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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Anti-Gunners: Up Against NRA, Gun Control Advocates Still Voice Optimism :: 04/28/2017
Count on similar sentiments from other groups seeking tighter gun rules as the NRA enjoys a post-election payoff moment Friday when Trump becomes the first president to appear at an NRA convention since Ronald Reagan in 1983.
Arming Pennsylvania's Teachers: A Conversation Starter :: 04/28/2017
The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee has passed a measure allowing local school boards to decide if staff can carry concealed guns on school property. Those voluntarily carrying would be required to have a concealed carry permit and go through police-related firearms training.
Turning Their Back On The Supreme Court :: 04/28/2017
The 4th Circuit’s affirmation of Maryland’s gun ban is the latest lower-court decision intended to eviscerate Heller.
Gun Control Groups to 'Spend What It Takes' to Defeat National Reciprocity :: 04/27/2017
The legislation–put forth in the House by Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC-8)–would treat concealed carry permits like a driver’s license, making a permit from one state valid in the other 49. This would free law-abiding citizens from the burdensome patchwork of concealed carry laws that presently result in carry permits being valid in some states, but not in others.
Municipal gun ordinance preemption bills grab legislative spotlight :: 04/27/2017
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania House and Senate this week each passed similar, but different, bills that would allow membership organizations such as the National Rifle Association to sue municipalities on behalf of aggrieved members over gun ordinances that are already preempted by state law.
PA Senate advances preemption bill doomed for veto :: 04/27/2017
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a preemption measure Tuesday doomed for Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto pen.
US murders concentrated in 5 percent of counties :: 04/27/2017
The majority of murders in the U.S. occur in only a small percentage of counties across the country.
Bizarro World Second-Amendment Decisions :: 04/26/2017
In D.C. Comic’s fictional “Bizarro World,” all things are done opposite of here on Earth. According to the “Bizarro Code,” inhabitants of the cube-shaped planet “hate beauty,” “love ugliness” and consider it illegal to “make anything perfect.” Ironically, here on planet Earth, many liberals – and a disturbing number of judges – subscribe to a similar Bizarro Code when considering matters involving the Second Amendment. To these Earth-bound Bizarro Code adherents, it should be -- and in some cases is -- illegal to legally exercise the fundamental, constitutionally-guaranteed right to possess a firearm.
Firearms: Good or Evil? :: 04/26/2017
Of all the devices commonly used in modern society, firearms alone are subject to serious moral judgment. It’s not unusual to hear the terms “Good” and “Evil” applied to owning guns. I confess to being uncomfortable with this terminology. For one thing, in today’s world pronouncing absolutes, like explaining The Meaning of Life, is received suspiciously. Could it be that there are no absolutes? Are the post-modernists right? Is one’s position on gun control just narrative? Are all narratives created equal?
Guns confiscated and forced to flee during Hurricane Katrina :: 04/26/2017
Kajun’s Pub in New Orleans was built from scratch by JoAnn Guidos. It opened in 2004. A year later, Hurricane Katrina hit. Despite evacuation orders, JoAnn remained. She protected her pub from looters with a shotgun. That is until US Marshalls showed up with their M16s.
National Concealed-carry Reciprocity Gains Momentum and Opposition :: 04/26/2017
When House member Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) introduced his “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017” on the first day of the 115th Congress, he said “it will provide law-abiding citizens the right to conceal carry and travel freely between states without worrying about conflicting state codes or onerous civil suits.”
With Gorsuch on SCOTUS, NRA Launching 'Series' of Lawsuits Against CA Gun Control :: 04/26/2017
The NRA’s first move is a suit filed with the California Rifle and Pistol Association — a suit which seeks to have California’s “assault weapons” ban declared unconstitutional.
Anti-background check bill heads to Arizona governor's desk :: 04/25/2017
Arizona’s preemptive strike against universal background checks headed for the governor’s desk Monday.
ATF reverses decision on AR arm brace :: 04/25/2017
Federal regulators reversed a two-year-old decision prohibiting specific use of an arm brace for AR pistols after re-addressing the issue with the company that designed the original model.
Gun-Control Groups Want To Use "Intimate Partner Violence" To Disarm Who? :: 04/25/2017
Any rational person is likely to assume that a political movement that uses “women’s rights” as a cornerstone issue would be all about empowering women to use a tool that can make them the equal of any man. But instead of backing gun rights, Everytown for Gun Safety, with The New York Times as its megaphone, is spinning the very real issue to make it seem like the solution is to leave potential victims disarmed while telling potential bad guys they can’t legally own or carry a firearm.
In Defense of the Rights Guaranteed by the Second Amendment :: 04/25/2017
I don’t own a gun. Let me start by saying that upfront. Let me also say I fully support our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. There are those in our society today who are quick to jump at the chance to take away, or severely limit a law abiding citizens right to bear arms for the perceived protection of society.
More Gun-control Hypocrisy Out of Chicago :: 04/25/2017
When the Chicago Police Department (CPD) reported back in September that 22-year-old Simone Mousheh had been arrested and charged with four felonies for violating gun laws, it noted that Simone is not alone in her crimes: “The Firearms Investigations Team say she is not an uncommon example of a female with a valid FOID [Firearm Owners Identification] who sells guns for profit.”
Federal air marshal forgets service weapon in plane's bathroom :: 04/24/2017
A federal air marshal on a flight from England to New York left her service weapon in the plane’s bathroom where a passenger found it, according to reports.
France Has Very Strict Gun Laws, Except For Terrorists: Newt Gingrich :: 04/24/2017
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich criticized the policies in France that allowed a terrorist to attack and take the life of a policeman on Thursday.
How Pittsburgh's effort to limit illegal firearms turned into a years-long, escalating gunfight :: 04/24/2017
If Joe the Pittsburgher parks near Heinz Field, enjoys a Steelers victory over Baltimore and returns to find his car looted and his handgun stolen from his glovebox, he’s required to tell police.
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