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. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Feb 12, 2025
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South Dakota sends Constitutional Carry bill to Governor :: 03/10/2017
State lawmakers have forwarded a permitless carry measure endorsed by South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs to Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who has promised a veto.
The Second Amendment and 'weapons of war' :: 03/10/2017
“Put simply,” writes Judge Robert King of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, “we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war.”
Utah: Senate OKs Bill Lowering Age for Concealed Weapons :: 03/10/2017
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's Senate has backed a proposal allowing 18 to 20 year-olds to carry concealed weapons, despite concern from one lawmaker that it could result in more suicides.
What the Experts say about Self-Defense and Gun-Free Zones :: 03/10/2017
When it comes to safety, we can’t know everything ourselves. We also consider the opinions and arguments of experts. These experts collect the wisdom of others, the distilled experience from thousands of lives. That said, we don’t have to be uncritical. We can try to distinguish solid expertise from purchased advocacy. I’ve read what the experts say about self-defense and gun free zones. Here is a short summary of what I’ve learned. You can weigh the issues for yourself.
House Republicans push to restore gun rights to Veterans :: 03/09/2017
Lawmakers have proposed a bill that would reverse the Department of Veterans Affairs’ practice of reporting veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check system.
Kimberly Corban, rape survivor and 2nd Amendment advocate, is taking her story to college campuses :: 03/09/2017
On May 12, 2006, a man silently broke into 20-year-old Kimberly Corban’s home through a window. Creeping his way into her room where she slept, he placed a black shirt over her face, and proceeded to carry out the gruesome crime he had been planning for some time.
Opinion: The right call - repealing Social Security gun rule :: 03/09/2017
What do you call a regulation that summarily deprives law-abiding Americans of their Second Amendment rights without any evidence that they pose a danger to others?
Pennsylvania lawmaker reintroduces gun pre-emption bill :: 03/09/2017
A Pennsylvania lawmaker reintroduced a bill last week designed to prevent the Commonwealth’s 2,500 municipalities from enacting gun ordinances more restrictive than state law.
Sessions pushes for better prosecution of most violent offenders :: 03/09/2017
Federal prosecutors across the country were asked Wednesday by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to engage in greater efforts focused on investigating, prosecuting, and deterring the country’s most violent offenders.
Constitutional Carry: Constitutional Carry Passes Committee in AL & SD :: 03/08/2017
The South Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee passed the current “permitless” or Constitutional carry bill, HB 1072 on March 1, 2017. The next stop for the bill is in the full Senate. The bill has already passed the House of Representatives on February 23. From volanteonline.com:
Dems want Undetectable Firearms Act updated to curb 3D printed guns :: 03/08/2017
Senate Democrats on Monday introduced a bill that would mandate all 3D printed guns have at least one primary component made from metal.
Guns are an easy target, but the real crime of despair and neglect is harder to fix :: 03/08/2017
In the search for causes of gun violence in the District, you can’t go wrong by blaming the gun.
Another Bloomberg Mayor against Guns Arrested (Again) :: 03/07/2017
USA –(Ammoland.com)- Adding to a long list of mayors supporting Michael Bloomberg’s citizen disarmament agenda who have been arrested for criminal activities, former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva was taken into custody at San Francisco International Airport Sunday, KCRA News and other outlets are reporting.
John Lott: Guns Only For The Rich In Connecticut :: 03/07/2017
Why do Democrats, self-proclaimed champions of the poor, make it so difficult for poor people to defend themselves? Democrats oppose even free voter IDs as imposing too much of a burden on the poor, but when it comes to guns, they don't hesitate to impose fees, expensive training requirements and onerous background checks. These are precisely the things that can put guns out of reach for poor people.
The Beltway Conspiracy to Break Trump :: 03/07/2017
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- At Mar-a-Lago this weekend President Donald Trump was filled “with fury” says The Washington Post, “mad — steaming, raging, mad.”
ATF slow to investigate gun traffickers despite mounting evidence, report finds :: 03/06/2017
A report released last week found miscommunication and a lack of urgency within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed the guns used to murder a federal agent in 2011 across the Mexican border four months before the crime occurred.
Gangs reap guns from trains in Chicago neighborhoods :: 03/06/2017
CHICAGO — When street-gang thieves slipped with ease into a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Chicago’s South Side and ripped locks off one train, they likely expected to see merchandise like toys or tennis shoes.
Gun bills restricting local ordinances in General Assembly again :: 03/06/2017
Two bills that critics have said could land local governments in court defending gun control measures are being reintroduced in the 2017 state General Assembly.
Cornyn Introduces the "Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017" in the Senate :: 03/04/2017
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on Wednesday introduced his version of interstate carry legislation, titled the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.” Cornyn’s bill follows an earlier release in the House by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) of the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.”
Czechs debate gun rights amendment to ensure EU can't tighten rules :: 03/04/2017
Czech lawmakers are weighing a proposal to amend their constitution to guarantee citizens the right to keep and bear arms, according to EURACTIV.
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