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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Read More »October 5, 2015 Comments Off on Law blog roundup welcomes the justices back
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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Read More »September 30, 2015 Comments Off on Md. officials want to export gun laws to other states
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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Read More »July 23, 2015 Comments Off on C. Fraser Smith: Why gun-control advocates keep trying
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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Read More »July 10, 2015 Comments Off on C. Fraser Smith: Giving up on guns
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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Read More »June 29, 2015 Comments Off on Los Angeles considers stricter gun control
Los Angeles gun-control proposal heads news summary that includes a Wall Street lawsuit, gay rights in Asia and child-abuse policy debate in Montgomery County.
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Read More »June 15, 2015 Comments Off on Would-be gun owners need “good reason” in D.C.
Gun-permit applicants need "good reason" leads news summary that includes a videotape that should have been shown, a new beer-transport law and law schools starting law firms.
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Read More »January 19, 2015 Comments Off on Appeals court will hear Maryland gun case in March
The Maryland Licensed Firearms Dealers Association Inc. and other gun-rights advocates told the 4th Circuit that a federal judge in Baltimore used the wrong standard when she upheld the 2013 Firearm Safety Act in August.
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Read More »December 15, 2014 Comments Off on Families of Newtown victims sue rifle manufacturer
HARTFORD, Conn. — The families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher wounded two years ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School filed a lawsuit Monday against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in ...
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Read More »November 24, 2014 Comments Off on 21 states push to overturn Maryland gun law
Twenty-one states are asking a federal appeals court to overturn provisions of Maryland's gun-control law that ban 45 assault weapons and a limit gun magazines to 10 rounds.
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Read More »October 16, 2014 1 Comment
People who carry concealed handguns near public events and demonstrations in the nation's capital shouldn't have to be personally warned by a police officer before they are subject to arrest, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Thursday.
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