Student brings loaded gun to school in Harford County
A student at Joppatowne High School was detained by police on Thursday after a search at school revealed he was carrying a concealed, loaded handgun.
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A student at Joppatowne High School was detained by police on Thursday after a search at school revealed he was carrying a concealed, loaded handgun.
Gun safety groups joined Maryland lawmakers for the annual Advocacy Day Rally in Annapolis.
Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency said.
Unserialized ghost guns will effectively be banned on Aug. 24, and retailers are scrambling to sell them.
The newly announced co-chairs of the coalition will serve two-year terms.
Anne Arundel County Executive, Steuart Pittman, declared June 4 as Gun Violence Safety Awareness Day for the county.
The study found that pediatricians and pediatric residents were less likely to ask their patients about gun storage safety than smoke alarm safety — indicating an overall hesitation in bringing up gun safety with their patients.
Steve and Cindi Thomas believe that their public indoor range is a needed, secure environment for the community to practice and learn about firearms.
Most US households with children do not safely store firearms in the way the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends: locked up and unloaded. If parents simply locked up all their guns, then up to a third of gun suicides and accidental deaths among children and teens could be avoided, researchers estimate in a new study.
The Democratic legislation would ban any magazine that exceeds 10 rounds of ammunition.
Fewer Americans are likely to own a gun now than 40 years ago, but those who do are more likely to own handguns over rifles or shotguns. As the proportion of those with handguns has increased, so has the number of children under the age of 5 who are dying from firearm injuries, according to a new study.
State Police say a southern Indiana man accidentally shot and killed his 6-year-old daughter while cleaning a handgun.
The Baltimore County Council is considering a local update to a state gun law.
A national survey conducted by researchers found over half of gun owners do not safely store all their guns.
Maryland Democrats will be announcing some gun-safety measures.
A student gun rights club at the University of Delaware has purchased nearly $500 worth of ammunition with money allocated by the school.
