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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Pennsylvania Republicans (Saccone) Push Bill to Make Gun Owners a 'Protected Class' :: 06/03/2017
Gun owners would be protected from discrimination by having their right to keep and bear arms firmly ensconced in the Pennsylvania Human Rights Act (PHRA).
Concealed-Carry Reciprocity & Federalism: A Problem for the States to Solve :: 06/02/2017
I took a number of steps before I started carrying a gun. I got training, I read books and articles by self-defense experts, I learned the laws of my state, I started going to the range regularly, and I did “dry fire” exercises at home to keep my shooting skills up.
Doctors can help provide gun safety resources for kids' sake :: 06/02/2017
Gun-related injuries hospitalize 20 children and adolescents daily, according to a review published in the June 2017 edition of Hospital Pediatrics, prompting some doctors to promote open communication between gun owners and medical practitioners.
England: Still Too Many Guns?! UK Gun Controllers Full-Steam Ahead :: 06/02/2017
In the U.S., sophisticated gun control advocates are careful to disguise their near-term aims as “common sense” reforms or “reasonable” gun safety measures. But what happens when all of these so-called “common sense” controls have been enacted? Will gun control advocates acknowledge their victory and permit the few remaining gun owners to live in peace? If recent experience in the United Kingdom is any indication, gun control advocates will not stop short of demanding total civilian disarmament.
Inside the Mind of America's Favorite Gun Researcher :: 06/02/2017
John Lott is a one-man pro-gun research machine whose work has been cited nearly 200 times by the National Rifle Association. The problem? Many of his peers have major misgivings about his methods.
New Bill Would Eliminate ATF's Ability to Ban Ammo Through Reclassification :: 06/02/2017
Representative Rob Bishop (R., Utah) introduced a bill last Wednesday that would prohibit the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from unilaterally reclassifying ammunition.
U.S. sending infantry into battle with 'inferior small arms,' says retired general :: 06/02/2017
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert H. Scales blames cumbersome acquisition protocols and bureaucracy writ large for failing to provide infantrymen with effective rifles.
Anti-Gunners: Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly start Ohio-based gun control group :: 06/01/2017
A former Arizona lawmaker and her astronaut husband behind Americans for Responsible Solutions this week founded the group’s eighth state-based franchise since 2015.
Group of Women From Across America to Lobby Congress on Gun Rights :: 06/01/2017
Fifty women from across the United States will gather in Washington, D.C., next month to lobby Congress in favor of gun rights.
More Americans Are Embracing Their Second Amendment Rights :: 06/01/2017
We are over 100 days into the Trump administration, and there have been record numbers of gun sales as citizens are empowered by new leadership to embrace their Second Amendment rights. In April alone, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the system gun retailers use to verify if a potential buyer can legally buy a gun, ran a whopping 2,045,564 background checks, showing there is renewed support for a strong Second Amendment after 8 years of anti-gun policies. And at the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) our membership numbers continue to rise because the right to self-defense is one of our most fundamental beliefs as Americans.
SECOND AMENDMENT PRIMER Part II :: 06/01/2017
It seems that a segment of the shooting population pines for the old times, and actually believes things were better way back when. Guns were in .30 cal and .45 ACP, the uniforms were pressed to a razor’s edge, and Mitsubishi was a thing only known for being shot out of the sky. Back when the ships were made of wood, and the men were made of iron. But the truth is, weapons evolve. And you either get with that evolution, or you go extinct. To borrow a quote from my favorite humor website Cracked.com, showing up to fight iron age enemies with bronze age weapons, you might as well have been carrying a breadstick. GUNS AMERICA
Supreme Court Overturns the 'Provocation Doctrine' :: 06/01/2017
In an 8-0 unanimous ruling the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the Ninth Circuit Court’s decision in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez. For a little background on the issue, Angel Mendez brought the suit in 2010 after two LA County sheriff’s deputies mistakenly entered the wrong house without a search warrant and encountered Mendez and a woman. The situation quickly escalated because Mendez had a BB gun, and police shot both individuals. Both survived, but Mendez lost a leg.
Pennsylvania Republican Doubles Down: Defends Bill to Outlaw Private Gun Sales :: 05/31/2017
On May 28, Breitbart News reported that Santora wants to ban the private sales that Americans have enjoyed since the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791. His vehicle for doing this is an expansion of background checks wherein private gun sales are equated with retail gun sales, thereby forcing a law-abiding co-worker to seek out an agent of the state, fill out paperwork, and get permission–i.e., submit to a background check–before buying a gun from a co-worker.
Physician gun group excoriates firearm law database :: 05/31/2017
A pro-gun group of physicians excoriated a newly-released database of state firearms laws as a “waste of time” in a blog published last week.
Expanded background check bill introduced in Pennsylvania House :: 05/30/2017
A bipartisan trio of lawmakers introduced a bill expanding background check requirements in the Pennsylvania state House earlier this month.
FBI restores NICS customer service line for retailers as background checks slow :: 05/30/2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation restored service to its customer service line earlier this month as the unprecedented surge in background checks from 2016 levels out.
House Republicans seek to limit ATF gun and ammo rule changes :: 05/30/2017
A group of over 30 lawmakers introduced a measure last week that would bar the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ ability to some restrict ammunition and guns via reclassification.
Without This Woman, American Might Not Have a Bill of Rights :: 05/30/2017
You didn’t log on to the internet or switch on cable television in 1788 Boston to obtain breaking news of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
Chicago Gang, Gun Sweep Includes CeaseFire 'Violence Interrupter' :: 05/29/2017
Federal prosecutors in Chicago announced Friday that a joint investigation by federal authorities and Chicago police has rounded up 45 alleged gang members including one man identified as a “violence interrupter” for the local CeaseFire gun control organization, who is charged with being a felon in illegal possession of a firearm.
Concealed Carry Soars 214 percent, Violent Crime Drops 21 percent :: 05/29/2017
In addition to being history’s greatest gun salesman, Barack Obama did the best job of convincing John Q. Public there really is a need for concealed carry. John Q. paid attention and turned out by the thousands. Also under Obama’s watch the last two concealed carry hold-out states – Wisconsin and Illinois – passed laws permitting residents to carry a concealed firearm.
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