Andy Brownfield

Updated: Thu, Apr 4, 2013

ANNAPOLIS - Maryland would become one of the most restrictive states in the nation for gun ownership under a bill on its way to an expected signature from Gov. Martin O'Malley. The Senate voted 28-19 Wednesday night to approve changes made by the House, ending the months-long fight over the...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

Differences still need to be worked out with Senate version ANNAPOLIS -- Gov. Martin O'Malley's sweeping gun control bill passed the House on Wednesday, but differences remain with a version the state Senate passed in February and must be ironed out before the final version can go to...

Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

White House officials are now openly conceding that President Obama's gun control package could die on Capitol Hill, a development analysts said would cast a pall over the president's second-term agenda and weaken his leverage with Republicans. The president's trek to Denver on Wednesday was...

Taylor Holland

Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

Prince William County has joined four neighboring localities in a revolt against the Washington Council of Governments after the organization threw its support behind controversial gun control proposals. COG officials voted in March to support the stance of the International Association of...

Brian Hughes

Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

The National Rifle Association on Tuesday called on every school in the country to arm their teachers and staff, the latest salvo by the powerful gun lobby to fend off new firearms restrictions already headed for the Senate floor. In the wake of the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill to make Maryland one of the most restrictive states for gun ownership got the House's preliminary approval on Tuesday with all of its major components intact, despite GOP attempts to gut the measure. The Democratic majority shot down so many amendments...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- Gov. Martin O'Malley is asking for $4.6 million in his supplemental budget to create a "Gun Center" that would help police implement new gun restrictions expected to pass the legislature as soon as Wednesday. The Gun Center would hire nine new state troopers and 20 office clerks...

Andy Brownfield

Updated: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- Gov. Martin O'Malley is asking for $4.6 million in his supplemental budget to create a "Gun Center" that would help police implement new gun restrictions expected to pass the legislature. The Gun Center would hire nine new state troopers and 20 office clerks to help implement...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- The state Senate's top Republican amended a bill to allow illegal immigrants to obtain Maryland driver's licenses to make sure those licenses couldn't be used to purchase firearms. Senate Minority Leader E.J. Pipkin, R-Eastern Shore, said his concern arose from the licenses being...

Susan Ferrechio

Updated: Fri, Mar 15, 2013

The audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference was on its feet cheering for Wayne LaPierre, the face of the National Rifle Association who has been almost universally vilified for refusing to back gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. LaPierre, who...