Maryland's 2013 sweeping gun control laws: Have they worked?

WASHINGTON (WJLA) -- Similar to the recent shooting at a community college in Oregon, the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, gripped the nation and sparked a heated debate about gun control. Soon after, Maryland passed sweeping new laws, which - in part - banned certain assault rifles, limited magazine capacity and required licenses and fingerprinting for handgun sales. It also barred people who have been involuntarily committed to mental health institutions from possessing firearms.

Two years later, did it work?

The I-Team analyzed the numbers. According to FBI statistics, gun murders in 2014, the year after the new laws, dropped 22 percent. Though, that follows an overall 19 percent drop in Maryland murders. In that same time frame, Virginia's murders went up. DC stayed about the same.

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