The number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales, according to new records.

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HELENA, Mont. — In the past year, insurrectionists have breached the U.S. Capitol and armed protesters have forced their way into statehouses around the country. But the question of whether guns should be allowed in capitol buildings remains political, and ...

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A Maryland legislator says laws regarding firearms possession and mental health will be revisited in the state's next legislative session.

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NEW YORK — Maryland car dealer Jacob “Jack” Antwerpen was arrested in New York on Wednesday after authorities determined he did not have a valid license for several firearms found aboard his yacht. The Baltimore Sun reports that U.S. Coast ...

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WASHINGTON  — Justice Clarence Thomas broke 10 years of courtroom silence Monday and posed questions during a Supreme Court oral argument, provoking gasps from the audience. And it wasn’t just one question; it was a string of them in an ...

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Maryland will appeal a federal appellate court’s order that a judge reconsider her decision upholding the constitutionality of the state’s ban on military assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, Attorney General Brian E. Frosh said within hours of the ruling Thursday. ...

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Appellant filed a motion to suppress the firearm recovered from his residence. The motion was heard and denied. Appellant was convicted, pursuant to a not guilty agreed statement of facts, of possession of a regulated firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor carrying a penalty of more than two years imprisonment. Appellant filed this timely appeal, presenting the following question: Was it error to deny the motion to suppress the firearm seized from and searched in appellant’s home?

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Rejecting a claim of “parent-child privilege,” a federal appeals court has ruled a son must testify against his father before a federal grand jury in Baltimore examining potential firearms violations.

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The Supreme Court has decided not to hear a challenge to Maryland’s handgun permit law.

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Maryland’s new gun-control law dodged a bullet on its first day Tuesday, as a federal judge rejected arguments from gun-rights advocates to block statutory provisions banning the purchase of semi-automatic assault weapons and requiring handgun purchasers to be licensed by the state before buying.

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