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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Two different straw buyers face hefty sentences under new law :: 11/13/2014
In Pennsylvania this week two women found themselves looking at five years or more in jail following convictions for making illegal straw purchases of guns for people not eligible to possess them.
9th Circuit Court Denies Peruta Appeal; California Gun Rights Restored :: 11/12/2014
You may remember that the 9th Circuit Court struck down the “good cause” provision for concealed carry in the County of San Diego. The ruling went to appeal, thanks to The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and Presidential heartthrob Attorney General Kamala D. Harris.
Constitutional Carry Bill Introduced In Texas :: 11/12/2014
The legislative placeholder text for Texas House Bill 195, introduced yesterday, is short and sweet:
DC Police Employee on Concealed Carry: "The 2nd Amendment Was Written For When The British Were Coming" :: 11/12/2014
Back in July the Washington D.C. ban on concealed and open carry of handguns was struck down by U.S. District Judge Frederick Scullin as unconstitutional. As a result, the DC City Council reluctantly voted to approve concealed carry, giving the power of writing the rules and regulations to the Washington D.C. police. Now, those rules have been written and they're impossible to follow.
DOD, service weapons missing from local departments :: 11/12/2014
CHP, Stanislaus Co., Stockton among agencies under fire! The weapons belong to local and statewide police departments and sheriff's offices.
How Liberals Copied the Nazi Weapons Law :: 11/12/2014
Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: How Liberals Copied the Nazi Weapons Law
Man tells cops he's uploading video of them, gets arrested :: 11/12/2014
The arrest of a man who videoed police officers violently serving an arrest warrant across the street from his home indicates Americans no longer are masters of their own country, contends a leading constitutional lawyer.
PA House and Senate - 2015 - 2016 - Republican Leadership Election Results :: 11/12/2014
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PA Preemption - Editorial: Shoot down this move to halt anti-violence effort :: 11/12/2014
National Rifle Association officials and other lobbyists for the gun industry are fond of crying foul of their Second Amendment Rights whenever the least suggestion is made of any kind of gun control.
PA Preemption - Hatfield gun reporting ordinance up for repeal in light of new state law :: 11/12/2014
Hatfield Township >> A state law passed last month and signed by Gov. Corbett has caught the eye of Hatfield Township, and could cause that township to remove a local ordinance regarding gun sales.
PA Preemption - PA Dems Move to Stop Preemption Law Improvements :: 11/12/2014
With the midterms a week behind us and a future of expanded gun rights on the horizon, Pennsylvania Democratic lawmakers are pushing in the other direction. They are trying to block the implementation of pro-gun legislation that outgoing Governor Tom Corbett (R) signed into law this year.
Washington's New I-594 - A Law Only Rube Goldberg Could Love :: 11/12/2014
Being a current resident of Washington I can tell you how devastating this law will be. Basically, the law makes handing another person your firearm illegal, except in specific circumstances.
WA State - SWAT Team Wins Shootout - With 911 Caller :: 11/12/2014
"The [911 caller] had told Vancouver police that he spotted 59-year-old John Kendall in the 700 block of Northeast Blanford Drive,” kgw.com reports. “A manhunt was under way at the time for Kendall, who deputies said had shot his neighbor earlier that morning."
FBI report - Violent crime continued to decrease in 2013 :: 11/11/2014
Violent crime in the U.S. decreased last year, continuing a trend five-years running, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Here's How a 'Coalition' of Local Police Departments and Municipalities Are Pushing for 'Gun Control Without Legislation' :: 11/11/2014
A “coalition” of local police departments, municipalities and clergy members are pushing for a “form of gun control without legislation” by pressuring gun manufacturers to start utilizing controversial “smart” gun technology, CBS New York reports.
Holder supports ban against interstate gun sales :: 11/11/2014
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has gone on the record to oppose a lawsuit filed by Second Amendment advocates who say a federal ban against purchasing handguns out of state violates the US Constitution.
Obamacare economist reveals 'progressive' contempt for duped supporters :: 11/11/2014
Despite Barack Obama’s crystal-clear lie that his is “the most transparent administration in history,” a newly-surfaced video shows MIT Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber, one of the “architects” of Obamacare, admitting just the reverse was used to manipulate public support for the usurpation of delegated federal powers. Gruber’s statement also shows a quite natural and expected conman’s contempt the elites and controllers hold for those they dupe.
Slap - Happy New York Sheriff's Deputy Is Arrested, Resigns :: 11/11/2014
Saratoga County, NY Deputy Sgt. Shawn Glans, who was recently captured attacking a man for respectfully declining a search without a warrant, has been arrested and resigned:
What We Deserve :: 11/11/2014
Supporters of the Constitution, and particularly those who understand the Founders’ intent in writing the Second Amendment, are engaged in a never-ending war. It is a war against a totalitarian domestic enemy. Some portion of that enemy consider themselves to be enlightened, morally superior, infallible, and benign. Others, should they ever achieve their ultimate goals, will be no different than history’s most vicious, despotic mass murderers. All have one goal: total citizen disarmament. Government–their utopian government–must have an absolute monopoly on the means of using force . . .
Boffin imagines WiFi-defined no-shoot zones for wireless weapons :: 11/10/2014
What if, instead of trying to control the sale of guns – a political impossibility in America – weapon use were enforced by a complex combination of electronics, WiFi communications and policy enforcement?
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