Baltimore Wants Your Guns: Patch PM

Share-worthy stories from the Maryland Patch network to talk about tonight:

Gun Buyback Program In Baltimore Offers Cash For Legal, Illegal Weapons

"I sort of equate guns in households to the current opioid crisis," the interim police commissioner said. "If you don't have those guns in your house, they can't be used."

Capital Gazette Staff On Time's Person Of The Year Cover

Time magazine featured a Maryland newspaper staff as part of its "Person of the Year."

Mysterious Polio-Like Illness In Maryland, 35 Other States

The illness continues to baffle public health officials.

$6.7M Embezzlement From Montgomery County Probed

The county's inspector general released a report recommending changes following the scandal.

Also Worth A Look Today

• Critically Missing Man Disappears From Franklin Square Hospital
• Restaurants Open For Christmas Dinner 2018 In Annapolis Area
• Car Into Water In Havre de Grace Sends 2 To Hospital: Officials
• Vigil At Towson University Planned For Hit-And-Run Crash Victim
• Day By Day Store Opens At Mall In Columbia
• Former Doctor Accused Of Fraud Agrees To Pay $400K Settlement
• Luxury Bus Service To NYC Adds Two Baltimore County Stops
• Man Shot Inside Apartment In District Heights: Police
• Warrior Tree Returns To Havre de Grace High School
• Teen Dies In Stolen Car Crash In Reisterstown: Police
• Light Show Is Family Tradition That Started As A Challenge
• Child Pornographer From Kingsville Sentenced To 27 Years
• Teen Shot In Glen Burnie While Sitting In Parked Vehicle: Police
• One Dead In 4-Vehicle Crash On Moravia Road: Baltimore Police

Across America

• LA Deputy Charged In Fatal On-Duty Shooting
• Trump Considering Chris Christie For Chief Of Staff
• Delta Changes Support Animal Rules After Pooping, Biting Issues

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