In Maryland, a person must be 21 to possess a handgun, unless carrying one is required for employment. GREAT MILLS, Md.—A teenager with a handgun shot a girl inside his Maryland high school Tuesday before he was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer, a sheriff said. The school has about 1,600 students and is near the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, about 104 kilometres southeast of Washington. “Wringing our hands is not enough.”Sen. Ben Cardin also spoke to reporters near the high school, saying that at a minimum, universal background checks and a ban on assault-style weapons are needed. Heibel said the school increased its security nevertheless after social media posts about a possible school shooting “circulated quite extensively.”Also last month, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s office said it arrested two teenage boys for “Threats of Mass Violence” and a 39-year-old man on related charges after the teens made threats about a potential school shooting at Leonardtown High School, a high school about 10 miles from Great Mills.

Source: thestar March 20, 2018 13:17 UTC