PA Bill Number: SB135
Title: In hunting and furtaking, further providing for dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game.
Description: In hunting and furtaking, further providing for dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game. ...
Last Action: Second consideration
Last Action Date: Jul 17, 2017
FOAC Monthly Meeting - August - 2017 - 08/13/2017
South Fayette Township Municipal Bldg. 515 Millers Run Road, Morgan, PA
Concealed Carry Seminar - 51st House District - Rep. Matt Dowling - 09/23/2017
Meyersdale Community Center 215 Main St., Meyersdale, PA
Quote Of The Week
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!" - Samuel Adams, speech to the State House in Philadelphia, 1776
A 'Locked' Smart Gun Can Be Fired By Anyone With $15 Worth of Magnets :: 07/24/2017
For gun control advocates, a "smart" gun that only its owner can fire has promised an elusive ideal: If your phone or PC can remain locked until you prove your identity, why not your lethal weapon? Now, for the first time, a skilled hacker has taken a deep look into the security mechanisms of one leading example of those authenticated firearms. He's found that if smart guns are going to become a reality, they'll need to be smarter than this one.
Study: Political gap between gun owners and non-owners grows with every election :: 07/24/2017
The divide between voting preferences of Americans who own guns and those who do not quadrupled between 1976 and 2012, according to a study published this month in Social Science Quarterly.
Concealed Carry Permits Increasing - Good for America :: 07/24/2017
The great arming is underway, and that’s a very good thing for our nation, for our culture, and for the relationship between citizen and state.
DRGO: PTSD, VA & SSA Don't Play Well with 2A :: 07/24/2017
When I joined the army in 2005 as an 18 year old , I had no idea what lay in my future. I had written my high school thesis on the Army’s new implementation of helicopters delivering troops to the battlefield in the Ia Drang Valley during the Vietnam War. In Mel Gibson’s film, We Were Soldiers, and through the research I conducted, I learned of the camaraderie only found in the infantry. That is a huge reason why I decided to join the infantry, despite being offered other jobs.
Supreme Court Asked to Review Maryland's Gun Ban :: 07/21/2017
Fairfax, Va.— A group of Maryland citizens, with the support of the National Rifle Association, filed a petition to the United States Supreme Court on Friday seeking to reverse a Court of Appeals ruling that stripped some of America’s most popular rifles of Second Amendment protection. The 4th Circuit ruling in the case Kolbe v. Hogan is a direct contradiction of the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision, District of Columbia v. Heller, which re-affirmed American citizens’ right to self-defense.
She Persisted - Gun Owner Fights Unlawful "No Return" Gun Policy :: 07/21/2017
On July 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit confirmed that law enforcement officials in New York acted unlawfully with respect to guns confiscated from a Nassau County woman in 2012.
Judge Tells Marine to Choose Between 2A Rights And Fostering Grandson :: 07/19/2017
On Monday, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) filed a lawsuit against Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for impeding on foster and adoptive parents’ Second Amendment rights.
Federal appeals court upholds Taurus settlement over defective pistols :: 07/19/2017
A federal appeals court upheld a $30 million settlement over defective Taurus pistols in a decision filed last month.
Ohio Self-Defense: Ohio homeowner shoots two intruders :: 07/23/2017
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A resident says of Columbia Township, Ohio said he was protecting his family when he grabbed a gun and shot two home intruders early Saturday morning.
Tennessee Self-Defense: Elderly man shoots suspect in attempted Madison robbery :: 07/21/2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Two men tried to rob an elderly man in Madison, but the victim fought back, pulled out a gun, and shot one of them.
Florida Self-Defense: Pizza Hut employee shoots robber, sheriff says :: 07/21/2017
SARASOTA COUNTY -- A Pizza Hut employee shot a man who attempted to rob the store Tuesday night, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Texas Self-Defense: Woman shot, killed in northeast Harris County home in possible break-in :: 07/21/2017
A young woman was shot and killed early Thursday in an Atascocita-area house after the homeowner said he fired in self-defense.