President Barack Obama told several hundred people gathered at a Baltimore manufacturing plant on Friday that he would keep his administration focused on the economic recovery -- despite a series of political scandals that have rocked the administration...

Key provisions of Maryland's new gun law

2013-05-16 04:45:00

The new gun bill will be the first of hundreds Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign at a ceremony Thursday. Key provisions of the 62-page law include: � - A ban on the sale of 45 types of assault weapons and their copycats. � - A ban on sales of...

O'Malley and Obama can't resist fixing what's not broken

2013-05-17 11:30:00

Why is it that since the current president has been in office everything that is proposed by his or Gov. Martin O'Malley's office has had to be a major change? We've had an "overhaul" of the finest health care system in the world. We've had "sweeping"...

Carroll commissioners to take stand against gun control

2013-05-17 04:00:00

The Board of Carroll County Commissioners will host a public forum Wednesday to discuss and possibly vote on a resolution opposing the state's recently passed Firearm Safety Act of 2013. "The Second Amendment is not ambiguous," Commissioner Richard...

O'Malley signs gun bill

2013-05-16 10:10:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed a gun-control bill that is among the country's most sweeping legislative responses to the December mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The law bans the sale of assault-style rifles, including the AR-15 used in the...

Delegate urges Carroll residents to oppose rain tax, gun control measures

2013-05-17 10:12:00

Carroll County residents can expect to see the county's proposed "rain tax" structure within the next month-and-a-half, but Del. Justin Ready urged residents to support their local officials as they fight the new fee and regulations from the Firearm...

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"...

Gov. Martin O'Malley, center, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, second left, and Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch, right, signed SB 281, gun-control bill into law during the final bill signing ceremony of the year at the State House.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Catasauqua police had to use their stun guns to control a 41-year-old man who was resisting arrest early Saturday, according to court records.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Gun control legislation

2013-05-09 07:57:00