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Fight against gun violence must go on despite setback in the Senate
I am ashamed to find out that the U.S. Senate has voted to oppose minimal, common-sense gun control legislation ("Defeat leaves gun control backers at a loss for strategy," April 19). Thankfully, both of our Maryland senators supported these measures,...
Tags: Elections, Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry, Government, Interior Policy
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Newtown shooter's reading list?
The search warrant for the home of Adam Lanza, who went on a murderous pre-Christmas rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., included some chilling items, including a New York Times articla about a 2008 school shooting. It also mentioned...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, The New York Times
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Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons
Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...
Tags: Elections, Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry, Family, Same-Sex Marriage
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Why we should ban assault weapons
In 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the Washington region for three weeks by firing bullets at innocent people in parking lots and at gas stations, ultimately killing 10 people and wounding three others. They used a Bushmaster XM-15...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry, Government, Interior Policy, Shootings
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State needs gun control; Perry Hall shooter needs therapy not prison
With no thanks to the Democratic state senator who represents the area, the Baltimore County community of Perry Hall is safer from gun violence than it was six months ago. We can say that much. Sen. Kathy Klausmeier might have voted against the important...Tags: Baltimore County, Punishment, Prisons, Personal Weapon Control, Judges
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Remembering Sandy Hook on the way to Congress
From Washington to Annapolis to Hartford, Conn., wherever new gun restrictions are being debated, it's important to remember Sandy Hook. That's not a plea to the emotions. That's a plea to human decency and common sense — a reminder of the...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Personal Weapon Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Interior Policy
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The forgotten victim: Nancy Lanza
The philosopher Kahlil Gibran's meditation on children is a touching favorite among parents who have read "The Prophet." In it, he captures perfectly the helplessness we feel as our children go out into the world, into the future, and necessarily...
Tags: Schizophrenia, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Barack Obama
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Keep the focus on handguns in Maryland
It has been one month since the devastating tragedy in Newtown, Conn., and most of us are still trying to come to grips with the events of that terrible day. When gun violence rips through a community it is always hard to bear, but when the victims of the...
Tags: Firearms, Laws
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Guns in the home are an accident waiting to happen
I was stunned to read Susan Reimer's remarks about the mother of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter, Adam Lanza ("Nancy Lanza, Newtown's forgotten victim," Dec. 27). Ms. Reimer makes some astonishing statements. For example, Ms. Reimer writes that...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Shootings, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Were China and Newtown events 'equally horrible'? Also, letters policy too narrow [Letter]
In his letter published in the Dec. 26 issue of the Towson Times ("Banning guns is not the answer; gun abuse more complex") , R. Devereux Slingluff cites an event in China on the same day as the mass murder in Newtown, Conn., when a man slashed 22...Tags: China
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The heroes of Newtown
As the nation continues this week to deal with the grief and heartache left behind by the murder of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday, let there also be a moment set aside for exultation. Let a banner be raised for the...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Students, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Perry Hall High School
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