ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The disappearance of a troubled student who might be armed with a gun has prompted a Maryland college to close its doors and send more than 1,400 students back home or to temporary accomodations through the ...

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A Baltimore police officer is on leave while the department investigates a photo that shows him aiming a gun at a rally where police dispersed dirt bike riders and spectators. Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for the event. Police say ...

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A Maryland law permitting security officers to carry handguns inside a business establishment with management’s permission does not extend outside the building, the state’s top court said in validating the arrest of a gun-toting strip-club bouncer who broke up a disturbance in the parking lot.

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Residents who have submitted handgun purchase applications before new requirements go into effect Oct. 1 will not have to obtain a handgun qualification license, Maryland State Police said Tuesday. The new law has prompted a huge increase in applications for ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland delegate is asking the state’s attorney general whether it’s legal for state police to allow up to 200 employees from five agencies to view prospective gun buyers’ information as the state churns through an application backlog. ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — The Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office says courthouse security spotted a loaded handgun in a man’s tote bag during an X-ray screening. Officials say Troy Jonathan Kent went to the courthouse in Upper Marlboro on Thursday for ...

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SALISBURY — A former Ocean City police officer and candidate for Worcester County Sheriff has been charged with illegally selling an AK-47. Maryland State Police say David Catrino also provided an unidentified buyer with four loaded 30-round magazines for the ...

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WESTMINSTER — Carroll County may soon reverse a ban on guns at the county’s solid waste facilities in response to a Second Amendment group’s objections. The Carroll County Times reports that the Board of Commissioners decided without a vote Tuesday ...

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POOLESVILLE — Maryland Natural Resources Police say a bow hunter who accidentally shot himself could face charges. That’s because the hunter shot himself with a handgun he was carrying and not a bow. Sgt. Brian Albert says carrying a gun ...

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PALMER PARK — Prince George’s County police are installing new surveillance cameras to deter the vandalism of speed cameras in the county. Authorities say the new cameras will watch over the speed cameras. Police Maj. Robert V. Liberati says one ...

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