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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School Admits Superintendent Lied - Parkland Shooter Was Given Pass On Crimes :: 05/11/2018
Parkland, FL – Despite Broward school officials and the Broward Sheriff’s Office's claims that the Parkland school shooter wasn't part of their diversion program, a local news station is reporting that they lied.
Another Case for Taking the Second Amendment Seriously :: 05/10/2018
Over a decade ago, Rickey Kanter’s company, Dr. Comfort, shipped diabetic shoe inserts to a podiatrist in Florida. Dr. Comfort sold the inserts as being Medicare-approved, but they were not. Because of these events, Kanter, to this day, cannot legally own a gun.
FBI: Eight active shooters thwarted by citizens in 2016, 2017 :: 05/10/2018
Citizens, both armed and unarmed, successfully intervened in eight active shooter incidents over the last two years, according to a new report from the FBI.
How The Supreme Court Already Repealed The Second Amendment :: 05/10/2018
In March, retired Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens called for repealing the Second Amendment, implicitly admitting that it does what, in his dissent in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), he pretended it does not: prohibit laws infringing the right to keep and bear arms.
Media portrayal of gun ownership is inaccurate and biased :: 05/10/2018
The media’s pro-gun control bias doesn’t just distort news coverage. TV networks have used their primetime entertainment shows to portray gun rights advocates as dishonest, extremist and unconcerned about the loss of innocent lives. At the same time, advocates of gun control are portrayed as caring, upstanding and responsible citizens.
The battle of ideas turns coercive :: 05/10/2018
A couple of months ago, Marriott fired Roy Jones, a 49-year-old social-media manager. His offense? He liked a tweet praising Marriott for listing Tibet as a country, rather than as a part of China. The Chinese government objected, and soon Jones was gone. (Marriott said its own listing of Tibet as a country was a mistake, but its mistake was not enough to save Jones’ job. Neither was the fact that Twitter is banned in China, so most citizens can’t access it.)
City of Dallas passes controversial resolution aimed at protecting gun rights :: 05/09/2018
The city of Dallas passed a “Second Amendment Resolution” to a round of applause at its council meeting Monday night.
It's Wasteful to Prosecute Criminals for Gun Crimes (According to NYT) :: 05/09/2018
Seeking to inflate the problem of gun violence as a major political issue rather than recognize the wisdom in enforcing existing laws, The New York Times ran an article questioning the effectiveness of increased prosecutions of “low-level” criminals who illegally purchase or possess firearms — an effort spearheaded by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
More gun makers break ties with Dick's Sporting Goods :: 05/09/2018
Ohio-based MKS, whose products include Hi-Point Firearms and Inland M1911s, have announced they won’t sell to Dick’s and their affiliates on Second Amendment grounds.
Outspoken Gun Control Advocate Came to These Ridiculous Conclusions About Gun Owners :: 05/09/2018
Everytown for Gun Safety president John Feinblatt penned an Op-Ed in The Daily News detailing how (he believes) the National Rifle Association (NRA) is on a losing streak. Feinblatt comes to a number of conclusions that he attempts to present as facts, but really, they're nothing shy of hopes and dreams.
Colorado Senate rejects gun seizure bill over due process concerns :: 05/08/2018
A Republican-controlled state Senate panel this week torpedoed a so-called “red flag” bill that they argued did not square with the Second Amendment.
Did Parkland Shooter Get A Pass Due To A Disability? :: 05/08/2018
While Second Amendment advocates continue to battle with gun control activists in the wake of Parkland, we’re still finding failure after failure after failure that contributed more to the massacre than any lack of gun laws ever could. In addition to the failures by both the FBI and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, there are the numerous failures by the administration at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Electronic Health Records Threaten the Second Amendment - Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership :: 05/08/2018
We dodged the bullet. It is now 2018 and we have seen a year of Second Amendment support from the President that would not have been the case if his opponent had won the election.
More Proof The Left Really Does Want To Abolish Legal Gun Ownership :: 05/08/2018
Supporters of increased gun control claim they want “common sense gun laws.” Yet, the left’s goal is and always has been the abolition of legal gun ownership by civilians.
Why Science and Experience Command That You Buy an 'Assault Rifle' :: 05/08/2018
It must be nice walking through life believing that the paradise the founders built here in North America is the natural state of man, and that we can therefore forgo the difficult and dangerous tasks associated with defending it. But some of us don’t have the luxury of illusions. We know that peace and civilization are not the natural state of man, and that the black swan events that we have somehow convinced ourselves could never happen do happen with startling regularity. And this is why you should buy guns and ammunition.
Cornyn talks Fix NICS at NRAAM 2018 :: 05/07/2018
The Republican senator from Texas fielded questions from reporters at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting last week about his role in shoring up the gun background check system.
Illinois counties form 'sanctuaries' for gun owners to thwart state's push for gun control :: 05/07/2018
Multiple rural Illinois counties have passed resolutions establishing a so-called “sanctuary” for gun owners in a bid to thwart the state legislature’s efforts to enact stricter gun control.
PA GOP congressional candidate [Guy Reschenthaler] did fundraisers, hosted radio show with disgraced Trump official who made racist remarks :: 05/07/2018
(CNN)A Republican congressional candidate in Pennsylvania is trying to distance himself from his friend and former radio co-host Carl Higbie, who resigned from the Trump administration earlier this year after CNN's KFile uncovered anti-gay, anti-Muslim, racist and sexist remarks he made on his radio program.
San Quentin Inmates Undermine Gun Control Arguments :: 05/07/2018
Gun control is always sold to the American public as a necessary step to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people. Time and time again, we’re told that we need to give up our right to free access to arms because someone else is breaking the law with a firearm. We’ve permitted laws that keep convicted felons from owning guns. We’ve put up with mandatory background checks when we buy guns from stores. We’ve put up with all of it.
Sponsor of national reciprocity bill gives update on efforts to move proposal :: 05/07/2018
North Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson on Friday spoke about his plan to sidestep the patchwork of concealed carry reciprocity laws and agreements between states.
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