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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Why I'm ready to buy a gun :: 01/11/2019
I might buy a gun. I’d need a permit. And lessons on how to shoot, a place to keep it safe, and a way to overcome the fear that I’d shoot myself.
Why We Continue to Have School Murders :: 01/11/2019
Why have there been any more school murders in the USA since the attack at Columbine High School two decades ago? Violent attacks aren’t a mystery. We know why murderers kill. Narcissistic psychopaths and disgruntled sociopaths kill because the media turns these murderers into celebrities. We know the kind of targets they want. We know they will attack unarmed groups of people.
Even Vox Concedes Universal Background Checks Don't Work :: 01/10/2019
We’ve said before that universal background checks don’t do anything. It’s really not hard to see why, either. Criminals buy and sell guns all the time and completely bypass the background check system. Most of the guns they obtain are either through theft or through a straw purchase. If you shut down one potential avenue for purchasing guns, they just use others.
Feinstein Introduces Assault Weapon Ban Of 2019 :: 01/10/2019
Despite Democrats failing to gain control of the Senate, many of us figured we could still trust Sen. Dianne Feinstein to run out yet another assault weapon ban, just as she has over and over again since the last one sunset despite her best efforts. Many of us expected it and were getting ready to see just how bad it would be.
Five Republicans Join Democrat Push to Criminalize Private Gun Sales :: 01/10/2019
Five Republican House members have joined the Democrat push to criminalize private gun sales. The five are Reps. Peter King (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Brian Mast (R-FL).
Get Ready for a Financial Assault on the Second Amendment :: 01/10/2019
California Democrat Maxine Waters is the new chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee. To judge from the party’s past behavior and the various proposals emanating from the left, Waters’s Democrats are going to pressure banks, credit unions, and payment companies to severely curtail and even terminate their relationships with firearm manufacturers, licensed gun retailers, and law-abiding citizens exercising their right to purchase and own firearms.
New Report on Where Criminals Get Their Guns :: 01/10/2019
From the Department of Justice. It’s nothing earthshattering, but it’s a good update to old surveys of prison inmates.
Pittsburgh City Council To Have 'Fact-Finding' Meeting On Gun Control, Guns, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh city council, Tree of Life Synagogue shooting :: 01/10/2019
The mayor of Pittsburgh may be bound and determined to ignore state law and ram through gun control laws, but the city council is taking a bit more of a cautious approach.
Bloomberg-Backed Lawmakers Launch All-Out Attack on Your Second Amendment Rights: Gun Control Bills Pre-Filed for 2019 Legislative Session :: 01/09/2019
While the New Mexico Legislature will not convene for its 60-day Regular Session until January 15, anti-gun lawmakers who support Bloomberg’s radical gun control agenda have already started pre-filing unprecedented attacks on your Second Amendment rights. The bill introduction deadline is February 14 and we will continue to update you as more firearm-related bills are filed. Here’s what New Mexico gun owners are facing so far in the Roundhouse:
British Column Points Out An Actual Truth About Gun Owners :: 01/09/2019
I don’t expect fair coverage of the gun debate from the media, but especially not from the British media. They’ve gone down the gun control rabbit hole so far that even their right-of-center publications tend to support gun control to some degree.
Chicago Alderman Charged with Extortion Fine with Guns as Long as they're His :: 01/09/2019
U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)-“Feds charge Ald. Edward Burke, allege wiretap on cellphone captures him in attempted extortion,” the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. “Burke, one of Chicago’s most powerful figures and a vestige of the city’s old Democratic machine, has often been considered too clever and sophisticated to be caught blatantly using his public office to enrich himself.
Gov. Tom Wolf Supports Legislation Banning Semi-Automatic Weapons :: 01/09/2019
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf supports legislation to ban semi-automatic weapons such as the AR-15 rifle, which was used in the recent mass shootings including in Las Vegas in 2017 and at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last year.
Murphy, Blumenthal to reintroduce background checks bill :: 01/09/2019
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut’s two Democratic senators are reintroducing legislation expanding federal background checks for firearms sales.
Western Caucus Rebukes Introduction of Speaker Pelosi's Gun Control Bill :: 01/09/2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, members of the Congressional Western Caucus released statements rebuking the introduction of H.R.8, Speaker Pelosi's gun control bill:
Everyone's Favorite Gun Control Zealot Attempts to Spin the Firearm Industry's Progress on Accidental Shooting Deaths :: 01/08/2019
Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts is no stranger at spinning the facts in order to push her agenda of disarming law-abiding Americans. And she's at it again. This time though, she's attempting to make the argument that gun control groups are responsible for the drop in accidental shooting deaths. There's just one problem though: the firearms industry has invested heavily in gun safety initiatives.
Gabby Giffords: Expanding Background Checks Only the 'First Step' :: 01/08/2019
As House Democrats embark on an effort to expand background checks Gabby Giffords is making clear that it is only the “first step” in a larger push for gun control. WRDW quoted Giffords describing an expansion background checks as “a critical first step toward strengthening America’s gun laws and making our country a safer place to live, work, study, worship and play.”
Gun-Related Deaths Reach Highest Peak. . .Or Have They? :: 01/08/2019
We’ve been seeing this headline off and on all year. It is alarming and not necessarily false. Recently it’s been making the rounds again in mainstream media—CNN, Fox News, Time magazine—stating that a CDC report finds that gun deaths in the U.S. are the highest they’ve been in 40 years.
Gun Rights Advocates Protest At 'Open Carry Rally' At City-County Building :: 01/08/2019
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Chanting “we will not comply, we will not comply,” they filed down Grant Street to the City-County building to raise their voices in a chorus of “we need our guns to protect ourselves,” as Jody Corfield, of Millvale, put it.
Key to reduced school shootings: reporting :: 01/08/2019
A recent Federal Commission on School Safety report tackled issues related to school shootings. Among the findings, officials concluded age limits on gun purchases would have little deterrent effect, but that encouraging people to report disturbing student behavior could have significant benefit.
Brazil to combat crime by loosening gun control :: 01/07/2019
SAO PAULO – Like millions of victims of rampant gun crime in Brazil, Claudio Sotero Júnior is clear about what he wants: his own gun.
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