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Van Hollen Testifies on College Gun Ban in Maryland

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A Maryland Senate committee will be holding a hearing on gun-control measures.
    
U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen is scheduled to testify Wednesday in favor of a bill to ban guns on college campuses.
    
Van Hollen, a Democrat, also supports a bill to prevent people on the FBI Terrorist Watchlist from buying firearms.
    
He also supports a measure requiring judges to inform people found guilty of domestic violence to turn in their firearms to law enforcement or an authorized gun dealer.
    
The measures are priorities this session for Democratic leadership, which controls the Maryland General Assembly.
    
Gun-control bills are being heard in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.

Van Hollen is a candidate to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Barbara Mikulski's retirement. 

Polls show a tight race between Van Hollen and Rep. Donna Edwards in the Democratic primary.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.