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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Cuomo Signs Bill Banning 'Undetectable' Knives :: 08/08/2019
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo doesn’t like people having anything that could be used as a weapon. He doesn’t have a lot of choice on the matter, though, so he has to tolerate at least some of it. However, he’ll do everything he can to curtail anything he thinks he can get away with.
Fox Business Channel Host Calls For Trump To Just Declare Guns Banned :: 08/08/2019
For most people–not the average Bearing Arms reader, but most Americans–people who host TV news shows are thought to have at least some brains. Sure, you sometimes get the pretty face who has no cerebral cortex in evidence, but for the most part? They figure there should be some smarts.
Pa. lawmakers, gun control advocates rally to change state laws :: 08/08/2019
(Harrisburg) -- State lawmakers and advocates for tougher gun laws rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday evening just a few days after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
VA's 'Flagging' Of Vets Shows Why Red Flag Laws Are Bad Idea :: 08/08/2019
On paper, red flag laws sound pretty good to a lot of folks. If someone may be a threat, you can notify the courts and their guns get taken away. That mean, in theory, they won’t be able to shoot up the local grocery store or church.
Walmart Employees Walk Out For Gun Control :: 08/08/2019
While Walmart says it plans no changes to its policies on gun and ammunition sales in the wake of the mass shooting at a store in El Paso, Texas, several dozen employees around the country are walking out of their jobs in protest of the retailer’s decision.
What About Firearms That Saved Lives Last Month? :: 08/08/2019
Media hysteria over recent mass shootings just reached new highs. Rather than rehashing the ghastly atrocities committed over the past weeks, the Associated Press instead recounted the number of shootings committed since the first of the year and loudly lamented in its headline: “U.S. Mass Shootings This Year Nearly Reach 2018 Levels, and It’s Only August!”
Adam Kinzinger (Congressman): 'Serious movement' brewing to overturn entire Second Amendment :: 08/07/2019
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said there is a political movement brewing in the United States to try and overturn the Second Amendment in its entirety, and do away with a citizen's right to keep and bear arms.
Biden says he's coming for assault weapons, as 2020 Dems urge new ban in wake of shootings :: 08/07/2019
Biden, 2020 Democratic candidates urge new assault weapons ban in wake of shootings. Former vice president Joe Biden, who had a large role in crafting the 1994 assault weapons ban, declared support for a national gun buyback program to get assault weapons off the street. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Kamala Harris, and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke are among other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to express support for additional gun violence reform measures.
If Trump’s Hateful Rhetoric Is Responsible For El Paso, Who Is To Blame For Dayton? :: 08/07/2019
The media has been in full-blown anti-Trump mode of late, especially in the wake of El Paso. The killer’s anti-immigrant thinking was allegedly laid bare in a manifesto that the left has latched onto in an effort to smear Trump with allegations that he instigated the shooting, while at the same time pretending he’s made anti-gun comments that never happened.
PA Republican lawmaker plans hearings following mass shootings :: 08/07/2019
State Sen. Lisa Baker, the chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she is planning public hearings following the mass shootings this weekend in Texas and Ohio.
Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership - here's why it doesn't have mass shootings :: 08/07/2019
Switzerland hasn't had a mass shooting since 2001, when a man stormed the local parliament in Zug, killing 14 people and then himself.
Local gun organizations respond to mass shootings :: 08/06/2019
PITTSBURGH - Two gun rights organizations denounced the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton this weekend, but they also denounced new gun laws as a remedy to deter future massacres.
Mayor Peduto, Moms Demand Action Founder Join Forces To Call For Movement On Gun Safety Legislation :: 08/06/2019
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto welcomed the founder of the gun safety organization, Moms Demand Action, to the City-County Building today.
Media Focus on Mass Shootings Shows Disconnect from Actual Crime Trends :: 08/06/2019
Following last weekend's Gilroy, California shooting during which three victims died, media outlets have begun to suggest again that murder is a growing reality in the lives of Americans.
Pat Toomey seeks to revive background checks legislation; opposes ban on military style firearms :: 08/06/2019
In the wake of the nation's latest mass shooting spate, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, seeks to reincarnate efforts to enact broad background checks legislation.
What Congressional delegates from Pennsylvania are saying after the weekend’s mass shooting carnage :: 08/06/2019
The weekend’s mass shooting carnage in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio continued to command the attention of the nation and its leaders on Monday.
After mass shootings, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf calls for banning assault weapons and targeting white nationalism :: 08/05/2019
In the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left at least 29 people dead, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf called for increased gun restrictions and targeting white nationalism.
Chicago Mass Shooting This Morning. Where is the Democrat Outcry? :: 08/05/2019
Chicago Mass Shooting This Morning. Where is the Democrat Outcry?
Dayton suspect compiled 'hit list' and 'rape list' in high school: reports :: 08/05/2019
The gunman who fatally shot nine people -- including his sister -- and injured more than two dozen others in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday was reportedly suspended during his high school years for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault.
Sen. Harris Proposes Taking Banned Guns From People's Homes :: 08/05/2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris has pledged to use executive action if she is elected to the White House in order to bring about gun control, including taking away banned firearms from people’s homes, The Washington Examiner reports.
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