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Md. high court will weigh ban on gun possession by nonviolent convicts
Maryland’s top court will consider whether the state’s ban on gun possession by someone sentenced to more than two years in prison for a nonviolent common law crime violates the Second Amendment.
Justices decline challenge to Md. law against gun possession by prohibited persons
The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a man who was unaware a simple assault conviction in Pennsylvania barred him from possessing a gun in Maryland.
Justices asked to consider Md.’s gun possession by prohibited person law
A man who was unaware that a nearly 20-year-old simple-assault conviction barred him from possessing a gun in Maryland will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
House passes bill decriminalizing attempted suicide
ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates on Friday passed legislation to decriminalize attempted suicide. With the House’s 103-38 vote, attention now shifts to the Senate, where the Judicial Proceedings Committee […]
Legislators consider bill to decriminalize attempted suicide
ANNAPOLIS – A suicide attempt is evidence of a mental health problem that needs treatment, not a common-law crime that merits punishment, a state senator said Wednesday in urging his […]
