PA Bill Number: HB809
Title: Further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts and penalties; and providing for syringe service programs authorized.
Description: Further providing for definitions and for prohibited acts and penalties; and providing for syringe service programs authorized. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Mar 5, 2025
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New York Rep. Steve Israel Lies AGAIN About M855 Ammunition :: 04/24/2015
Let’s make this very direct: New York Rep. Steve Israel is intentionally lying to his constituents, the wider American public, and to new ATF Director Thomas Brandon in a letter attempting to push the ban of some of the most common and least dangerous practice AR-15 ammunition in the market today.
Not science fiction: Miami wants to predict when and where crime will occur :: 04/24/2015
Armed with high-tech software and years of crime data, Miami police believe they will soon be able to stop crimes by predicting when and where they will occur.
Tribune-Review: Why Are Americans Abandoning Gun Control? :: 04/24/2015
On Monday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review published a Pew Research poll, showing Americans’ support for gun rights is at its highest point in over 20 years.
11 Newtown Families Distance Selves from Sandy Hook Promise Group :: 04/23/2015
The families of 11 people killed in the Newtown shooting rampage in 2012 are making it known that they have no association with a gun control group behind a Tim McGraw concert this summer.
Armatix iP1 'Smart Gun' Has a Dealer :: 04/23/2015
“(T)hat’s why Doug has to be so hush-hush. If his last name were made public, people would try to put him out of business and, perhaps, threaten to kill him. That’s what happened to the last two gun dealers who tried to sell this gun.” Doug is the proprietor of DB Guns & Smithing. And according to a fortune.com article, he’s been selling the Armatix iP1 “smart gun” since January, apparently on the down low.
Austin PD Chief Acevedo: Open Carry = "Open Season For Armed Criminals and Extremists" :: 04/23/2015
SO CLOSE! If only Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo [above] had Tweeted that Texas’ impending permitted open carry law presaged “Open Season ON Armed Criminals and Extremists.” Then again, who gets to decide who’s a criminal? (I seem to remember something about presumed innocence.)
Catholic Bishop: No More Pistol Classes at Ann Arbor Church :: 04/23/2015
The Rev. Edward Fride of Christ the King Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan will no longer be holding concealed pistol license classes at his parish, per a directive handed down from Bishop Earl Boyea, reports the Detroit Free Press.
Cleveland council passes gun law admittedly that won't stop violence :: 04/23/2015
In a remarkable bit of candor by a public servant, a member of the Cleveland, Ohio City Council yesterday reportedly acknowledged that the city’s new gun control law was “not designed to stop gun violence,” but only reflect the “council’s values,” according to Cleveland.com.
DC Police: Congressmen With Rifle Didn't Break Any Laws :: 04/23/2015
Washington, DC police have announced that a Congressman who posted a photo of himself with what appears to be a colorfully-painted AR-15 outside his office didn’t actually break any laws, reports HuffPo.
Families of 11 Sandy Hook Victims Distance Themselves from Tim McGraw's Gun Control Fundraiser :: 04/23/2015
On April 22 families of 11 Sandy Hook Elementary victims made clear that they are not affiliated with Sandy Hook Promise, the gun control group for whom Tim McGraw is raising money.
Loretta Lynch: What difference does it make whom Obama picks? :: 04/23/2015
On Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that the U.S. Senate is likely to vote “in the next day or two” on the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be attorney general. After both sides sparred for months over the abortion language in a sex-trafficking bill, a deal was struck Tuesday morning clearing the way for Lynch's confirmation vote.
Pavlich Calls Out Feds for Direct Attack on Vets' 2nd Amendment Rights :: 04/23/2015
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) recently sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, asking why so many veterans are being classified as "mentally defective," and added to the federal gun ban list.
The ATF is awfully interested in racial profiling all of a sudden :: 04/23/2015
This government regulation game can be so darned confusing sometimes. I thought that it was the GOP who was all about the racism and the Obama administration wanted to move us to a post-racial society? And yet, since new background check rules from the BATF went into effect in 2012, federal forms require purchasers to provide racial information. What’s up with that?
Why Pentagon is cool to Cruz bid to let troops carry personal firearms on base :: 04/23/2015
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz (R) of Texas believes that troops should be able to carry their personal firearms with them on base – a point of view that puts him at odds with a number of top US military officials, including former commanders in America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
GOP lawmakers push to stop ATF from asking gun buyers about race :: 04/22/2015
Congressional Republicans are pushing a bill to block the feds from forcing gun buyers to disclose their race in applications, saying the government should be "color blind" when it comes to the Second Amendment.
Gun-rights group rips Senate Republicans for passing budget with SAFE Act funding :: 04/22/2015
A gun-rights group today criticized Senate Republicans for passing a state budget April 1 that includes ongoing spending to fund the controversial SAFE Act.
Horror in Spanish school as boy, 13, shoots teacher dead with a crossbow and fires an arrow into another's face after drawing up 'list of 25 he wanted to kill' :: 04/22/2015
A teenage boy who shot and killed a teacher and wounded several others in an attack inside a school in Barcelona had a 'hit list', local media reports.
N.C. Takes Aim at Nullifying Federal Gun Control Regulations :: 04/22/2015
North Carolina is taking substantial strides toward protecting the right of citizens to keep, carry, and use weapons.
Newtown Families Distance Selves from Sandy Hook Promise Group :: 04/22/2015
The families of 11 people killed in the Newtown shooting rampage in 2012 are making it known that they have no association with a gun control group behind a Tim McGraw concert this summer.
New York Times: Has the NRA Won? :: 04/22/2015
“It is now fair to ask whether the National Rifle Association is winning — or has in fact won — this era of the gun debate in this country,” Charles M. Blow bloviates at nytimes.com. And what motivated the writer to make this Mufasa-like “it is time” pronouncement? “A striking report released Friday by the Pew Research Center revealed that ‘for the first time, more Americans say that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership, 52 percent to 46 percent.'”
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