Senate bill targets guns that can be converted to automatic weapons; gun-rights groups see more

Sen. Sara Love (D-Montgomery) says her bill to ban handguns that can be converted to machine guns will protect lives but will not affect responsible gun owners, but gun rights groups disagree.

By: William J. Ford

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 668

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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As a 14-year-old high school student, Laranjani English said her worries should include homework, sports and what she wants to be when she grows up. Not whether she’ll be shot on the way home.

But that’s the concern for the 10th-grader at Montgomery County’s Watkins Mill High School and her peers, she said in testimony Thursday to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.

“This is the reality that my generation is living,” Laranjani said. “Machine …

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