PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Defense Stories
Louisiana Self-Defense: Concealed Carrier Thwarts Possible Mass Shooting in NOLA :: 02/05/2016
Richard Macklin, a convicted felon with a gun, whipped it out and started firing into a group of ATV riders in New Orleans on Sunday. He was’t prepared for one of the other riders in the group to pull a licensed concealed weapon and return fire.
Massad Ayoob: Gunfighting Fact vs. Fiction :: 02/05/2016
Sometimes, what seems like good advice at the time is proven later to be not so great. The record shows that decades ago, when more adult Americans smoked than not, popular magazines carried ads in which physicians endorsed this or that brand of cigarette. Brand A was an excellent aid to digestion after meals, one doctor said. The menthol in Brand B was soothing to a sore throat, another physician opined.
Rural Oklahoma school posts armed staff warning :: 02/05/2016
A rural school district in Oklahoma put up signs this week alerting visitors that some staff members have access to guns, in what it says is an effort aimed at deterring school violence.
Georgia Self-Defense: Shots fired in Wednesday night parking lot robbery at Kedron Village retail center :: 02/04/2016
At approximately 8:13 p.m. on Feb. 3, Peachtree City Police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery in the parking lot of Chick-fil-a at Kedron Village.
Arizona Self-Defense: Police: Man shot, killed by woman inside El Mirage home; children were inside home during shooting :: 02/02/2016
EL MIRAGE, AZ - Detectives are investigating a homicide as a case of self-defense, after a man was shot and killed inside a home near 117th Avenue and Cactus Road Sunday night, according to Sgt. Robert Peoples with the El Mirage Police Department.
California Self-Defense: 92-year-old WWII veteran scares off ax-wielding would-be burglar, authorities say :: 02/02/2016
A 92-year-old homeowner armed with a handgun fired a shot and scared off an ax-wielding man trying to break into his San Jacinto residence Sunday, authorities said.
Florida Self-Defense: Person unloading groceries from car shoots at 2 men who tried to rob him :: 02/02/2016
TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. (WFLA) — The Temple Terrace Police Department is investigating an armed robbery and attempted murder case that all started when a man was unloading groceries from his car.
Louisiana Self-Defense: Victim turns table on robbery suspects, shoots them :: 02/02/2016
NEW ORLEANS -- The NOPD issued arrest warrants Monday for two teenagers who police say were shot by a victim during their suspected robbery.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Lower Paxton man shot dog after it attacked neighbor, puppy :: 02/02/2016
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A Dauphin County man was attacked by a dog on Saturday when he was outside with his own puppy, police said.
Australia Self-Defense: Store owner fights back against robbers with improvised flamethrower :: 02/01/2016
ALEXANDRA HILLS, AUSTRALIA — An Australian shop owner’s quick thinking and flammable defense startled two armed robbers Saturday.
Louisiana Self-Defense: 4 shot in Treme after argument over ATVs :: 02/01/2016
NEW ORLEANS -- Police officers flooded the scene of North Claiborne and Esplanade Avenues after shots rang out Sunday, sending four people to the hospital.
New Mexico Self-Defense: Suspect fatally shot during store robbery :: 02/01/2016
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The owner of a northeast Albuquerque coin shop fatally shot one of at least two people who tried to rob his store and attacked him Saturday afternoon, police said.
Texas Self-Defense: Concealed Carrier With Epic 'Stache Saves Texas Deputy :: 02/01/2016
Scott Perkins responded as I hope all of us would when he saw a deputy down and fighting for his life.
Virginia Self-Defense: Store employee shoots two robbery suspects, killing one :: 02/01/2016
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Hampton police say an employee shot two suspects as they attempted to rob a store, killing one and wounding the other.
California Self-Defense: 70-year-old Sanger man pulls gun on burglar, detains him until police arrive :: 01/31/2016
A burglar allegedly attempting to steal property from a Sanger house Thursday night was surprised when the 70-year-old homeowner met him with a raised handgun and ordered him to the ground.
North Carolina Self-Defense: Robeson County woman shoots, kills intruder :: 01/30/2016
LUMBER BRIDGE - No charges are expected to be filed against a Robeson County woman who fatally shot a man who broke into her home Friday morning, but the final determination will be left up to the district attorney, the Robeson County Sheriff's Office said.
Texas Self-Defense: BOOM, HEADSHOT! Texas Hostage Taker Smoked In Irving :: 01/30/2016
A man attempting to rob a check-cashing store in Irving, Texas, had his robbery thwarted when an employee triggered the alarm. Police quickly responded to the robbery in progress, and the handgun-armed robber decided to take a hostage.
Alabama Self-Defense: Jeffco homeowner shoots, kills burglar during afternoon break-in :: 01/29/2016
A homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar in eastern Jefferson County late this afternoon when he arrived home after his 8-year-old son called him about the intruders.
Illinois Self-Defense: No charges expected in shooting death near mayor's house :: 01/29/2016
No charges are expected to be filed in the killing of a man during an exchange of gunfire after a dispute at a party blocks from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house, police said Thursday.
Texas Self-Defense: Man fatally shoots robber who held his wife at gunpoint :: 01/29/2016
A dramatic shootout between a Dallas store owner and two armed robbers Tuesday night ended with a dead suspect in the parking lot.
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