Wins and losses for Maryland gun safety

On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and proceeded to shoot and kill 26 people, including 20 first-graders, before killing himself. His weapon was an AR-15-style assault rifle with ten magazines containing 30 rounds each. A lot of Americans were rightfully outraged that this powerful military weapon, designed to spray bullets on the battlefield, could be readily available to someone so ill-suited to wield its destructive power.