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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US Will Stop Selling Guns to Terrorists :: 03/03/2015
A bill to eliminate a loophole in the US legislation that lets suspected terrorists buy weapons on the US soil is under consideration in the Congress.
WHO REGULATES "A WELL REGULATED MILITIA"? :: 03/03/2015
Anyone who pays attention to contemporary debates and discussions among this country’s “constitutionalists” and “patriots” about the meaning of the Second Amendment soon comes upon the contention that the phrase “[a] well regulated Militia” does not refer to “regulation” by government.
Amnesty danger to gun rights conspicuously absent from LaPierre CPAC speech :: 03/02/2015
In his speech Friday before the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre discussed a host of issues impacting gun rights, declaring they all depend on each other. Curiously absent from his speech was any acknowledgment of the danger amnesty for illegal aliens with a “pathway to citizenship” would pose to continued government recognition of the right to keep and bear arms.
ATF's "Armor-Piercing" Ammo Ban May Spectacularly Backfire, Renew Interest In Military-Style Rifles :: 03/02/2015
President Obama’s visceral hatred for Second Amendment is well known, and so it isn’t surprising that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) under his control is attempting to ban the most common practice ammunition for the best-selling rifle in the nation, the AR-15.
Fox News Guest: Obama Shouldn't Ban Armor-Piercing Rounds Because 'Tiny Bullets' Can't Hurt Cops :: 03/02/2015
The ATF has said it wants to ban certain types of AR-15 ammunition because it can pierce the kind of body armor worn by police. But Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested on Saturday that it was more about disarming citizens, and he had on a gun activist who said these were “tiny bullets” that actually couldn’t pierce armor.
Obama Announces His Plans to Nationalize Local and State Law Enforcement :: 03/02/2015
Dictator Barack Obama has announced plans to nationalize law enforcement like all despots like Hitler, Mao and Lenin did:
President Obama moves ahead with executive order to ban AR-15 ammo :: 03/02/2015
President Obama moving ahead with executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters.
These states are poised to allow people to carry hidden guns around without a permit :: 03/02/2015
This may be the year that several states will allow people to walk around in public with concealed guns — no permit required.
View from abroad: The darkness at the heart of America :: 03/02/2015
When the Guardian recently revealed the existence of a clandestine interrogation and detention site run by the Chicago police department, many were shocked, but not surprised.
Bloomberg Backed Gun Bill (Universal Background Checks) Dead in Vermont :: 02/28/2015
A bill pushed by Everytown for Gun Sense, a Mike Bloomberg funded operation, has floundered against intense grassroots opposition in Vermont.
Facebook blocks fundraiser to reunite father and son over gun connection :: 02/28/2015
Readers of this column are familiar with the story of Brian Aitken, a gun owner arrested and convicted after moving in New Jersey with his lawfully-purchased guns. While his sentence was commuted by Gov. Chris Christie, Aitken’s personal legal problems have been far from over – not only does he remain a “prohibited person,” forbidden now by law from owning guns, but of greater concern to him is reestablishing legal rights to be with the son he has been separated from and has not seen in six years.
Lawmakers won't be silenced over Obama administration's proposed ammo ban :: 02/28/2015
Lawmakers are firing back at a proposal by the Obama administration to ban one of the most common bullets used with the popular AR-15 rifle, with more than 100 members of Congress signing a letter opposing the move on ammo.
Lawyers for Lawlessness, Doctors for Death :: 02/28/2015
Say you were starting to notice it getting harder to shift from “Park” to other gears, and there was also a faint rattling and whirring noise coming from under the hood at intermediate speeds that you don’t recall hearing before. If you wanted to ask a professional for advice, and maybe have your car inspected, who better to take it to than a “progressive” doctor for the first issue, and a “liberal” lawyer for the second? No?
Rand Paul: GOP needs to care about more than gun rights :: 02/28/2015
The Republican Party needs to prove it values rights like freedom of speech and the right to a speedy trial as much as it values gun rights, Rand Paul said Friday.
Things are looking up for the global gun market :: 02/28/2015
One proxy for U.S. firearms demand is the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which posted an 8.4 percent year-over-year increase in activity in January. That figure was the second-highest January on record for the 16-year-old system and marked the fourth consecutive monthly increase of year-to-year growth in the FBI's numbers since September 2013.
Georgia Gun Rights Group Tears Apart ATF's (Obama Inspired) Ammunition Ban With Their Comments :: 02/27/2015
GeorgiaCarry.org, the premiere gun rights group in the Peach State, has officially filed comments with the ATF on their proposed M855 ammo ban. The group goes into the specifics of the M855 round and lays out, in plain English, why the ban does not fall within the limits of current law.
Obama Admin. Pushes Ban on .223 Ammo - It Would Affect the 'Most Popular Rifle in America' :: 02/27/2015
The National Rifle Association and other Second Amendment advocates are speaking out against the government’s move to amend laws regarding certain ammunition, which could, in effect, ban “one of the most popular cartridges for the most popular rifle in America, the AR-15.”
Pennsylvania (Anti-Gun) Democrats Introduce Gun Registration Scheme Legislation :: 02/27/2015
Last week, an anti-gun bill known as the Firearm Registration Act, or House Bill 503, was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by anti-gun state Representative Angel Cruz (D-12).
Constitutional Carry: Bill would eliminate permits for concealed carry in WV :: 02/26/2015
Concealed carry permits may become a thing of the past if West Virginia becomes the fifth state not to require concealed handgun permits. State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would eliminate concealed carry permits in the state, passing it out of committee Monday and onto the Senate Floor.
FedEx Refuses To Ship Milling Tool That Makes Untraceable Metal Gun Parts :: 02/26/2015
Exactly how much of a gun is a machine that makes untraceable metal gun parts? That’s a question FedEx wrestled with, as they debated whether or not to ship a machine milling tool developed by Second Amendment advocates Defense Distributed.
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