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PA Bill Number: HB2262

Title: In dates of elections and primaries and special elections, further providing for special elections for United States Senator and nominations and for ...

Description: In dates of elections and primaries and special elections, further providing for special elections for United States Senator and nominations and fo ...

Last Action: Referred to State Government

Last Action Date: Mar 5, 2026

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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.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/25/what-supreme-court-still-doesnt-understand-about-guns/?intcmp=obnetwork