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Baltimore, Chicago and other cities are a case study on the limits of local gun control, not its perceived failure

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown and Larry Hogan need to get beyond airing and responding to attack ads to provide specifics for how they would make Md.'s new gun safety law work to reduce death and injury.

Stephon Prather, 30, accused of murder, faces new gun allegation

A 20-year-old Bowie man accused in a movie theater "bottle bomb" incident in Prince George's County is also a suspect in other similar incidents across the region, including a March incident in Anne Arundel County, law enforcement authorities said.

A federal appeals judge recently took aim at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' use of fictitious drug robbery schemes to secure lengthy prison sentences for would-be rip off crews, strongly criticizing the practice in a written opinion.

Todd Wheeler Jr., the Glen Burnie man accused of making bombs in his home, has been charged with a federal gun crime.

Todd Dwight Wheeler Jr., the Glen Burnie man charged with making bombs in his home, made his first court appearance on Friday morning.

Anne Arundel County police and fire officials say a disaster was averted when they uncovered a cache of guns and bomb-making materials at the Glen Burnie home of Todd Dwight Wheeler Jr. last week.

Investigators from the Anne Arundel Fire Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say they have found a significant amount of suspected bombs and bomb-making materials inside the home of a Glen Burnie man.

A four-alarm fire heavily damaged a church at the corner of a busy intersection in Northeast Baltimore early Friday morning.

Police and prosecutors said 26 people have been indicted for gang-related activities in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood

A disturbing reality emerged amid the frantic search for Marcus Lesane: he made his living robbing drug dealers.

A disturbing reality emerged amid the frantic search for Marcus Lesane: he made his living robbing drug dealers.

Baltimore authorities have indicted 48 members and associates of the Black Guerrilla Family gang, officials will announce in a series of news conferences today.

Authorities say that they believe a firecracker may have caused the loud bang outside of Baltimore's Clarence Mitchell Courthouse on Thursday afternoon, prompting a bomb scare that closed downtown streets during rush hour.

Authorities are trying to determine what caused a loud sound to emanate from a trash can outside the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse in downtown Baltimore Thursday afternoon. Roads in the area could be closed through rush hour.

Federal authorities are using increasingly sophisticated "reverse stings," in which informants and undercover agents set up would-be robberies.

More than 100 ATF agents and local police officers executed search warrants early Thursday and made arrests in connection with the indictment of 14 people in a West Baltimore drug conspiracy case, authorities said.

A fire last month that caused more than $1 million in damage to a Joppa hardware company was likely caused by an electrical malfunction, the Mary State Fire Marshal's Office said Wednesday.

Six years and one month after Reaching Hearts International Church in West Laurel was destroyed by arson, the Seventh Day Adventist Church has announced, along with the Baltimore division of the ATF, a $25,000 reward for information on the 2007 fire.

Harford County and Baltimore County firefighters are on the scene of working building fire at a well known hardware store in Joppa.

Fire and police officials say about a dozen attacks have occurred citywide since late April

Maryland firearms dealers rank number three in the nation for the number of guns lost or stolen from their inventories, putting us all at risk from weapons that fall into the wrong hands. A new state law should help.

Nearly 1,000 guns were reported lost or stolen from federally licensed gun dealers in Maryland last year, the third-highest number of any state in the country, according to a federal report released this week.

Federal and local authorities have charged more than two dozen people this week after an investigation into drug trafficking and related crimes in Anne Arundel County and Annapolis.

A fire May 27 at the closed Bay 'n Surf Restaurant is believed to have been set and is being investigated as the latest in a string of fire arsons that have hit Laurel playgrounds and businesses this year.

Taggants can help authorities trace explosives, but they're not used today because of NRA opposition

The event was one of several planned this year for Maryland, and was sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's National Chamber Foundation and Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.

The legislation proposed by Rep. Elijah Cummings and others to outlaw gun trafficking and add penalties for straw purchasers is an important idea, but its terms could be strengthened to make it more useful to prosecutors.

In the gun debate, no one seems to have accurate data on where guns used in crimes come from. That's for a reason.

WASHINGTON — Responding to gun control loopholes that have proven vexing for police in Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will introduce bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to impose tougher penalties for people who traffic guns across state borders or buy them for someone else.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. said Thursday that he will issue his ruling next week as to whether Robert W. Gladden Jr., the teenager accused in the Perry Hall High school shooting, will be tried as an adult or juvenile.

Police said the intention was to sell the handguns.

Maryland has strict gun control but also high rates of violence. Nonetheless, it's clear that we have not exhausted our ability to use tighter regulations to make it more difficult for criminals to get guns.

Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country — and Baltimore's are even stricter — but the city continues to struggle with rampant gun violence as thousands of criminals gain access to weapons.

In light of the death of a 10-year-old in Cecil County by celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve, police, state's attorneys, victims and experts say preventing, investigating and prosecuting such incidents isn't easy.

Anyone seeking to purchase a gun – even those buying weapons at a show or through a private dealer— should be required to pass a background check through a national database, according to recommendations drafted by a panel of violence reduction experts convened by the Johns Hopkins University.

A violent start to the year continued with three people shot on Baltimore's west side Tuesday morning, including a 17-year-old girl who died after she and a man were shot in an alley.

Gun policy experts will convene at Johns Hopkins University Monday to discuss how to keep weapons from those with serious mental illness, the legality and feasibility of strengthening gun laws and the success of gun control efforts in other countries.

Requiring prospective gun purchasers to undergo a criminal background check is a good first step in effort to reduce U.S. gun violence

Robbery sting nets alleged Black Guerilla Family members in West Baltimore

A 10-year-old girl struck by a stray bullet fired in the air during New Year's Eve celebrations died Thursday as a result of her injuries, the Cecil County Sheriff's Office said.

A bomb squad responded to a possible "explosive device" in College Park early Friday morning, a Prince George's County fire spokesman said.

Maryland legislators should enact a licensing system for gun purchasers.