PA Bill Number: HB2216
Title: In juvenile matters, providing for special immigrant juvenile status predicate orders.
Description: In juvenile matters, providing for special immigrant juvenile status predicate orders. ...
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: Feb 12, 2026
SCOTUS Gets it Wrong on Guns :: 06/26/2014
In what's being hailed by many as a victory for gun-control advocates, the recent Supreme Court decision on "straw" purchases of guns has completely muddled the whole issue of background checks and "straw" purchases for potential gun owners.
The court ruled 5-4 that, as The Hill.com put it, "one legal gun owner may not acquire a firearm on behalf of another, a practice known as "straw" purchasing.
