Andrea Chamblee on Md. gun legislation & death of her husband John MacNamara

Andrea Chamblee is the widow of sportswriter John McNamara, who was one of the five Capital Gazette staff members murdered on June 28, 2018, in an attack on the Annapolis Capital Gazette newsroom.Chamblee testified before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings committee on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in support of legislation that would close the gun show loophole and document other points of sale.She joined A Miner Detail Podcast for a brief interview prior to her afternoon testimony. 

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Ryan Miner
Ryan R. Miner, MBA is the founder, editor in chief, and senior reporter of A Miner Detail, the Maryland investigative journalism publication he launched in April 2015. He hosts the A Miner Detail Podcast, distributed across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and seven other platforms. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Miner holds a B.A. in political science from Duquesne University (2008) and an MBA from Mount St. Mary's University (2020). He teaches at Frederick Community College. He is also the founder of Sentinel Silver, LLC, Maryland's first older adult technology institute, and the publisher of The Senior Soup, a Maryland senior advocacy platform. His longer story is at ryanrminer.com. Reach him at Ryan@AMinerDetail.com or (240) 244-7075.