PA Bill Number: HB36
Title: In Office of State Inspector General, further providing for definitions and for powers, purpose and duties.
Description: In Office of State Inspector General, further providing for definitions and for powers, purpose and duties. ...
Last Action: Removed from table
Last Action Date: Feb 5, 2025
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Texas Tech police say the campus carry law makes Tech safer :: 08/03/2018
LUBBOCK, Texas - Campus carry has been law in Texas for two years now, and Texas Tech police say the law makes the university a safer place.
A Lot Of Teens Think Gun Control Will Stop Mass Shootings :: 08/02/2018
When it comes to school shootings, I understand completely why teens have a strong opinion on the matter. In their minds, at least, they’re the prime target of such killings. While school shootings aren’t the entirety of mass shootings in this country, it’s still understandable that teens have some concern. When we look at other high profile mass shootings, those happened in places teens go too. Church, concerts, movie theaters, malls, all places where you’ll find a teen contingent.
Democrats Go Crazy Over 3D Printed Guns :: 08/02/2018
The controversy Tuesday over 3D printable plastic guns was in some ways a perfect microcosm of the gun debate in America—a few points of concern requiring clarity and rational discussion, all overwhelmed by absurd allegations and idiotic rhetoric.
Gun-rights activists offer blueprints as 3D-printed weapons fight escalates :: 08/02/2018
Amid the row over the release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns, a coalition of gun rights activists has posted plans for 3D-printed weapons online, citing the First Amendment.
In The Culture War On Guns, Maybe It's Time To Fight Fire With Fire :: 08/02/2018
While the debate over gun laws rages in the halls of Capitol Hill, in statehouses throughout the nation, and on the digital battlefield known as social media, there’s another gun war taking place. This one is in American culture itself.
Poll Claims Dems Should Push Harder On Gun Control :: 08/02/2018
For some time, smart Democrats have been arguing that it’s not a good idea to come out in favor of gun control, especially in ordinarily pro-gun states. While the issue might be a winner in New York City, Boston, or Los Angeles, it’s not that great an idea in rural Oklahoma, Texas, or South Carolina.
Slate Defends 3D Printed Gun Files? Believe It Or Not :: 08/02/2018
When it comes to the controversy of 3D printed guns, there are a few places I expect to face opposition from. Moms Demand Action and the other anti-gun groups, for one, but others are the progressive media that tends to take a strong anti-gun stance.
3 Things People Don't Get About the Homemade Gun Making Story :: 08/01/2018
The government's decision to settle a lawsuit with Defense Distributed doesn't change anything significant. It's not Trump's fault. And the underlying case was as much about free speech as it was about guns.
Dems file at least 3 bills in Congress to block 3D printed guns :: 08/01/2018
A number of Senate Democrats to include Bill Nelson of Florida, Chuck Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut decry the availability of 3D printed gun plans at a press conference on Tuesday (Photo: Blumenthal’s office)
GOP senator blocks bill that would ban release of 3D gun blueprints :: 08/01/2018
A Republican senator on Tuesday blocked legislation that would ban blueprints of 3D printed guns from being posted online.
Who Says We Should Arm School Staff to Protect Our Children? :: 08/01/2018
Solid facts are rare in the ocean of opinion about arming teachers. Allowing armed defenders in school is a polarized issue with plenty of passion. The legacy news media feeds us lots of emotion but they have relatively little data and analysis. I asked the best sources I could find if school staff should be armed to protect our students. Their answer was clear.
Bozell & Graham Column: Hollywood Hypocrisy on Guns :: 07/31/2018
In the long hot summer of television, gun control hasn’t been a big issue in the news media, which is not acceptable to its rabid cousins in the world of entertainment. For them, guns are the root of all evil, so let the story be told!
Gun Owners Find It Hard To Be Reasonable :: 07/31/2018
I don’t expect much fair treatment from the media. As a gun owner and writer, I look at my colleagues in the mainstream media not so much as colleagues, but as the opposition. Typically, they’ll paint someone like me as anything but a decent human being, so it’s understandable why.
Here's The Libertarian Case For Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination :: 07/31/2018
While Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court has been warmly received on the Right, libertarians haven’t been uniformly thrilled. The night of the announcement, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) tweeted that it was a “[d]isappointing pick, particularly with respect to his #4thAmendment record,” also mentioning “government surveillance” as an area where Americans can’t afford a “rubber stamp.”
Parkland shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv emerges as conservative role model, Second Amendment champion :: 07/31/2018
Parkland tragedy survivor Kyle Kashuv has emerged as a role model for young conservatives across the country -- and it was never more evident than this week, when he helped plan the largest-ever high school conservative conference.
Washington Post reporter surprised to discover some guns more dangerous than others :: 07/31/2018
For the better part of the last six centuries, from the first matchlock to the latest machine gun, gunsmiths have been trying to perfect the lethality of firearms. Somehow this is still news to the Washington Post.
3D-Guns-Court Filings In Pennsylvania v. Defense Distributed - An Interesting Look Behind The Scenes. . . :: 07/30/2018
Earlier today, I blogged about the numerous news reports that an injunction had been sought against Defense Distributed, et al. and that Defense Distributed, et al. agreed to make “its sites unaccessible to Pennsylvania users,” however, at that time, there was no docket for the case. As a docket has now been generated with the filings, it is interesting to see what was actually filed in this matter, which is docketed as Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., v. Defense Distributed, et al., 2:18-cv-03208 and assigned to the Honorable Paul S. Diamond, a President George W. Bush nominee.
Defense Distributed Sues New Jersey, Los Angeles Over Legal Threats :: 07/30/2018
The authorities threatened the gun-making software and hardware company. Now the company is striking back, citing its First and Second Amendment rights.
Firearm-Related Homicides Surged During Obama's Last 2 Years in Office :: 07/30/2018
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that firearm-related homicides surged during Barack Obama’s last two years in office.
No mystery to Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh's gun views :: 07/30/2018
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence "has plagued all of us." Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.
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