PA Bill Number: HB837
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for limit on handgun purchases; and establishing the Violence Prevention Account.
Description: In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for limit on handgun purchases; and establishing the Violence Prevention Account. ...
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Last Action Date: Mar 8, 2025
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Gun rights group [FOAC] sues Montco town over ordinance :: 03/24/2015
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. (AP) — A gun rights group is suing a Philadelphia suburb over an ordinance it says conflicts with state law.
Hollywood Action Stars Who Oppose Gun Control :: 03/24/2015
Hollywood celebrities frequently make their gun control support known during events and interviews. However, there are those action stars who believe in the rights of gun owners.
Hollywood Action Stars Who Support Gun Control :: 03/24/2015
Some of Hollywood’s most popular action stars love shooting fictional villains, but they also love gun control. When not entertaining audiences with thrills and chills from firepower, they can open up about their feelings on reducing gun violence.
Jury Nullification - The Second Amendment's Last Stand :: 03/24/2015
USA - -(Ammoland.com)- In the State of Illinois, along with the issuance of the first Concealed Carry License comes the thought that finally – finally – every person in the United States of America who chooses to carry may do so as long as they comply with their States requisites. It may feel as though we have met a threshold of victory and that the gains made are gains never lost again.
NRA disputes report that questions if Scott Walker is 'pure' on gun rights :: 03/24/2015
Bloomberg Politics is drawing fire from the National Rifle Association over a recent story claiming there is a potential rift between likely presidential candidate Scott Walker and the Second Amendment advocacy group.
Operation Choke Point Could Be Ending, Second Amendment Activists Rejoice :: 03/24/2015
Operation Choke Point is causing a partisan split in Congress and raising bottom line concerns for a plethora of small businesses across the country. Republican Idaho Senator Mike Crapo has proposed a budget amendment aimed at cutting off funding for the controversial program.
Penn and Neeson flops show audiences shunning anti-gun 'geri-action' heroes :: 03/24/2015
Sean Penn’s heavily-advertised “The Gunman” had a disastrous opening weekend, “bombing” with only a $5 million take, Box Office Mojo reported Sunday. Also fizzling is Liam Neeson’s “Run All Night,” which opened March 13, and has pulled in a tepid $19.7 million to date.
Cities using work permit aliens to enforce gun edicts and laws against citizens :: 03/23/2015
“Police departments hiring immigrants as officers,” USA Today reported Sunday. “[S]ome [departments] are allowing immigrants who are legally in the country to wear the badge. From Hawaii to Vermont, agencies are allowing green-card holders and legal immigrants with work permits to join their ranks.”
Gun control advocates lose another round with departure of ATF chief :: 03/23/2015
ATF Director B. Todd Jones resigned this week, under fire for attempting to ban armor-piercing bullets used in AR-15 assault-style weapons. It’s another victory for gun-rights groups.
Pennsylvania State Troopers union calls on Wolf to withdraw nomination of Marcus Brown :: 03/23/2015
The union representing Pennsylvania State Troopers on Monday called on Gov. Tom Wolf to withdraw his nomination of Col. Marcus Brown for head of the state police.
'Right to carry' may heat as W. Va. governor vetoes carry bill :: 03/23/2015
The debate over right-to-carry may warm up anew following yesterday’s veto of so-called “constitutional carry” legislation by West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who used as justification his concerns about public safety.
Seven Questions About the Second Amendment Answered :: 03/23/2015
Kenneth Roberts, “a 92-year-old World War II US Navy veteran” recently had a letter to the editor published in the Las Vegas Informer. Appropriately titled Questioning the Second Amendment, he poses seven questions designed to demonstrate, despite all evidence to the contrary, that the Second Amendment does not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms . . .
THE BUZZ: Allowing more concealed weapons from other states in SC? :: 03/23/2015
The S.C. House soon will decide whether it wants to recognize concealed-weapons permits from all other states in South Carolina.
Attorney General Nominee 'Asked to Sit in the Back of the Bus' of Senate Calendar :: 03/22/2015
It was almost inconceivable last fall, but now a highly qualified, well-respected federal prosecutor could be voted down thanks to hyper-partisan politics and grandstanding. There may be no one President Barack Obama could nominate for attorney general who would be confirmed in the final two years of his second term.
Senate Budget Committee Adopts Amendment to Stop Operation Choke Point Funding :: 03/22/2015
Sen. Mike Crapo proposed the amendment before the Senate Banking Committee on March 19. In addition, a hearing with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation officials testifying about Operation Choke Point is slated for March 24.
ATF director steps down following days of rumors :: 03/21/2015
UPDATED (2:20 p.m. PDT): B. Todd Jones, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, confirmed Friday morning that he is leaving that post, nine days after a leading national gun rights organization called on him to step down or be fired primarily because of the controversy over the agency’s recent proposal to ban a popular type of ammunition for modern sport-utility rifles.
Senator 'Traitor Joe' Manchin Doesn't Belong in the NRA, Gun Rights Group Says :: 03/21/2015
Washington, DC -(Ammoland.com)- One of the authors of the failed Manchin-Toomey gun control proposal is back, this time working to unravel a civil rights bill overwhelmingly passed by the West Virginia Legislature.
West Virginia Gov. Tomblin vetoes concealed carry bill citing public safety concerns :: 03/21/2015
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Permits will still be required to carry concealed guns in West Virginia. On Friday, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed SB 347 which would have ended the mandate currently in state law requiring anyone over the age of 21 to have a permit to legally carry a gun that’s not visible.
2A activists fight back as Rasmussen shows majority oppose new gun controls :: 03/20/2015
Core activists with the Evergreen State’s fledgling American Rights Movement (ARM) are strongly disputing a column in yesterday’s Spokane Spokesman Review about the way an onerous piece of legislation was defeated, and about their alleged unwillingness to work with the sponsor of that bill, Rep. Laurie Jinkins, a Tacoma Democrat.
Arizona House Committee OKs Proposal to Block Federal Gun Laws :: 03/20/2015
An Arizona House committee passed a bill Thursday that would prohibit state agencies and employees from enforcing any new federal "act, law, order, rule or regulation" restricting gun ownership or ammunition.
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