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- Jonah Goldberg writes that in defending its response to Benghazi, the White House is undermining the case for Obama's presidency.
- At best, Ben Carson's remarks showed a breathtaking lack of understanding, and at worst, bigotry. When opponents of gay marriage mention pedophilia and bestiality in the same sentence as homosexuality, they know exactly what they are doing: they are illegitimizing and belittling homosexual love as being as perverted and deviant as the other practices.
- More guns in Bostonians' hands would not have prevented the Marathon week events — and might have made things worse
- Despite Beretta's threats that the company would leave Maryland if new gun laws were passed and signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Beretta USA has no current plans to abandon its headquarters in Prince George's County.
- New advertisements intended to praise Maryland's new gun law and protect lawmakers who voted for it are set to air this week.
- By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning.
- Bloomberg's contributions to Hopkins have not compromised gun research
- Maryland should enact stiff mandatory sentences for those with illegal guns.
- President Barack Obama will visit Baltimore on Friday looking to draw attention back to his jobs agenda as he juggles a growing number of political scandals that have threatened to complicate his second term.
- Why do President Obama and Gov. O'Malley have to keep making major changes to our laws?
- Carroll County residents can expect to see the county's proposed "rain tax" structure within the next month-and-a-half, but Del. Justin Ready urged residents to support their local officials as they fight the new fee and regulations from the Firearm Safety Act signed into law Thursday.
- The Board of Carroll County Commissioners will host a public forum Wednesday to discuss and possibly vote on a resolution opposing the state's recently passed Firearm Safety Act of 2013.
- The Harford County Council passed a resolution criticizing the state's new gun safety bill by a vote of 6 to 1.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a gun-control bill Thursday that is among the most sweeping legislative responses to the December mass shooting in Newton, Conn.
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- A tale of two Marylanders: One stays and prospers, the other cuts and runs.
- During the recent gun rights rally in Bel Air that was sponsored by the Harford County Republican Central Committee, one likely candidate for sheriff next year uttered the ultimate sound bite.
- In the meanwhile, if you have a cheap gun, do yourself and the rest of us a favor this weekend and turn it in so some good comes of the latest incarnation of the gun debate. If you want to exercise your Second Amendment rights, do so with a quality weapon.
- Elected officials who blocked gun violence measures will be remembered at the ballot box
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- If President Obama's handling of the FAA furlough issue is a sign of things to come, he is going to have a particularly ineffective second term.
- One day after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, death penalty supporters said Friday they will launch a petition drive to give voters the opportunity to overturn the new law.
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- With possibly tens of thousands of people coming to Havre de Grace for this weekend's War of 1812 Commemoration Weekend, local emergency officials – working in concert with their county, state and federal counterparts – have stepped up their security measures for the three-day event.
- Jules Witcover writes that like Bill Clinton long ago, President Obama is called upon to demonstrate his relevance.
- Maryland House Republicans elected a new minority leader, but they aren't going to make much progress if their strategy is to find a new messenger for the same message.
- Party's failure to seize opportunities leads longtime Republican activist to drop out after 25 years
- At least 60 people came out to downtown Bel Air Saturday afternoon to take part in the Harford County Republican Central Committee's Second Amendment Rally, and meet many of the legislators who tried to defeat the state's new gun control laws.
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- 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.
