A sharply divided Maryland high court has reinstated drug- and gun-possession convictions of Hyattsville roommates, saying a jury validly concluded they had “constructive possession” of the contraband in the one-bedroom apartment’s common areas, including the kitchen, bathroom and a hallway closet.

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ANNAPOLIS — Police say a handgun was found under a dumpster at an Annapolis elementary school. The Capital reports the gun was found Wednesday morning at Georgetown East Elementary School. Police say officers responded shortly before 7:40 a.m. after a ...

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Bookkeeping errors by the Maryland State Police contributed to what looked to be questionable spending and inaccurate handgun records, according to an audit released Tuesday. The audit found the department had been lumping together expenditures in its state accounting records ...

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FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Firearms manufacturers are competing for a rare chance to sell the U.S. Army a new handgun that would replace its current Cold War-era model, and they must meet a lengthy list of requirements to win ...

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The State did not introduce evidence sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Jenkins used a handgun in the shooting; his conviction for use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence is reversed.

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The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a New Jersey law that requires a “justifiable need” to carry a handgun in public, sidestepping a dispute over the scope of the Constitution’s gun-rights protections.

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Kris Lee Abbott was a dangerous man. Any dispute about that was put to rest last month, when he pushed his wife, used a pipe to beat his parents and then headed to his own home, where, police say, he shot and killed himself.

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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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A Baltimore man awaiting sentencing on a murder conviction has been sentenced to 23 years in prison on a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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A 15-year-old high school sophomore was indicted Tuesday on 29 counts related to the shooting of a classmate at Perry Hall High School, and the charging document alleges that the teen intended to kill eight other people. A Baltimore County ...

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