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Baltimore narrowly passes mandatory minimums for illegal guns
by Chris EgerThe City Council on Monday gave approval to a watered-down measure originally designed to bring strict sentencing for some found with guns.
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Baltimore gives initial nod to proposed mandatory minimums for illegal guns
by Chris EgerThe City Council gave narrow preliminary approval to a proposed ordinance designed to bring strict sentencing for some found with guns.
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Baltimore council waters down proposed mandatory minimums for illegal guns
by Chris EgerAfter a public hearing that degenerated into arrests Tuesday, an amended draft ordinance designed to bring strict sentencing for some found with guns passed out of committee.
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Baltimore lawmakers divided over mandatory minimums for illegal guns
by Chris EgerMayor Catherine Pugh and about half the City Council are in favor of a strict one-year sentence for those found with guns, but the other half may be a harder sell.
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Baltimore to seek minimum 1 year sentencing for illegal handguns
by Chris EgerMayor Catherine Pugh and city leaders want to establish a mandatory minimum sentence for those found with handguns near Baltimore schools, parks, and other public buildings.
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Baltimore City Council considers ‘guns for bail’ resolution
by Andrew SheppersonThe Baltimore City Council is considering a resolution that would allow people who have been arrested to turn in their guns in exchange for bail.
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ATF brings ballistics van to Baltimore after murder rate surges
by Andrew SheppersonThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have brought their gun tracing van to Baltimore after a surge in the city's murder rate.
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6 Baltimore teens indicted for firearms thefts, carjackings
by Andrew SheppersonSix Baltimore teenagers were indicted on a slew of criminal charges relating to burglaries in 2015 in which the defendants allegedly tried to steal handguns, rifles and shotguns.
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Despite ban, Baltimore police recover more guns with high-capacity mags
by Andrew SheppersonBaltimore police confiscated more guns with high-capacity magazines in 2016 than any time during the last seven years, despite a four-year-old Maryland ban on the magazines' sale and manufacture.
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