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‘No more’: MD ban on local police partnerships with ICE becomes law
Maryland enacted an emergency law banning local law enforcement from partnering with ICE under 287(g) agreements.
How immigration ‘swallowed up’ federal gun crime efforts, including in Baltimore
The federal government has retreated from gun enforcement in places like Baltimore as more investigators turn their attention to immigration.
MD, states sue Trump administration over deal ending ban on triggers to make rifles fire rapidly
States sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers that make semiautomatic rifles fire rapidly.
Baltimore sues ATF for data about ‘crime guns’ that is shielded under federal law
Baltimore's mayor is trying a new strategy to fight gun violence: suing the federal agency that traces the sources of "crime guns" but won't share the data.
Biden aims at ‘ghost gun’ violence with new federal rule
President Joe Biden is nominating an Obama-era U.S. attorney to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as his administration unveils its formal rule to rein in ghost guns.
Gun applications up in Md. ahead of start of law
ANNAPOLIS — Gun purchase applications in Maryland are up ahead of the start of a gun control measure that gives Maryland some of the nation’s tightest gun laws. The Washington […]
ATF announces findings on five-alarm Baltimore fire
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced preliminary findings in its investigation into the cause of the fire that engulfed several buildings in the area known as "The Block."
ATF: Human involvement was factor in fire on ‘The Block’
Human involvement was a factor in the Dec. 6 five-alarm fire that engulfed part of Baltimore’s adult entertainment district, federal investigators said Wednesday. But the finding of an “incendiary” cause […]
ATF to help determine cause of major Baltimore fire
The head of a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigative team says the origin of a blaze in Baltimore’s adult entertainment district has not been determined yet […]
Untraceable guns, untraceable crime
According to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, gun dealers nationwide “lost” an average of at least 82 firearms every day last year. For all of fiscal year 2007, […]
