PA Bill Number: SB1244
Title: In game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations.
Description: An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations.
Last Action: Referred to Game & Fisheries
Last Action Date: Mar 23, 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.
