Editorial Advisory Board: These bloody streets

June 12, 2019 Leave a comment

Dodge City, Kansas, formed a municipal government in the 1870s. One of the first laws passed was a restriction on the carry of guns within town limits. It wasn’t that the guns alone were a problem; it was that people ...

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Maryland gun-control laws taking effect next week

September 26, 2018 Leave a comment

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2013, file photo, an employee of North Raleigh Guns demonstrates how a "bump" stock works at the Raleigh, N.C., shop. The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, attached what is called a "bump-stock" to two of his weapons, in effect converting semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic ones. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)

New gun-control laws are taking effect in Maryland next week, and some state lawmakers already are talking about strengthening them in the next legislative session after high-profile shootings in the state.

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Perman suggests professional organizations boycott pro-gun states

February 22, 2018 1 Comment

University of Maryland Baltimore President Jay Perman. (File)

University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay A. Perman wants to use economic pressure to compel states to adopt stricter gun-control regulations. In an open letter to the university community, Perman said he will ask professional and scientific groups to which ...

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Students in Maryland, US, walk out of class to protest gun violence

February 22, 2018 Leave a comment

Gwendolyn Frantz, 17, of Kensington, Md., stands in front of the White House during a student protest for gun control, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Students at dozens of U.S. high schools walked out of class Wednesday to protest gun violence and honor the victims of last week's deadly shooting in Florida.

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Maryland Democrats unveil 2 gun-safety bills

February 1, 2018 Leave a comment

Sen. Robert Zirkin, a Democrat, talks about measures aimed at protecting Maryland residents from gun violence during a news conference with Democrats in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Del. David Moon, far right in front, is sponsoring a bill to ban bump stocks, devices that enable rapid-fire shooting similar to fully automatic weapons. Sen. Richard Madaleno, left of Moon, is sponsoring a bill to repeal the state's Handgun Permit Review Board, which is comprised of five members appointed by the governor, and turn decisions over appeals for wear and carry permits over to administrative law judges. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Maryland Democrats will be announcing some gun-safety measures.

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UB Law to host panel on gun control

October 20, 2017 1 Comment

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The University of Baltimore Law Review will tackle a topical question at its fall symposium later this month.

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Gun-sales restriction survives constitutional challenge from Md. man

December 8, 2016 Leave a comment

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A federal law banning the unlicensed intrastate sale of guns violates neither the constitutional right to keep and bear arms nor exceeds Congress’s authority to regulate interstate commerce, a U.S. appeals court ruled this week in affirming the conviction of a Montgomery County man.

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Md., DC Democrats continuing push for gun-control laws

June 29, 2016 Leave a comment

In this July 17, 2014 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress from Maryland and the District of Columbia are continuing their push for gun-control legislation after last week’s sit-in on the House floor. Maryland Democrats Chris Van Hollen, Elijah Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes ...

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Judges would tell domestic-violence convicts to surrender, sell guns under bill

March 9, 2016 Leave a comment

Crownsville resident Ray Miller testifies Wednesday before a Senate committee in
support of a bill that would require judges to tell domestic-violence convicts to surrender
or sell their guns. Miller requested the time period for when someone must relinquish their
firearms be amended to more than two days. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

Legislation aimed at reducing gun violence would require trial judges to tell individuals convicted of domestic violence that they have two days to surrender their firearms to police or sell them to a licensed firearms dealers.

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Gun-control measures to be heard in Md. Senate committee