gun control

Several hundred gun-rights advocates rallied in Annapolis Tuesday, saying they'll work to unseat state legislators who voted for Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun-control law in 2013.

More than 1,000 people, some from as far away as Western Maryland and southern Pennsylvania, had visited the 54th annual Bel Air Gun Show as of Saturday afternoon.

It's hard to imagine, but I really have worked for a full year here in Harford County

Background checks for all gun purchases could reduce U.S. gun violence

On the one-week anniversary of a shooting at the Mall in Columbia that claimed the lives of two skate shop employees, their loved ones gathered at a skate park to honor their memories.

On the one-week anniversary of a shooting at the Mall in Columbia that claimed the lives of two skate shop employees, their loved ones gathered at a skate park to honor their memories.

It's not unusual for a 19-year-old with a clean record to be able to buy a firearm under state laws.

If seeing Beretta expand in Tennessee rather than Maryland is the price we pay for sensible gun control laws that protect the public, so be it.

Based upon Obama's current approval polls, the choice may be listening to him or tuning into "Moonshiners" or "The Simpson's Movie" which could be more appealing.

Gun violence only gets the media's attention when it happens in the suburbs

Gun manufacturer Beretta USA announced Wednesday it would build its newest plant not in Maryland, but in Tennessee.

Columbia shooting a tragedy that can't be prevented by gun control

Maryland's gun control law had no impact on Saturday's Columbia mall shooting.

The legislature should adopt a requirement that all hearings, floor debates and voting sessions be live-streamed on the Internet.

Maryland has badly mishandled gun background checks — and this left-wing newspaper has failed to call them on it

Do Maryland's gun laws make citizens safer?

Gun law is unconstitutional and society faces bigger threats than gun-related deaths

Blame the state for the gun law's failures

Blame the state for the gun law's flaws

Recently-implemented gun law with fingerprint-based background check will reduce gun deaths

More than 200 guns were sold to people legally barred from owning them as a surge in firearms sales overwhelmed Maryland's background check system, according to state police.

Funds solicitation under delegate's name called an error

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley marks his return to the Sunday political show circuit this week just as his longtime sparring partner and potential 2016 rival, Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, is battling the biggest scandal of his administration.

Lawmakers arrive back in Annapolis this session to a major piece of unfinished business: passing a dog bite liability bill to address the unintended consequences of the Maryland Court of Appeals' ruling in which pit bull-type dogs were deemed inherently dangerous. The Maryland General Assembly, which last year failed to pass compromise legislation to address the issue, will have another chance to bring certainty and protection to dog bite victims and dog owners.

The last year saw progressive politics ascendant in Maryland — and a growing backlash.

The second Republican to file in Howard and Baltimore counties' District 12 says he's the candidate for voters interested in small government and individual freedoms.

Tougher firearms laws won't mean fewer gun deaths

On the one year anniversary of the Newtown schoolhouse massacre, dozens of people stood in a Baltimore church and solemnly shook bells, an audible symbol of their desire to make noise about the issue of gun violence in America.

More restrictive gun laws won't lead to fewer gun deaths

A new report highlights actions Maryland has taken that will reduce gun deaths.

Moving up the Brady Campaign's gun control rankings won't make Marylanders safer.

Gun violence prevention group puts Md. in top tier

Nelson Mandela's death has prompted many to reflect on how his words and brave actions would inspire them in their own efforts to fight racial inequality and to repeal the death penalty, which Mandela himself once faced.

Del. Heather Mizeur's selection of Rev. Delman Coates as her running mate says less about the prospects of her campaign and more about the evolution of Maryland politics.

Del. Heather R. Mizeur said Wednesday that she has chosen the Rev. Delman Coates — the pastor of a large church in Prince George's County — as her running mate in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Howard County is asking a federal court to throw out a former Fire Department battalion chief's lawsuit, arguing that the Facebook posts that triggered his dismissal were not constitutionally protected because they were "at best, personal opinion or pique and, at worst, insubordinate."

Hanna served in Operation Desert Storm

It was perfect weather, and 60,983 voters, 73.78 percent, cast a ballot in the presidential election that also included races for some local offices. Harford also voted narrowly voted to uphold the state's gun ban, helping the measure to win statewide.