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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A Maryland law enforcement official is criticizing gun laws in the wake of a shooting at a warehouse last week in which four people were killed and three people wounded.

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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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Following last month's mass shooting at a church in Texas, a Maryland sheriff is asking state lawmakers to let parishioners bring their handguns to church.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the broad reach of a federal law that bars people convicted of domestic violence from owning guns. The justices on Monday rejected arguments that the law covers only intentional or knowing acts ...

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Lawyers for the District of Columbia asked a federal judge on Monday to stay his ruling that strikes down the city’s ban on carrying handguns outside the home.

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Beretta U.S.A. Corp., which earlier this week announced plans to move operations from Maryland to Tennessee, is just the latest firearms company to leave its home state for the South.

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This week’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a man who bought a firearm on behalf of another qualified buyer violated a federal law barring “straw purchases” of guns may be limited to its facts.

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WASHINGTON — District of Columbia officials are again asking a judge to uphold gun registration requirements put in place after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the city’s decades-old ban on handguns in 2008. Lawyers for the city filed a document ...

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A few government and politics headlines for Friday.

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