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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Guns and the New York Times: Why shouldn't Americans be able to defend themselves? :: 02/26/2015
With Somali terrorists threatening this past weekend to attack the Mall of America, the nation’s largest mall, the debate over allowing citizens to defend themselves has heated up again.
Polls irrelevant to Second Amendment :: 02/26/2015
Here’s what’s wrong with The University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll about firearm carrying laws in Texas. When it comes to rights, polls don’t matter. Rights are rights, whether popular or unpopular. They’re derived from our Creator, not from popular consent.
Getting a gun legally in Europe may be hard, but terrorists have little trouble :: 02/25/2015
COPENHAGEN — Europe, a continent long known for the rarity of gun violence, is confronting twin challenges that give the issue sudden urgency: a growing population of radicalized young men determined to strike targets close to home, and a black market awash in high-powered weapons.
Gutfeld: 'Gun-Free Is Music to the Ears of Fiends' :: 02/25/2015
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld declared “the phrase ‘gun-free zone’ is liberal for ‘sitting duck.’ Gun-free is music to the ears of fiends who target the unarmed on purpose” on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Five.”
Oregon Democrat confirms amnesty danger to gun rights :: 02/25/2015
Calling it the “civil rights battle” for millennials that will decide who controls the the country for the next three decades, Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon says immigration “will decide who is in charge of this country for the next 20 or 30 years,” the Portland Tribune reported Monday. Schraeder’s observation highlights a contention made by Gun Owners of America that amnesty is a threat to the right to keep and bear arms. That position has so far been avoided by other national gun rights groups which refuse to acknowledge the issue, or to score political ratings and endorsements accordingly.
Bill to shield permit holders from police heads to governor :: 02/23/2015
Following apparent instances of concealed carry licensees being targeted by police while individuals travel out of state, Virginia is one signature away from blocking off its permit database from some law enforcement.
Campus gun proponents slammed for 'grotesque' opportunism on student rape :: 02/22/2015
Gun control advocates have swung out at an NRA-sponsored push to promote the proliferation of guns as a safeguard against campus sexual assault, saying so-called “campus carry” proposals amount to a “grotesque display of opportunism.”
Europeans Discover When Guns Are Outlawed, Only Terrorists Will Have Guns :: 02/22/2015
That’s what the Washington Post has just breathlessly reported:
L.A. Times to NRA: Government's 'Responsibility' To Regulate 2nd Amendment :: 02/22/2015
On February 19, the Los Angeles Times reacted to the growing momentum for Campus Carry legislation across the country by referring to the NRA as “crackpots” and reminding the organization that it is the government’s “responsibility to protect the public through reasonable gun control laws.”
Moms Demand Action's Shannon Watts Is A Propagandist, Not An Activist :: 02/22/2015
In a piece for Indianapolis Monthly magazine, the official poster girl for Moms Demand Action — Bloomberg devotee and financial recipient Shannon Watts – claimed to be a Second Amendment supporter while blaming the National Rifle Association for the nation’s woes. She bills herself as a gun activist. As we have learned from her actions, Watts is no activist. Watts is a propagandist.
Top 10 Astroturfers :: 02/22/2015
What’s most successful when it appears to be something it’s not? Astroturf. As in fake grassroots.
Attkisson's 'Astroturfers' column highlights anti-gunner deception :: 02/21/2015
Some prominent agenda-pushing groups many Americans assume are grassroots citizen efforts promoting change in government policies are really "progressive" fronts, investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson notes in the "Top 10 Astroturfers," a special report published Tuesday on her website. “These groups include Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Everytown, Everytown for Gun Safety, Gun Sense, It’s Time for Gun Sense in America, Gun Sense Voter, I’m a Gun Sense Voter, Moms Take the Hill and Stroller Jam.”
Defensive Gun Use Is Not a Myth :: 02/20/2015
It’s deja vu all over again. In a recent Politico Magazine article, Evan DeFillipis and Devin Hughes resuscitate criticisms of a survey on defensive gun use that I conducted with my colleague Marc Gertz way back in 1993—the National Self-Defense Survey (NSDS).
5.56 Ammunition and Switchblade Knives :: 02/19/2015
In 1958, Congress passed an “act to prohibit the introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into interstate commerce of switchblade knives, and for other purposes”.
ATF claims Administrative Procedures Act exemption for proposed ammo ban notice :: 02/19/2015
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told Gun Rights Examiner Wednesday afternoon that ATF’s recent ammunition ban proposal is not required to be published in the Federal Register. That claim was in answer to a query after determining ATF’s notice does not appear in the government’s official journal, and further noting a Wednesday Reuters report that a tangentially-related lack of rulemaking publication was given by a Texas judge as his reason for blocking the Obama administration’s “immigration overhaul.”
Boomerang! Handgun Ban Group, Violence Policy Center, Validates Right-to-Carry :: 02/19/2015
Call the Violence Policy Center (VPC) something of an exception to the rule.
Gun groups launch new push for concealed-carry legislation :: 02/19/2015
Gun rights groups are gearing up for a major push to move concealed-carry legislation through the new Republican Congress.
Harrisburg establishes legal defense fund to fight gun lawsuits :: 02/19/2015
Mayor Eric Papenfuse is creating a legal defense fund that would help fight two lawsuits challenging Harrisburg’s gun laws. “There are people out there that are eager to support the city and want to contribute,” said Papenfuse.
Second Amendment protects carrying guns outside the home, but state may require concealed carry rather than open carry :: 02/19/2015
So the Florida Court of Appeal held Wednesday in Norman v. State. It concluded that the Second Amendment applies to carrying for self-defense outside the home.
Anti-Gunner Half Truths - fewer women killed by guns in states with expanded background checks :: 02/18/2015
Closing a loophole in state law that allows some Virginians to buy firearms without going through a background check is a matter of life and death to women, according to Lori Haas, state director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
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