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Ten times more people signed petitions on Balto. Co. zoning than the death penalty or gun control
The hotly debated issues of gun control and the death penalty attracted fewer than 18,500 signatures ("What was all the fuss about?" June 3), while the seemingly more mundane issues of Owings Mills traffic, preserving Baltimore County's diminishing...
Tags: Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Local Elections, Gun Control, Punishment, Interior Policy
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Newtown Families Returning to Washington
The Hartford CourantNewtown gun control advocates will travel to Washington this week to lobby lawmakers and to raise awareness for their cause as they approach the six-month anniversary of the school shootings. Family members of Daniel Barden, Lauren Rousseau, Jesse Lewis,...Tags: Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate
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State laws varied on gun, abortion laws
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns....
Tags: Abortion, Regional Authority, Georgetown, Judges, Interior Policy
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Art Callaham: Students share thoughts on freedom, gun control
I recently wrote a column about the U.S. Constitution, and 750 words is not enough to explore the nuances of this ageless document. In my marketing class at Hagerstown Community College/Grace Academy (it’s a dual credit class; students get both high...Tags: National Government, Health and Safety at School, China, Interior Policy, Religion and Belief
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Six months after Sandy Hook, gun control advocates continue to push for changes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to...
Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Joe Biden, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Trusting Big Brother in the prolonged war on terror
Every time I drive between Baltimore and Washington and come upon those big, spooky National Security Agency buildings in Fort Meade, I have cinematic thoughts about what goes on inside. I imagine the best and brightest of surveillance nerds spying on...Tags: FBI, National Security Agency, Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government
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Mental illness in America
Swift JusticePresident Obama recently spoke at a White House conference on mental health. Well, it's about time. Every time I hear about a mass shooting -- just like the one this past weekend in Santa Monica, Calif. -- I immediately brace for the news that the...Tags: Dyskinesia, Justice System, U.S. Congress, Judges, Interior Policy
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Democrats make major push to hold Massachusetts Senate seat
WASHINGTON — With two weeks before Massachusetts votes in another special election for U.S. Senate, national Democrats are making a major play to retain the seat as a new poll shows a competitive race. As part of the closing push, President...
Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Rudy Giuliani, Joe Biden, Deval Patrick, Interior Policy
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Column: Time to end imposed ignorance of guns
A revealing thing happened in the grief-filled days that followed the massacre of helpless children and their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Virtually every conversation about gun control, about any possible remedy for gun...Tags: U.S. Congress, Research, Safety of Citizens, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Frustrated by delays, some gun dealers skip background checks
When Scott Schulte stopped at Pasadena Pawn and Gun last week to pick up his fifth firearm of the year, the Maryland State Police still hadn't finished his background check. The store let him take the pistol anyway. "I figure I can use my discretion,"...
Tags: Justice System, Trials, Chestertown, Judges, Interior Policy
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Maryland's gun background check backlog
When government is given a job to do in seven days and it takes 10 weeks instead, anger and frustration is likely to be heard. Such is the case with the background checks for gun purchases. The Maryland State Police has a backlog, and gun dealers and...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Interior Policy, Apple iPhone, Baltimore County
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Double standard on Md. gun law
I was intrigued by your recent article about the Garrett County sheriff's refusal to enforce the state's new gun control law ("Sheriff won't enforce gun law," June 6). The really interesting part of the article was the quote from H. Scott Curtis,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Garrett County, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Politics
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