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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Anti-Gunners: Snoop Dogg, celebs breathe new life in campaign to divest from gun companies :: 03/14/2015
Snoop Dogg, other celebrities and tech leaders joined a movement to encourage the public to divest from gun companies.
Modified Vermont gun bill wins committee approval (without Background Checks) :: 03/14/2015
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Friday to pass legislation intended to keep firearms out of the wrong hands.
Washington Post discredits Obama's 'exaggerated gun claims' - again :: 03/14/2015
The traditionally anti-gun Washington Post yesterday once again called out President Barack Obama on his nasty habit of misrepresenting reality when it comes to firearms, giving his recent “odd series of exaggerated gun claims” a whopping three “Pinocchio’s,” which translates to suggesting the president has been caught telling fibs.
West Virginia sends shall-sign, constitutional carry bills to governor :: 03/14/2015
Lawmakers in West Virginia are delivering to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin legislation that will expand access to National Firearms Act-controlled items and grant concealed carry without a permit.
Gun group to protest Lower Merion ordinance for guns in parks Sunday :: 03/11/2015
Two gun owners’ groups who maintain that a Lower Merion ordinance does not pass muster under Pennsylvania law plan to rally in the township this weekend.
House Bill 230 seeks to make PA a 'constitutional-carry' state :: 03/11/2015
State Rep. Bryan Cutler has had a license to carry a firearm for 18 years.
PA open-carry handgun rules: 'We have created a minefield of regulations,' advocate says :: 03/11/2015
In Pennsylvania, gun owners can walk down any street with a gun on their hip in plain view. It's called "open carrying." And outside Philadelphia, they don't need a license to do it.
Has the time come to abolish ATF? :: 03/09/2015
Today’s New York Times carries an Op-Ed about the unfolding controversy involving the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ attempt to ban the M855 cartridge for modern sport-utility rifles that now has the conspiracy theorists having fits because an exemption for the round was deleted in the latest regulations manual.
How to Count the Defensive Use of Guns :: 03/09/2015
Stringent gun control advocates are fond of underestimating the possible importance of owning a gun. For example, a pair of anti-gun activists took to Politico in January to claim that the gun rights community is deluded about the likely number of defensive uses of guns by American citizens. Such defensive uses are known as DGUs ("defensive gun uses") in the lingo.
Major Survey Finds Surprising Trend in Gun Ownership :: 03/09/2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who live in a household with at least one gun is lower than it’s ever been, according to a major American trend survey that finds the decline in gun ownership is paralleled by a reduction in the number of Americans who hunt.
Rand Paul Launches 'Stop Obama's Ammo Ban' Campaign :: 03/09/2015
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is hoping to flood the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) with public comments in an effort to get the agency to back off of its “backdoor” attempt to ban the popular “green tip” bullet.
SAF dismisses amnesty as a gun owner concern with NRA director endorsement :: 03/09/2015
The Second Amendment Foundation’s Alan Gottlieb sent out a March 3 email notice to members and supporters in which he endorsed the candidacy of Grover Norquist for director in this year's National Rifle Association board election.
Self-Defense - Theory Versus Practice on College Campus :: 03/09/2015
An amazing thing happens when you walk onto a college campus. We take the smartest and most responsible young men and women and send them to college. Some college administrators say that anyone who comes on campus is turned into an irresponsible idiot.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Wants to Stop Gun Ownership :: 03/09/2015
Gun control groups claim to support the Second Amendment. “We don’t want to take away anyone’s guns,” they routinely assert. “We just want sensible gun laws to keep guns away from criminals and mentally ill people.” No matter how many times they say it, no matter how credulously or complicity the media accepts it, it’s a lie.
WV Mayor Caught on Video Saying How He Really Feels About 'Gun Rights Groups' - and He's a Republican :: 03/09/2015
The Republican mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, was seemingly caught on video mocking “gun rights groups” as he waited for preliminary results of the primary mayoral election on Saturday.
Idaho Constitutional Carry Dead for '15 :: 03/08/2015
BOISE - Constitutional carry legislation, which would allow anyone who can legally carry a gun to carry concealed without a permit, is dead for the year, Republican legislators said Friday at a news conference. Idaho lawmakers instead plan to take up a bill to modify the state code on concealed carry and take away elected officials’ rights to carry a concealed handgun without a permit.
Open Letter Sent to 150 United Nations Officials Related To Small Arms Standards :: 03/08/2015
New York, NY --(Ammoland.com)- Dear Messrs. Kullman, Malzahn, Morimoto, Shott, and Reid;
Blast from the Past: A gun ban would only increase gun violence :: 03/07/2015
Originally Posted: September 11, 2006 -- Title: A gun ban would only increase gun violence -- Re: The latest gun hysteria from Bryan Miller, executive director of Ceasefire New Jersey ("Gun law is about thugs, not suburban moms," letter, Aug. 15).
Blast from the Past: Gun law is about thugs, not suburban moms :: 03/07/2015
Originally Posted: August 15, 2006 -- Monica Yant Kinney had it right in her column "Taking a shot at a gun permit" (July 23). No one believes "the world is safer because a suburban mom had to think long and hard about getting armed and dangerous."
Common AR-15 Green Tip Ammunition Already Banned in New ATF Regulation Guide :: 03/07/2015
On Friday February 13 at 4:00 pm, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms released a proposal to ban commonly used M855 "green tip" AR-15 ammunition under the guise of law enforcement safety. The same day the proposal was released, on a Friday of a three day holiday weekend, ATF opened up a shortened 30-day period for the public to submit comments about the new regulation.
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