PA Bill Number: HB2447
Title: In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax.
Description: In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax. ...
Last Action: Referred to Finance
Last Action Date: Apr 23, 2026
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.
