A gun safety education proposal relegated to the legislative version of life support earlier this week has been revived, meaning Maryland could soon become the first state to require schools to teach children in grades K-12 about firearms. Key lawmakers, the National Rifle Association and Marylanders Against Handgun Abuse say they support the latest version of the bill, and that they expect it to pass the full House and Senate before the General Assembly session... (GunPolicy.org)

When the warning came, the classroom doors were quickly locked and the lights turned out. Paper was taped over the door windows. And the kids hunkered down, on the floor, against the walls, out of sight. Within seconds, all that was left in the usually bustling halls of Montgomery Blair High School that day last month was an empty, foreboding silence, as if a killer was afoot. Then, through the quiet, came the sound of someone trying door handles. Down the corridors... (GunPolicy.org)