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O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal next week
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign a law abolishing capital punishment in Maryland next week, though a referendum effort may be on the horizon. O'Malley's spokesman Raquel Guillory confirmed Thursday that the death penalty repeal law is scheduled to...Tags: Annapolis, Elections, Voting, Personal Weapon Control, Punishment
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Moving beyond gun control
Gun control doesn't stop bombings, and it doesn't prevent violent people from buying nails, BBs or pressure cookers. While I am supportive of gun control — and applaud Maryland for being one of the few states taking a strong stance on gun possession...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Conservation, Personal Weapon Control, Mental Illness, Substance Abuse
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Cooksville victim's friends, family fight parole one signature at a time
When Christopher Cheswick learned that the drunken driver who killed his son Matthew might be paroled after little more than a year in prison, he turned to Facebook to post his outrage and heartbreak. Carl Braun had a different reaction: He launched...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Illegal Immigrants, Elections, Labor Legislation, Baltimore County
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Michelle Obama to speak at Bowie State commencement
WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama will speak at Bowie State University's commencement on May 17, the White House said Thursday. The school, Maryland's oldest historically black college and one of the oldest in the nation, is celebrating its...
Tags: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, Personal Weapon Control, Culture
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What's left for O'Malley?
The knock on Gov. Martin O'Malley by his critics is that everything he does is an effort to pad his resume for a presumed run for president. The latest evidence: He enacted Maryland's most sweeping gun control measures in a generation, abolished the death...
Tags: The New York Times, POLITICO LLC, Barack Obama, Elections, Personal Weapon Control
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We accept a surveillance state but not gun control?
As the Boston Marathon bombing case reminds us, we are potentially all under constant surveillance when we walk down the streets of an American city. Our public movements are videotaped, who we interact with is observed, and our cell phone calls readily...
Tags: Civil Rights, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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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, Criminals, Adam Lanza, Public Officials, Personal Weapon Control
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Gun vote shows politicians have been bought and paid for by the NRA
The result of the gun control votes in the U.S. Senate sickened me ("Defeat leaves gun control backers at a loss for strategy," April 19). It was so simple and would have made people throughout the country who have had their lives turned upside down...
Tags: U.S. Senate, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Citizens must unite to stop the senseless slaughter by gun violence
One sign of being crazy is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. Allowing guns to proliferate on our streets repeatedly has resulted in violence against innocent people, but given the opportunity to do something...
Tags: U.S. Senate, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Catonsville area delegate plans to run for senate
Del. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, a Democrat who currently represents District 10 that includes Catonsville, announced last week that she plans to run for the state Senate in the newly configured District 44. The current District 44 Senate seat is held by...
Tags: Elections, Baltimore County, Personal Weapon Control, Catonsville, Primaries
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Big government threatens our freedoms
The title of your recent editorial on campaign finance reform should have been "Big government wins" ("Good government wins," April 15). Higher taxes and fees, more spending and less control over their lives by legal, law-abiding citizens creates less...
Tags: Elections, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Maryland gun-control opponents won't seek referendum
Opponents of Maryland's tough new gun-control law said Wednesday that they will not seek to petition it to referendum and instead will back a lawsuit planned by the National Rifle Association. "This is a constitutional right that should not go to the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Elections, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control
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