PA Bill Number: HB829
Title: In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
Description: An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
Last Action: Signed in House
Last Action Date: Jul 3, 2024
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Ridicule of Guns During Covid-19 Pandemic Predictably Ignorant :: 04/07/2020
Once more the establishment media acts as an amplifier for billionaire Bloomberg, this time in the guise of “satire.” (Everytown for Gun Safety/Facebook)
British Even Take Guns From Royal Bodyguards :: 04/06/2020
By now, we know that the British aren’t fond of guns to any degree. After all, their own police are generally unarmed, something that would never fly here in the United States.
Fact check: Would a U.S. House bill ban assault weapons? :: 04/06/2020
The claim: The U.S. House of Representatives introduced an assault weapons ban bill
Authorities Brace For Increase In Domestic Violence :: 04/04/2020
After a couple of weeks holed up in a fairly small home with my wife and two children, it’s not a stretch to say that we’re all a little on edge. My 18-year-old has to watch himself not to bite the eight-year-old’s head off over stupid things. My wife and I find ourselves being aggravated over things that didn’t use to bug us. Things like that.
Gun Lovers Are Claiming a Huge 'I Told You So' Moment With the Coronavirus Outbreak :: 04/04/2020
In California, they waited in lines that stretched around the block. In Wisconsin, they created a scene that store owners could only describe as “crazy,” prolonging waits for background checks. In Washington, D.C., they so overwhelmed the city’s only federally licensed gun dealer that he simply closed up shop.
Kim Stolfer and Klint Macro: Law-abiding citizens' gun rights :: 04/04/2020
In his op-ed “Congratulations on your new gun. Now lock it up.” (March 25, TribLIVE), Rep. Dan Frankel shows his contempt for the individuals who have decided to exercise their right to defend themselves and those they love.
Calling Gun Grabbers Human Rights Activists Is Blatant Lie :: 04/03/2020
As we battle COVID-19, we’re also having to battle for our Second Amendment rights at a time when no one should be required to worry about it. While many people are clamoring for guns right about now, anti-gunners are trying to shut down the only avenue for firearms for millions of people. They want to see all the gun stores closed, effectively banning large segments of the population from having guns.
Now We Know How Germany Let It Happen :: 04/03/2020
For as long as I can remember, when freedom-loving Americans would gather in small groups to discuss world affairs, the question would come up, “How did the German people come to allow themselves to embrace totalitarianism the way they did?” Then, after a time of discussion about it, the group would always conclude by saying, “Thank God, this could never happen in America.”
SULLUM: Will COVID-19 kill the Constitution :: 04/03/2020
The great American jurist St. George Tucker, writing at the beginning of the 19th century, called the right to armed self-defense “the true palladium of liberty” and “the first law of nature.” But California Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks that right, guaranteed by the Second Amendment, is optional.
Will Pandemic Fears Grease the Way for Authoritarian Gun Controls? :: 04/03/2020
Draconian bills to restrict self-defense rights have a life of their own in Congress. There's always one lurking in the background, individually unlikely to become law, but ready to be deployed if a suitable high-profile crime or convenient crisis emerges to ease its passage. And that brings us to the "Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020," a far-reaching bill hovering in the legislative shadows as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fears around the globe and breaks down barriers to authoritarian measures.
Gun background checks smash records amid coronavirus fears :: 04/02/2020
Background checks required to buy firearms have spiked to record numbers in the past month, fueled by a run on guns from Americans worried about their safety during the coronavirus crisis.
Moms Demand to Governors: 'Ignore' Trump Calling Gun Stores 'Essential' :: 04/02/2020
Michael Bloomberg’s gun control groups Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety are urging governors around the country to ignore the Donald Trump administration’s labeling of gun stores as “essential” business.
Pa. announces extension for firearms permits, citing coronavirus impacts :: 04/02/2020
The Pennsylvania State Police announced today that Governor Tom Wolf has granted an extension to license to carry firearms permits. Permits expired on March 19, 2020, or later have been extended to May 30, 2020. The extension is necessary due to the closure of some county courthouses and sheriff’s offices, as well as other protective measures being taken to limit the spread of the coronavirus, according to a press release.
Pennsylvania: Mayor Jim Kenney calls out DA Larry Krasner after gunman shoots five people, including a 1-year-old boy, at North Philly rowhouse :: 04/02/2020
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Tuesday used the occasion of a virtual news conference about the shooting of five people in North Philadelphia — including a 1-year-old boy — to slam District Attorney Larry Krasner, calling on him to charge gun offenders to the fullest extent of the law.
People think it's wise to get a gun during pandemic, says second amendment attorney as firearms sales soar :: 04/02/2020
An attorney who has argued Second Amendment cases in the Supreme Court has said that record numbers of firearms background checks in March show that people fear an upcoming breakdown of law and order during the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden Has No Wish To Preserve The Nation's Armed Citizenry :: 04/01/2020
U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Joe Biden is the Establishment Democrats’ choice for U.S. President. The American people should have no illusion about that or about what that means and whom it would be that Biden would serve were he to become U.S. President.
District Court Lands Blow Against Bump Stock Ban :: 04/01/2020
In the days of COVID-19, not many people are talking about bump stocks right about now. That’s understandable. After all, they have other things on their minds these days. Yet that doesn’t mean gun rights advocates have forgotten about them, either.
Everytown Law: It's Totally Constitutional To Close Gun Stores Right Now :: 04/01/2020
Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun law firm, Everytown Law, is trying to convince elected officials around the country to shut down gun stores during the current national emergency, and has sent a letter to state and local officials in charge of enforcing COVID-19 emergency closure orders offering up a strategy and legal argument for those who do so. Fortunately for gun owners, and unfortunately for the gun control lobby, their argument doesn’t stand up to the slightest bit of legal scrutiny.
Trump to Anti-Gun Governors: 'Back Off' :: 04/01/2020
For more than 150 years, gun laws in the United States were essential, as written in the Bill of Rights: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” It was not until the second half of the 20th Century that gun control as we know it took hold. By that time, of course, the United States had survived a bloody civil war, expanded territorially from the eastern seaboard to the Arctic Circle, fought in and emerged victorious in two World Wars, and was the only superpower to stand against the expansionist communist regimes in the Soviet Union and Red China.
Arlington employee charged for shooting burglar in middle of the night, owner speaks out :: 03/31/2020
Arlington, VA. (ABC7) — The owner of a South Arlington smoke shop is outraged after his employee was charged with multiple crimes for shooting a suspect who had allegedly broken into the business.
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