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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Why Firearms Makers Are So Worried Even as The Second Amendment Is Stronger than Ever :: 01/27/2015
At the SHOT Show, the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty looms and there are new state laws on the horizon. The SHOT Show — Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show — is the world’s largest gun show. Held annually in Las Vegas, it’s intended for those in the trade, not the general public. Walking its almost 16 miles of booths is a near-marathon feat of endurance, and every mile exhibits more firepower than all the armies of the ancient world combined.
Anti-Gun Group - CSGV - wants Pro-Gun Reporter Emily Miller fired from her job. :: 01/26/2015
So CSGV wants Fox 6 DC to fire Emily Miller for her Pro-Second Amendment work because it is unethical. As reference they use the works of that stalwart and independent watchdog group Media Matters for America. Yup, not making that up.
How Broad is the Constitution's Guarantee on Firearms Ownership? :: 01/26/2015
Gun ownership in the United States is one of the most hotly contested debates. Widely accepted jurisprudential doctrine guarantees one’s right under the Constitution’s Second Amendment to keep and bear arms. However, the scope of these guarantees and public policy surrounding them has sharply divided partisans.
Judge alleges 'fraud on the court' by government (BATF) attorneys in Dobyns case :: 01/26/2015
Commenting on revelations about Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Department of Justice (DOJ) actions in the case of retired agent Jay Dobyns against his former employer, attorney David Hardy equated them with “a BATF and DOJ Watergate... or worse,” Friday.
Predictions coming true: More 'UBC' action on horizon :: 01/26/2015
As the 2015 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) show winds down today in Las Vegas, a new battle front over so-called “universal background checks” (UBC) is shaping up in Arizona, and it is all-too-familiar to Second Amendment advocates like Alan Gottlieb.
Scott Walker fires up Iowa crowd: Union goons threatened 'to gut my wife like a deer' :: 01/26/2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the Republican who won three elections for the office within a four-year period, demonstrated his no-nonsense, “go big and go bold” approach to running a state during his appearance at the Iowa Freedom Summit Saturday.
John Lott (CPRC) on the Dana Loesch Radio Show discussing new background check proposals and DGU's :: 01/25/2015
John Lott appeared on Dana’s national radio show twice yesterday (Thursday, January 22nd, 2014 at 2:23 to 2:30 PM and 3:05 to 3:16 PM).
Alone and Defenseless: A UK Citizen's call for arms :: 01/24/2015
In August 2014 the independent government advisory group in the UK known as JTAC (Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre) raised the threat level for the entire UK (including Northern Ireland) to “Severe,” one step down from the maximum Critical level, where it has remained to this day some 5 months on. In the words of the conservative home secretary two days ago -- attacks in the UK are “very likely.”
Obama continues to cozy up to U.N. gun ban treaty :: 01/24/2015
President Barack Obama is continuing his push to disarm Americans as he arms himself with the United Nation's Arms Trade Treaty – a treaty the NRA says would undermine the constitutional protection under the Second Amendment that guarantees U.S. citizens the right to bear arms.
UN Guns Treaty: When It Goes Into Effect, and How It Changes America's Firearms Laws :: 01/24/2015
The guns treaty has been passed by the UN and is ready to go into effect across the world. Only Iran, Syria, and North Korea opposed the treaty when it passed in the organization’s general assembly in April 2013. The treaty, which seeks to prevent and control the illicit trade of weapons while regulating the international trade of them, includes measures such as creating a national gun registry; mandating control of firearms and ammunition; regulating the manufacture of gun parts; and limiting stores' ability to sell firearms.
Bloomberg's Everytown Uses Fake "Study" To Push For Gun Control In Vermont :: 01/23/2015
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s gun prohibitionist group Everytown for Gun Safety has released a report pushing for universal background checks in Vermont—a state that typically has less murdered in a year than Chicago has before lunch on any given Saturday—citing a study that the group did on firearms ads placed on the Internet. According to Everytown’s report, up to 126 guns are sold to felons or the mentally ill via just three popular web sites every year.
DC Police Wanted To Charge David Gregory, DC AG Killed The Request :: 01/23/2015
Remember that time when then-host of NBC’s Meet The Press, David Gregory, famously showed a high-capacity magazine on live television in Washington, D.C.? For those you aware of DC’s abysmal gun laws and disrespect for the Constitution, you know that possessing magazines that hold more than ten rounds is illegal within city limits.
Nothing better to do? Attack a gun rights organization :: 01/23/2015
Television sports commentator and former Today show host Bryant Gumbel is back in the news, thanks to comments he made in an interview published Tuesday in Rolling Stone; a story quickly picked up yesterday by Newsmax, in which he referred to the National Rifle Association as “pigs.”
Powerful New York gun ban politician arrested for bribery, kickbacks :: 01/23/2015
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been arrested on a five-count federal complaint charging him with accepting millions of dollars in exchange for using his political influence, New York Daily News reported Thursday. The charges are described as “stunning” for “the Manhattan Democrat [who has been] a state political fixture for decades.”
Virginia Lobby Day highlighted effective gun rights activism :: 01/23/2015
Wednesday, this column published the text of the speech I delivered at the General Assembly in Richmond on Monday for Lobby Day. Now that a video has been released, it's embedded above. I’d been invited by Virginia Citizens Defense League, which participates every year to promote bills that advance the right to keep and bear arms, and oppose those that restrict it.
Bill Engvall at SHOT Show: We Need More Guns, Not More Gun Control :: 01/22/2015
Speaking to attendees at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show on January 20, comedian Bill Engvall referenced making a mistake and going along with gun control pushes during an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher in 2011. In a tone of utter seriousness that was a complete departure from his well-known comedic persona, Engvall said he was wrong and that he realizes he should have stood up for more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens, not more gun control.
Franconia PA to repeal prohibition on guns in parks :: 01/22/2015
Rules prohibiting guns in township parks are being taken off the books in Franconia.
Moms Against Gun Control Have A Message For Bloomberg's Moms Demand Action :: 01/22/2015
It must come as a surprise to Shannon Watts who runs Michael Bloomberg’s “Moms Demand Action” but gun owners really do have the law on their side. We have, however, become targets through social media bullying tactics. Ms. Watts should get used to legal gun owners prevailing, after all we have the Second Amendment on our side.
PA-Rep. Saccone Schools Anti-Gun Philadelphia Rep Waters on Why Target Ban is Just Plain Wrong :: 01/22/2015
A bill is in the works that would ban human silhouette targets at gun ranges throughout the state. It’s being pushed by Democratic State Representative Thaddeus Kirkland, who says the targets perpetuate violence.
After FSU shooting, bill allowing guns on college campuses clears committee :: 01/21/2015
In the wake of a November shooting at Florida State University, a bill that would allow guns on college campuses in Florida cleared its first legislative committee Tuesday.
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