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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The Americas and Gun Violence :: 08/31/2018
A new study shows that countries in North and South America are the most violent in the world when it comes to deaths perpetrated using firearms.
As the gun control narrative fails, local organizations are making a difference :: 08/30/2018
As media narratives and gun control debates rage on, it appears the debate’s landscape is shifting in the wake of recent school shootings. Out of that debate, come local organizations that are actually doing something to solve the school shooting problem.
Dems press Betsy DeVos about using grant money to buy guns :: 08/30/2018
Congressional democrats asked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to clarify her position on using federal grant money set aside for low-income students to arm teachers.
Dicks Admits Corporate Gun Control Hurting Business :: 08/30/2018
Dick’s Sporting Goods admitted their post-Parkland corporate gun control decisions hurt business during the last quarter.
Gun Controllers Insist 'Congress Knows' How to Prevent Attacks Like the Jacksonville Shooting, but No One Actually Does :: 08/30/2018
This week's shooting at a video game tournament in Jacksonville has predictably provoked calls for stricter gun control, but the ritualistic recommendations make even less sense than usual. It is hard to imagine how any of the usual proposals could have prevented this attack.
The Second Amendment's Authors Would Hate Today's Military :: 08/30/2018
The phrase "pro-gun, pro-military" is used by some conservatives to describe themselves, as if the two go together seamlessly. For example, activist and political candidate Erin Cruz states she is both "Pro Second Amendment" and "Pro Military" in her promotional materials.
Ban 'Gun Free' Zones So Innocents Are No Longer Vulnerable :: 08/29/2018
Veteran actor James Woods responded to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) post-Jacksonville calls for new gun laws by suggesting she ban “gun free” zones so innocents are no longer vulnerable to murdering attackers.
Britain's Failed Weapons-Control Laws: Curbing Self-Defense Rights a Slippery Slope :: 08/29/2018
The slippery slope doesn’t end with the confiscation of guns, but with the destruction of the right to self-defense itself.
Did Anti-Gunners Move Too Quickly to Exploit Jacksonville Shooting? :: 08/29/2018
The Daily Wire on Monday took a scathing verbal swipe at anti-gunners who rushed to exploit the Sunday shooting at a gamer gathering in Jacksonville, Fla., asserting that they use such incidents to advance their political agenda before all the facts come out.
Family Court the Next Battleground for Second Amendment :: 08/29/2018
Red flag laws allow police to seize firearms from private citizens after securing a court order. On this week’s episode of Bullets, AWR Hawkins talks about how such laws tempt our minds to embrace a certain degree of firearm confiscation as normal and contribute to a mentality that even impacts the way judges interact with citizens in family court.
Vigilantes With a Badge :: 08/29/2018
I have known a lot of good cops, I have defended a lot of good cops, and I have been fortunate to call a number of good cops friends.
Weapons prosecutions on track for strongest year in more than a decade :: 08/29/2018
Federal data suggests 2018 could be the Department of Justice’s busiest year ever in more than a decade for weapons prosecutions.
Who's Behind a Constitutional Convention? :: 08/29/2018
Nearly all conservatives agree that the federal government — under both Democrats and Republicans — continues to grow beyond the limitations set for it in the U.S. Constitution. As part of that overreach, the federal government has been swelling the national debt into the multiple trillions and treading on the rights of the states and of the people for more than a hundred years.
Gun control campaign on heels of Jacksonville Landing shooting :: 08/28/2018
Political action committee Giffords unveiled a new campaign this week featuring veterans urging for more gun control in the wake of a shooting at a Florida video game competition.
Man Behind 3D Gun Files Spoils The Left's Celebration Over Ban With Major Announcement :: 08/28/2018
The anti-gun Left could not contain their excitement when news broke on Monday that a federal judge in Seattle extended a ban on Austin-based company Defense Distributed which prevented it from hosting 3D-printable gun files, though the company has a license from the State Department to do so, and, you know, First Amendment protections.
The Dangers of Vehicles - Pacifiers and Peacemakers :: 08/28/2018
A few weeks ago, my just-turned-16-year-old daughter was at the wheel driving my son and me to his elementary school to meet his teacher for the new school year. We got stopped on a notoriously twisty road that my family often refers to as “the roller coaster road.” We saw several blue and red flashing lights just ahead, but we could not make out what had happened. Houses were on either side of us, and as we inched closer, we noticed around eight or nine people standing in the front yard of one house to our left and looking down toward the street.
The Jacksonville Shooter Was Hospitalized For Mental Illness . . .How Was He Able To Buy A Firearm? :: 08/28/2018
Jacksonville suffered tragedy over the weekend. Two people were killed and at least nine others were injured when David Katz opened fire at a Madden 19 tournament. He reportedly had been beaten in a game before his rampage. Losing a game, and then shooting people. That’s not rational. And if you thought he had mental issues, you would be right (via AP/ABC7 Chicago) [emphasis mine]:
The School Shootings That Weren't : NPR :: 08/28/2018
How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school? We should know. But we don't.
3 dead after shooting at Florida video game tournament :: 08/27/2018
Three people died this weekend after a man opened fire during a video game competition at an open-air mall in Florida.
A third of the counties in Illinois are exploring 'gun sanctuaries' :: 08/27/2018
Slammed by a Democratic lawmaker as “scofflaw counties,” a big swath of the Land of Lincoln has vowed to preserve gun rights regardless of what Springfield said.
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