PA Bill Number: HB2206
Title: In school safety and security, providing for purchase of firearm detection technology.
Description: In school safety and security, providing for purchase of firearm detection technology. ...
Last Action: Referred to Education
Last Action Date: Feb 9, 2026
Justifiable killings rise in Virginia and the nation :: 05/30/2011
The number of justifiable killings committed by police and private citizens has been trending upward over the past decade, rising in 2009 to their highest levels in more than a dozen years in both Virginia and the nation.
There are no definitive answers to what is causing more law-enforcement officers and individuals to use deadly force in dealing with crime. But some criminologists say changing attitudes about the circumstances in which lethal force can be used in self-defense situations might be a driving factor.
