O'Malley's gun bill heads into final vote unscathed

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to make Maryland one of the most restrictive states for gun ownership got the House’s preliminary approval on Tuesday with all of its major components intact, despite GOP attempts to gut the measure.

The Democratic majority shot down so many amendments that House Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell, R-St. Mary’s and Calvert counties, questioned whether they’d been given marching orders.