PA Bill Number: SB262
Title: In actions, proceedings and other matters generally, providing for extreme risk protection orders.
Description: In actions, proceedings and other matters generally, providing for extreme risk protection orders. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Feb 20, 2025
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PA: Under the Gun: Advocacy group aims to train blacks :: 10/27/2016
The corner of 16th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue is a busy one on a early fall Monday as Temple students crowd the area, some out for a quick jog around campus, some biking toward Center City, a true cornucopia of color and race showcasing a collective display of young promise.
Support For Assault Weapons Ban Hits Record Low :: 10/27/2016
A new poll from Gallup shows that support for the so-called assault weapons ban just hit a record low of 36 percent.
Why gun rights advocates don't trust Clinton on the second amendment :: 10/27/2016
Throughout her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has said that she supports the second amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners.
17 Gun control groups announce endorsement of Clinton for President :: 10/26/2016
With Election Day on the horizon, a number of gun control groups made it clear this week their candidate of choice to fill the White House is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Alarm Spreading Over Clinton Threat to Bill of Rights :: 10/26/2016
Articles in the Wall Street Journal and National Review are raising alarms about a Hillary Clinton presidency’s impact on the Second Amendment.
Hollywood: Mel Gibson Talks Gun Control, The 'Potholes' Of Fame :: 10/26/2016
“Hacksaw Ridge” director Mel Gibson isn't afraid to discuss the gun control debate. He spoke with Fox News about the issues our country is facing during an interview ahead of his new film.
NY AG: Criminals Don't Obey Our Gun Laws, so You Need More Laws :: 10/26/2016
The New York Attorney General has released a report detailing the number of out-of-state guns used in crimes in the Empire State.
Should Ammunition Buyers Face Background Checks? California's Voters Will Decide :: 10/26/2016
With gun control efforts stalled in Congress and in many statehouses, advocates are forging another path forward: They're going straight to the ballot box.
Anti-gun ex Pennsylvania Attorney General sentenced to prison :: 10/25/2016
Former Pennsylvania state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who came to office on support from gun control groups, has been sentenced on felony perjury charges.
Gun-Controlled Chicago Exceeds 600 Homicides :: 10/25/2016
The Chicago Tribune reports the number of homicides January 1 to October 24 at 608. There were 492 homicides for the whole of 2015.
Hollywood: Hawaii Five-O Goes All In for Gun Control :: 10/25/2016
Last Friday’s episode of “Hawaii Five-O” focused primarily on the need for gun control to prevent mass shootings. The show starts off with a man using an armored bulldozer to ram through a wall of a local gun range, making off with a stash of high-powered weapons that he planned to use to seek revenge on those who promote gun use.
LA Times: Microstamping obstructed by gun industry :: 10/25/2016
The largest metropolitan daily paper in the country this week fired off an editorial claiming the reason why microstamping isn’t in use is because of the gun industry — who vehemently disagree.
Listen to FBI, not bogus science, on gun safety :: 10/25/2016
A recent story (“Connecticut among five safest states for gun violence,” October 12) cites a sham study by the Center for American Progress, CAP, as evidence that Connecticut’s restrictive gun control laws are responsible for making Connecticut “the fifth-safest state with respect to shootings.” That bogus conclusion is based on junk science that would not pass muster in a middle school science fair. The people of Connecticut deserve better than that.
Locking up 'bad guys with guns' :: 10/25/2016
There's a direct line between the DOJ's report on Baltimore police and the failure to secure jail time for gun
Study Shows Criminals Buy Guns On The Street To Avoid Gun Shows And Internet Sales :: 10/25/2016
A new study confirms that most criminals who use guns do not buy them legally. The University of Chicago Crime Lab conducted the survey and interviewed inmates in the Cook County jail (Chicago, Illinois). The study focused on where the inmates obtained their guns by asking only inmates facing gun charges or whose criminal background involved gun crimes.
Fraction of Suicides with Firearms Compared to per Capita Firearms in U.S.A. :: 10/24/2016
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- The number of firearms in private hands has been rising for at least 70 years. During the last 20, the numbers of murders, murders with guns, and violent crime with guns has been dropping sharply. It has become very hard to say that more guns equal more crime with a straight face. Fatal gun accidents are at an unprecedented low. The rate of fatal gun accidents has dropped 94% in 85 years.
Las Vegas Review-Journal endorses Trump, rejects Question 1 :: 10/24/2016
Nevada’s largest newspaper, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump for president Saturday.
LA Times Editors Call For Banning All Guns In The United States :: 10/24/2016
In a editorial posted today called ‘Microstamping’ technology could help police crack down on gun crimes — if the gun lobby allows it, the editorial board of the Times revealed that they want to ban all firearms in the United States by requiring them to be equipped with a fantasy technology that does not exist in a viable form.
Pa. voters, beware - slippery ballot question ahead :: 10/24/2016
Pennsylvania has a ballot question almost certain to pass this November because most voters won’t know what it means.
The Myth Of The Gun Show Loophole :: 10/24/2016
One of the most often repeated gun myths is that of the gun show loophole. Numerous candidates for political office – on state and national levels – have railed against gun shows, pledged to do away with the loophole and so on. However, as is usually the case, reality is a lot more complicated than the hype.
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