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Biden speaks about gun control at University of Baltimore event
Vice President Joe Biden, speaking Tuesday at an event in Baltimore, said he was unsure whether there is enough support in the Senate for what would be the biggest change to federal gun laws in decades. "We may not get it this week, but we will prevail,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Peter G. Angelos, University of Baltimore
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Howard's Robey leaving public service after 48 years
The end of the 2014 General Assembly session in Annapolis will mark the end of 48 years in public service for Howard County Sen. Jim Robey. Robey, an Elkridge Democrat, confirmed Tuesday, April 16, that he will retire next year after eight years in...
Tags: Annapolis, Howard County, Personal Weapon Control, Lobbying, Ken Ulman
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Straw purchases already banned
The letter regarding straw buyers ("Stop 'straw buyers' from purchasing guns," April 15) contains a major factual error: a straw purchase is already punishable, under federal law, carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine....
Tags: Prosecution, Personal Weapon Control, Punishment, Interior Policy
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Gun-control law to make ownership records private
A little-noticed provision tucked at the end of the sweeping gun legislation approved by the General Assembly last month would shield from view key state gun records that now are public — a change that was pushed by gun-rights advocates during the...
Tags: Annapolis, Personal Data Collection, Agricultural Research and Technology, Justice System, Maryland State Police
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Prison homicides highlight futility of new gun laws
I noticed with all the gun control talk and various politicians knocking each other over for the microphone to create a new law to save lives, those same politicians failed to do the same for the seven inmate deaths in the last seven months ("Senate gives...Tags: Annapolis, Murder, Personal Weapon Control, Criminal Laws, Laws
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O'Malley's success echoes Mandel's 1972 triumph
Forty-one years ago, Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel pulled off a series of staggering triumphs that The Sun compared to winning the Triple Crown: Maryland's first gun-control law; a unique, state-run auto insurance agency; and a higher gasoline tax to...
Tags: Prince George's County, Annapolis, Personal Weapon Control, Marvin Mandel, NAACP
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The false security of gun-control measures
Now that the way has been cleared for the U.S. Senate to vote on a bipartisan bill to toughen federal gun controls, Americans should remember that the effectiveness of government regulations has limits. Ultimately, new laws will give Americans a false...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Television Industry, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate, Behavioral Conditions
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Rebel Wilson "exposed," Turbo Tax day fail and the NRA's Sprint Cup sponsorship turns deadly for one NASCAR fan
Rebel Wilson shines, confuses and titillates while hosting last night's 2013 MTV Movie Awards as tax-paying procrastinators struggled to submit their returns on a temporarily floundering TurboTax online. In gun control news, a sadly ironic turn of...
Tags: CBS Corp., The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie), Personal Weapon Control, Kobe Bryant, MTV (tv network)
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With session over, it's fundraising season
With the season for legislating over in Maryland as of last Monday, the season for raising cash for campaigns has begun. For the next nine months, until the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis Jan. 8, candidates for the legislature, governorship and...
Tags: Annapolis, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., U.S. Senate, Anthony G. Brown, Michael Steele
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Maryland GOP elects new chairman
The Baltimore SunMaryland Republican Party interim chairman Diana Waterman fended off challenges and won election as head of the state GOP this past weekend, taking the reins as the party faces a shortened fundraising session for state lawmakers and challenges from...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Alex X Mooney, Queen Anne's County, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Gun referendum? Go ahead and make our day
With Gov. Martin O'Malley's landmark gun control bill given final approval by the Senate on Friday and waiting only the governor's signature to be enacted into law, Democrats in Annapolis are likely hoping that the next step will be talk of the "R" word....
Tags: Annapolis, William Donald Schaefer, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Maryland General Assembly
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America's just not that into Obama
"You know, I actually believe my own bull----." That's what President Barack Obama once told a reporter. If the man ever uttered a statement that spoke more to his approach to politics, I haven't heard it. Whether it stems from a grandiose...
Tags: U.S. Congress, State of the Union Address, Personal Weapon Control, Health Care Reform (2009), Organizing for Action
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