PA Bill Number: HB568
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for gun violence task forces.
Description: In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for gun violence task forces. ...
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Last Action Date: Feb 12, 2025
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NBC Promotes Anti-Gun Special From New Comedy Central Host :: 06/07/2017
At the end of Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer brought on comedian and newly-named Comedy Central late-night host Jordan Klepper to promote his upcoming one-hour special on the cable channel. Based on Klepper’s work routinely mocking gun-owners as a Daily Show correspondent and the trailer for the satirical documentary, viewers can probably expect another typical left-wing screed against the Second Amendment.
North Carolina, Michigan press for vast expansion of gun rights :: 06/07/2017
The North Carolina and Michigan state legislatures are both set to take up bills aimed at loosening laws regulating gun owners, an intensifying trend across the country where Republicans control the vast majority of state governments.
Scientist Responds to Claim that John Lott is Responsible for Mass Murder :: 06/07/2017
Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- A writer at Pacific Standard, Peter Moskowitz, assigned a measure of responsibility for a few of the latest mass public shootings ( Orlando Pulse Jihadi attack, Columbine, Sandy Hook, Fort Hood Jihadi attack, Navy Yard shooting, Aurora Theater shooting, and Charleston Church shooting) to John Lott. Why?
ATF gun store theft warning system may be ineffectual :: 06/06/2017
Based on feedback from gun stores, an automated system implemented by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to warn nearby dealers of thefts from other area shops may be off to a rough start.
Fake News: Media Pushes An Anti-Gun Narrative With False Numbers :: 06/06/2017
“Do it for the children.” It’s one of the most heart-wrenching pleas of our time. After all, we all love our children and want to protect them.
Gabby Giffords' Gun Control Group Tries to Derail Permitless Carry Bill in North Carolina :: 06/06/2017
If North Carolina adopts permitless carry, it will be the 13th state to do so. The other 12 are Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, and West Virginia. Additionally, Arkansas and Montana recognize permitless carry in the vast majority of their states.
London Terror: When Guns Are Prohibited the Man With a Knife is King :: 06/06/2017
As the world the watched–outraged at the brutality of the attackers and emotionally devastated by the pain of the families who lost innocents–we also saw that attack survivors were forced to defend their lives by throwing bar stools and “pint glasses.”
New record: America arms itself, 'necessary steps to defend selves' :: 06/06/2017
The spurt in terror attacks, including the recent two in England, are pushing gun sales into record territory just months after predictions that the election of a pro-gun president would end the rush.
PA Senate strengthens training requirements in proposal to arm school employees :: 06/06/2017
The Pennsylvania Senate amended a proposal to arm school employees last month to strengthen training requirements outlined in the bill.
Sky News poll: Most British people think police should be armed :: 06/06/2017
A new poll conducted by Sky News has found that most British citizens think police should routinely carry firearms while on duty.
Trump Sarcasm about Guns after London Terror Was Spot-on :: 06/06/2017
President Trump’s sarcasm about the gun debate after the London terror attack is being panned. But does he have a point? (Dave Workman)
Bipartisan bill would require universal background checks for Pennsylvania gun sales :: 06/05/2017
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have put forth legislation that would tighten Pennsylvania's gun laws.
Garen Wintemute, MD Creates Victims. :: 06/05/2017
Nothing says “It’s summer in California!” these days like dumping five million dollars from already strained coffers into the piggy bank of a notorious anti-rights propagandist. And nothing celebrates that occasion better than a hagiographic fluff piece about the man for whose pet project that money has been ripped from the pockets of California gun-owning tax payers.
Oath-Breaking FOP Leadership Widens 'Us vs. Them' Divide with Opposition to Ohio Gun Bills :: 06/05/2017
“Representatives Ron Hood (R-78) and Tom Brinkman (R-27) have introduced House Bill 201, a bill which seeks to have Ohio join the growing number of states which allow ‘constitutional’ carry, or lawful carry of a concealed firearm without a license,” Buckeye Firearms Association announced. “Similar bills have been proposed in Ohio in every General Assembly for more than a decade.”
Scott Walker (Gov.) shies away from Wisconsin permitless carry legislation :: 06/05/2017
Gun control groups welcomed news that Wisconsin’s avowedly pro-Second Amendment governor may be unreceptive to a constitutional carry bill.
Second Amendment rights :: 06/05/2017
Q. Does the Bible have anything to say about our Second Amendment rights, which we’re hearing so much about in the current political climate? Christine Stawarz, Prince George, Va.
Shannon Watts to Women: Run for Congress, Institute Gun Control :: 06/05/2017
Watts is the founder of Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action. According to Vogue, Watts introduced her gun control advocacy by pointing to the days immediately after Sandy Hook, saying, “I had been through so many mass shootings as an American.” She listed the 1991 shooting at Luby’s in Killeen, Texas, as the first of those which she has been through, and from there Watts listed, “Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Gabby Giffords,” and finally, Sandy Hook.
Texas gun group wants governor to revisit constitutional carry :: 06/05/2017
With two bills pushing permitless carry left on the table in the Texas House this session, Second Amendment advocates want Gov. Greg Abbott to step in and call lawmakers back.
Militia Clause In The 2nd Amendment :: 06/03/2017
New York, NY -(Ammoland.com)- Those lower federal district courts and higher federal circuit courts of appeal that seek to disarm Americans, do so in clear denigration of the core of the second amendment and in clear defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision and reasoning in Heller.
Obama Drinks from Orange Cup to Support Gun Control Campaign :: 06/03/2017
Never one to miss out on the opportunity to push a curtailment of Second Amendment rights, Barack Obama took to Twitter to show his solidarity with the gun control cause. He held an orange coffee cup and tweeted, “On this National Gun Violence Awareness Day, let your voice be heard and show your commitment to reducing gun violence.”
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