ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s attorney general has appealed a decision by a three-judge panel that sent the state’s assault weapons ban back to a lower court for review. Attorney General Brian Frosh announced Friday the state has asked the entire 4th ...

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Maryland is approving 95 percent of conceal carry permits but the leader of an organization that backs expansion of the conceal carry laws in the state is skeptical and says the Republican governor is using statistics that are old and don't tell the whole story.

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WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from gun owners who challenged a Chicago suburb’s ban on assault weapons. The justices on Monday refused to hear the case of a Highland Park, Illinois, pediatrician who objected to the ...

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An overworked public defender leads news summary that includes proposing gun control, defining "natural" and whether exchanging emails equals a meeting.

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Plus news on a long-awaited Sept. 11 trial and Chicago's gun-control law in this week's roundup.

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AUSTIN, Texas – Did the modern version of dramatic mass shooting deaths begin here? Some of us remember when a deranged, former Marine sharpshooter murdered 16 people and wounded 32, firing from the clock tower at the University of Texas. ...

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In honor of the start of the justices' October 2015 term, here's a short quiz to test your knowledge of high-court history.

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County, state and federal officials want to export Maryland’s handgun licensing law to other states, billing it as a way to drive down handgun deaths. Attorney General Brian E. Frosh and Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. Wednesday, the day before ...

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The murder of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston haunts us. And the five Marines in Chattanooga. The slaughter of innocents in Newtown. The movie theater massacre in Denver. The list gets longer and longer. The pace and predictability inures ...

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If we hadn’t given up on controlling gun violence after the 2012 massacre in Newtown, the last shred of hope withered after the killings in Charleston. A pathetic drill replaces hope. Not again, we say to ourselves  before we say: Of ...

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