PA Bill Number: HB912
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.
Description: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses. ...
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Last Action Date: Mar 13, 2025
SCOTUS Gets it Wrong on Guns :: 06/26/2014
In what's being hailed by many as a victory for gun-control advocates, the recent Supreme Court decision on "straw" purchases of guns has completely muddled the whole issue of background checks and "straw" purchases for potential gun owners.
The court ruled 5-4 that, as The Hill.com put it, "one legal gun owner may not acquire a firearm on behalf of another, a practice known as "straw" purchasing.
