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Garrett County's sheriff is asking county commissioners to support selective enforcement of Maryland's new gun control law.
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Read More »Officials wait to gauge new Md. gun law effects
FREDERICK — Frederick County fingerprinting services expect new customers with the passage of a new state gun law, but officials say they are taking a wait-and-see approach before adding resources. The new law, signed into law earlier this month and ...
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Read More »Carroll Community College to arm safety officers
WESTMINSTER — Carroll Community College will soon arm some of its campus safety officers for the first time. The school and the county sheriff’s office signed an agreement Monday, a week after the college’s Board of Trustees voted to approve ...
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Read More »Ad to begin airing praising gun-control bill
ANNAPOLIS — A television ad will begin airing in the Baltimore area that praises the gun-control measure recently signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley. The ad is set to begin airing early this week. It’s part of a campaign by supporters, ...
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Read More »O’Malley signs tougher gun-control bill
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a gun-control measure on Thursday to give Maryland some of the nation’s tightest gun laws and the National Rifle Association plans to challenge it in court. Part of the law requires people to submit ...
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Read More »States seek to fix gun background check backlog
Connecticut officials are setting aside millions of dollars to address backlogs in background checks that have soared into the thousands since the December school shooting in the state, which is one of several struggling with bottlenecks as people rush to ...
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Read More »C. Fraser Smith: Alonso and enduring promise
Dr. Andres Alonso, who resigned this week as Baltimore schools superintendent, turned his alchemist’s hand on the trust issue in Annapolis.
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Read More »Gansler says Md. gun-control bill constitutional
Maryland’s comprehensive gun-control measure is constitutional, Attorney General Doug Gansler wrote in a 25-page legal review made public on Wednesday. The letter to Gov. Martin O’Malley, who proposed the plan in January and is scheduled to sign it at a ...
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Read More »Md. woman plans referendum petition on gun bill
A Montgomery County woman says she is planning a petition effort to get Maryland's gun control bill put to a popular vote.
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Read More »Gansler hosting statewide gun turn-in
Want to get rid of your gun? Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is hosting an event Saturday where you can do just that -- no questions asked.
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