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Jules Witcover: It's not enough for the president to muse about the society searching itself. While he still has more than a year as the national leader, he needs to stir himself to much firmer actions to bring about a much more nationwide response to this continuing gun violence. - A grass-roots campaign aims to force gun manufacturers to step up on public safety.
- What will it take for Congress to recognize the real threats we face from America's profusion of guns?
- Another mass shooting hits in San Bernardino, and we immediately start trying to explain it away so that we can do nothing until the next one comes.
- When politicians make a point of proudly supporting the NRA, they stand in opposition to the wishes of the majority of the nation's electorate. More importantly, they stand in the way of taking action to stop the bleeding on the streets and in shopping centers, movies, schools and homes.
- American politicians more concerned with foreign terror than the home-grown variety
- Next week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will meet in Baltimore to update its "quadrennial statement on political responsibility, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship." The bishops must urge the faithful to support candidates who stand up to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and advance the cause of gun control.
- William N. "Bill" Welch, a retired Maryland State Police official who met his future wife at an I-95 toll booth, died Oct. 31 of cancer at his bel Air home. He was 76.
- Wrong to assume National Shooting Sports Foundation 'competes' with National Rifle Association
- Can a new organization compete with the NRA? It would need a great business plan.
- Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley urged party faithful in Iowa on Saturday to support a "new consensus for change" on gun control as he promoted his record in Maryland in an effort to draw distinctions with his better-known opponents.
- Rep. Chris Van Hollen is airing the second television ad of his campaign for Senate in Maryland, a spot that focuses on his own record while preemptively pushing back on criticism from his opponent.
- Cal Thomas: Members of cults, and the Democrats, will not entertain facts contrary to their beliefs.
- Here's what national publications have to say about Martin O'Malley's performance in Tuesday's Democratic Debate.
- Martin O'Malley Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Democratic debate CNN
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- Who's to blame for the lack of gun control, the NRA or people who don't vote?
- Pro-gun politicians want to improve access to mental health care: It's a hollow excuse but let's take them up on it
- No matter how you look at the numbers, the facts point to the inescapable conclusion that guns kill people.
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- President Obama's weariness in condemning the latest mass shooting reflects how common such incidents have become and how predictable are our responses.
- Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh and other officials on Wednesday urged more states to adopt strict handgun purchasing laws, pointing to Johns Hopkins research that shows permit requirements are associated with reductions in gun deaths.
- If Sandy Hook didn't change gun laws, the murder of two reporters on live TV won't either, Leonard Pitts writes.
- Parents of slain journalist take up a sensible cause with strong public support — yet face a daunting challenge
- Jules Witcover: Guns are a peculiarly American dilemma, and too often a nightmare, whether in the hands of supposedly well-trained law-enforcement agents in Cincinnati or an innocent 7-year-old in Washington.
- Prosecute those in government who fail to follow gun control law and help put firearms in the hands of criminals and the mentally deranged
- If even a Republican presidential candidate with an A-plus rating from the NRA can see that stricter gun laws are needed, there is a chance the U.S. could close its deadly loopholes.
- The debate over federal gun control has emerged as an unexpected issue in Maryland's feisty Senate contest, with the two declared Democratic candidates working to demonstrate their commitment on a touchstone subject that has long been stalled in Washington.
- We need more than talk. We need more than another moment of silence. We need a real, sustained commitment to getting handguns and assault weapons off of our streets. Here's how we do it.
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- What happened in Charleston cries out for the president to decisively confront racial hatred and gun mayhem.
- And so it happens again: another gun-related atrocity in America, this time in Charleston. But after the events of Columbine, Aurora, Newtown and West Baltimore, and Chicago, and town after city after town, are we really shocked? The American way of allowing virtually free access to guns is utter lunacy.
- What about that 'well regulated militia' part of the 2nd Amendment?
- Promising to "rebuild the heart of America's cities," former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley used an appearance at a meeting of the nation's mayors on Sunday to call for a federal assault weapons ban and stricter regulations on gun purchases.
- Drug war, NRA and poverty conspire to drive up murder rate in Baltimore
- WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the Montgomery County lawmaker who is running for the Senate, introduced legislation Thursday to encourage states to stiffen handgun licensing requirements — an effort he said would reduce homicides.
- A new study of Connecticut¿s handgun licensing law offers some hope to a violence-ravaged Baltimore.
- U.S. has succumb to irrational fears of an armed criminal around every corner
- How do you keep guns from the delusional when they're the ones running the NRA?
- Don't blame 'gun enablers' when the failure to enforce existing laws is the real problem
- Who sold the weapon a felon used to commit a crime? We need to be able to answer that question
- Atheists tend to score highest on tests of compassion and empathy.
- In the case of the handgun qualifying license and the other training requirements in FSA 2013, however, I am a big proponent.
