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Report validates Baltimore prosecutor’s decision to cut ties with mayor’s safety office
An independent review lends credibility to Ivan Bates’s decision to cut ties with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s public safety office.
MD Supreme Court hears case on Montgomery County ‘ghost gun’ ban near schools
The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments about whether state law preempts a Montgomery County law banning “ghost guns” near schools.
Jury awards Baltimore $62 million in lawsuit over ‘ghost guns’
A Baltimore City jury on Wednesday night ordered an Anne Arundel County-based gun retailer to pay $62 million in damages for allowing the spread of untraceable “ghost guns” throughout the city.
Maryland lawmakers weigh establishing $10M gun violence prevention center
A Maryland House panel heard testimony Wednesday about a proposed gun violence prevention center that would be based out of the state's Department of Health.
Moore: Special session isn’t needed to address gun violence
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday that he does not intend to convene a special legislative session to address gun violence, which Republican lawmakers have called for in the wake […]
Mental health and gun violence
As a lawyer with a physical disability who also has experienced depression, I’m disappointed at the tenor of how our society discusses a disease of millions of Americans – mental […]
Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate.
After 19 children, 2 teachers die in Texas school shooting, Biden says ‘we have to act’
An anguished and angry President Joe Biden delivered an urgent call for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman shot and killed at least 19 children at a Texas elementary school.
White House convenes mayors of Baltimore, other cities to discuss strategies on crime
The Biden administration convened the first meeting of a group of mayors and officials that will work with the federal government to reduce gun violence.
Hogan calls for mandatory minimums for repeat offenders
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday called on Maryland legislators to enact mandatory minimum sentences on repeat violent offenders as part of an effort to reduce the more than […]
Hogan says he’d make congressional districts more contiguous
While Gov. Larry Hogan says a second term would look a lot like his first, he also says Maryland voters can expect to see some significant changes — notably in how the state's congressional map is drawn.
Police chiefs plot new strategies against gun violence and mass shootings
Even as it is beset by gun violence, Chicago likes to claim it has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
