Maryland task force: Allow cops to seize guns

A Maryland task force on Wednesday urged state lawmakers to allow cops to seize weapons from anyone threatening violence and to provide police departments more money to train their officers to deal with the mentally ill.

The task force, set up to study access to firearms by the mentally ill, was put together long before the Connecticut school massacre last month that sparked a new national debate over gun control. But the findings will help lawmakers deal with the aftermath of that shooting when they return to Annapolis on Jan. 9.