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Criticism mounted Thursday over the gift of a National Rifle Association lifetime membership from Anne Arundel County Republicans to a boy who was suspended from school in March when he chewed a pastry into the shape of a pistol.

The 8-year-old Anne Arundel County boy who was suspended for biting a pastry in to the shape of a gun received standing ovation and a lifetime membership to the National Rifle Association Wednesday night.

Former Marine marksman Adam Benson is among the "Top Shot" All-Stars brought back for the fifth season of the show on History Channel.

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.

NRA has blocked background checks, stirred people into a panic mode, all in the name of selling more guns

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.

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.

Advocates work to protect politicians who voted for the plan

Elected officials who blocked gun violence measures will be remembered at the ballot box

Attorney general calls gun bill constitutional

When NRA leadership touts Boston as made helpless and terrified by bombings (with the only remedy buying more guns), one has to question whose side they are on

When little kids are shooting little kids, it's time to set some limits on guns

Dissident gun activist moves forward on vote

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

A minority view on guns

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.

A Montgomery County woman this week filed paperwork with the Board of Elections to petition the controversial new gun-control bill to referendum. She said she bought a web domain, lined up a web designer to create a digital system for distributing petitions and is now looking for someone to take over the operation, which she calls Free State Petitions.

Our government must serve the people, not special interests groups.

Jules Witcover writes that the bombing story exposed the chaos unleashed by the clash of old and new media.