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Posted: December 02, 2010

Baltimore, MD. (December 02, 2010) Firepower still proliferates on city streets It's the signature program for Baltimore police — curtail violence by getting guns off city streets. The department's public Twitter feed is replete with gun arrests — "traffic stop leads to 1 arrest and recovery of a .40 cal handgun" — reads one note f...

Posted: December 02, 2010

Baltimore, MD. (December 02, 2010) Our view: When will lawmakers finally shut the revolving door for gun offenders? A story over the weekend by The Sun's Justin Fenton had an all-too-familiar ring to it: Police spot a man on a busy downtown street walking in a manner suggesting he may be carrying a concealed weapon. When a patrolman...

Posted: November 15, 2010

Baltimore, MD. (November 15, 2010) Our view: Criminals with illegal guns aren't just a problem for Baltimore City Here's a sobering statistic: Nearly half the people arrested and convicted in Baltimore City for violent crimes such as murder and armed robbery had previous convictions for handgun offenses. Yet the sentences they recei...