PA Bill Number: HB1751
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for identification required for purchase of firearm ammunition.
Description: In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for identification required for purchase of firearm ammunition. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Jul 30, 2021
Firearms Law Seminar - 08/7/2021
Wicen’s Shooting Range 3179 Mozart Road, Furlong, PA
FOAC Monthly Meeting - August - 08/8/2021
Online only 515 Millers Run Road, Morgan, PA
FOAC Monthly Meeting - September - 09/12/2021
Online only 515 Millers Run Road, Morgan, PA
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. - John F. Kennedy, Address on the first Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. March 13, 1962
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President Joe Biden’s ATF nominee will not face further scrutiny from the Senate despite newly corroborated claims he made racist remarks during his time at the agency.
Missouri Governor Pardons Couple Who Pointed Guns at Protesters :: 08/03/2021
Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Tuesday announced that he has pardoned the McCloskey couple who recently pleaded guilty to several misdemeanor charges after they wielded guns last year to defend their home from activists who walked through their private, gated neighborhood.
The 80 Percent Lower, the Ghost Gun, and the ATF :: 08/03/2021
The trouble with technology is that it grows faster than it can be regulated. At least this is something that might be considered when the time-labored process of legislation is met with the growth rate of homemade guns. As 3D printed gun files, incomplete components, and the internet have jumped centuries in providing a way for private citizens to produce their own firearm in their own home, we're no longer looking at simply hand-crafting a flintlock pistol, but actually completing a functioning semi-automatic firearm all within the four walls of a condo. On the one hand, the old terms of the relationship between the agency colloqially referred to as the ATF are no longer relevant, and on the other hand, new terms such as “Ghost Gun,” and concepts like an 80 percent lower now populate a the news, feeds, and Search Engine results of people around the world.
Pro-Gun...But Not Pro-2A? :: 08/03/2021
It seems that misunderstandings, deliberations and debates about the meaning — and the scope— of the Second Amendment often focus on whether it protects the keeping and bearing of arms for: (a) the maintenance of a militia, (b) the prevention of tyranny (foreign or domestic) or (c) the prolongation of self-defense … or, of course, a conglomeration of those three things. And these differing ideas may help explain why some folks claim to support firearms when they don’t really support the Second Amendment. In fact, there are many people who blatantly disagree with some (or all) of those 27 words, arguing that guns should be designated only for certain activities or for certain people.
FOAC's Weekly Message For Sunday July 25th 2021 :: 07/25/2021
FOAC's mission has always been to identify and promote candidates who unequivocally support the Bill of Rights and Article 1, Section 21 & 25 at the state legislature level. We (FOAC) constantly wrestle with the strategic wisdom of backing admittedly long-shot candidates, given the finite resources of FOAC. When one considers that a swing of less than 50,000 votes (assuming the 2020 presidential election counts were accurate and above-board) would have given President Trump Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin, forcing the House of Representatives to decide the presidential election, we believe this debate is worthwhile and brings up a fair question.
FOAC's July 2021 Newsletter and Meeting Notice w-Linked Agenda :: 07/10/2021
The general membership meeting of FOAC will be held this weekend, July 11th, at 10 AM through the Zoom Conferencing option (details below).
FOAC's Weekly Message For Sunday June 27th 2021 :: 06/27/2021
On June 23rd President Biden renewed his attack on the 2nd Amendment by saying, “If you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons.” That isn’t how Biden began his remarks on crime and guns yesterday, but it was the most eye-popping statement he made in an anti-Second Amendment speech littered with falsehoods and blunders.
FOAC's Weekly Message For Sunday May 23rd 2021 :: 05/23/2021
On May 25 (next week) at 10 AM (rm 140 of the capital building) the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee will meet to consider two incredibly important 2Apieces of legislation that we have been working on for years, HB 659 (constitutional carry) and HB 979 (strengthening preemption). We are going to go over each bill below but now is the time that we need your help to reach out and contact members of the house Judiciary committee and your own state legislator to ask them to support both bills.
Republican AGs, Reps, & Senators Weigh In On SCOTUS Carry Case :: 07/21/2021
The Supreme Court received a flurry of friend of the court briefs in support of the right to carry this week, including a filing by a coalition of 26 Republican attorneys general, a Ted-Cruz led brief co-signed by 24 other GOP Senators, and a brief signed by 170 Republican House members that was put together by New York Rep. Claudia Tenney.
Federal Court Declares Handgun Ban for Adults Under 21 Unconstitutional :: 07/14/2021
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PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 30, 2021) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an opening brief in the appeal of its federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging the State of Pennsylvania’s laws that prevent young adults under age 21 from carrying a loaded firearm outside of the home for self-defense. The brief in Lara v. Evanchick can be viewed at FPCLegal.org.
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Virginia Self Defense: Homeowner shoots and kills armed man in Woodbridge :: 07/23/2021
A homeowner in Woodbridge shot and killed an armed man as he came toward the front door of her home, according to authorities.
Brazen Daytime Robbery Captured on Video :: 07/20/2021
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California Self Defense: Santa Clara homeowner shoots alleged prowler who kicked open door :: 07/17/2021
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - A 51-year-old Santa Clara homeowner shot an alleged prowler who police say was sneaking around in the backyard and then broke a window and kicked in the back door to get in.
