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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2 Parkland baseball coaches who failed to confront Nikolas Cruz first to lose jobs over massacre :: 06/27/2018
Two Marjory Stoneman Douglas baseball coaches, who were also security monitors and widely criticized for not confronting Nikolas Cruz when he entered the high school and killed 17 people, have reportedly become the first school district employees to lose their jobs over the massacre.
The Second Amendment 'Has Become Optional' :: 06/27/2018
Ten years ago this week, the Supreme Court for the first time explicitly recognized that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to armed self-defense. Since then the Court has revisited the subject only twice, while it has heard about 45 cases involving the Fourth Amendment and about 60 involving the First.
Civilians Around the World Become Better Armed :: 06/26/2018
Will widespread private arms rebalance power between individuals and the state? It looks like we’re going to find out.
GUN BILLS: Pa. House exits, leaving for fall decisions on several key bills :: 06/26/2018
The state House of Representatives acted more like it was the last day of school on Monday seemingly more focused on getting on with their summer than tackling some weighty government reform and criminal justice issues that were ripe for a vote.
Public comments on bump stock ban due Wednesday :: 06/26/2018
Federal regulators will close the public comment period on a pending bump stock ban this week.
Ten Years after Heller decision, gun rights continue trend toward more freedom, not more gun control :: 06/26/2018
The cornerstone gun-rights decision, Heller v. D.C., the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights is indeed an individual right, has reached its 10th anniversary.
A Solid NO to Extreme Risk Protection Order's ERPO = NO :: 06/25/2018
Buckeye, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- The NRA, President Trump, Republican members of Congress, and commentators like Ben Shapiro are all advocating in favor of so-called Extreme Risk Protection Orders, or ERPO’s. Unfortunately, it’s a bad move that will hurt gun owners and Second Amendment rights.
The poignant questions to ask gun control supporters :: 06/25/2018
A couple weeks back Guns.com highlighted the story of Gabby Franco, how she gave up her dreams of Olympic shooting in Venezuela to come to America in pursuit of a new dream.
DRGO: The AMA's Lying Ayes :: 06/24/2018
Yesterday, the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates passed anti-liberty resolutions surpassing what we anticipated just two weeks ago as we covered its planning. You can read about it on AMA Wire and MedPage Today, outlets that uncritically regard the AMA as the fount of all medical correctness. Even the Associated Press wrote that the “physicians group bowed to unprecedented demands from doctor-members to take a stronger stand on gun violence”.
Pennsylvania gun owners win one more concession in domestic violence bill :: 06/24/2018
Pennsylvania's powerful gun owners' rights lobby scored one more win Friday in a bill meant to separate domestic abusers from their weapons.
Round 2: UN Continues Their Push To Disarm Americans :: 06/24/2018
Last month, the United Nations' International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) held a week-long conference geared towards making gun control an international priority. Now, the UN's Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is wanting to regulate and control small arms.
Anti-Gun Activist Michael Bloomberg Plans to Dump 80 Million On 2018 Elections :: 06/23/2018
Well, guess who is ready to dole out some cash to Democrats: former New York Mayor and anti-gun activist Michael Bloomberg. The billionaire plans to pour $80 million to help Democrats flip the House, though he hasn’t released his targeted races yet. He is reportedly playing it safe; avoiding the more conservative rural areas of the country, where his pro-gun control agenda is anathema to voters (via NYT):
CPRC: Illinois: More evidence that concealed handgun permits holders are extremely law-abiding :: 06/23/2018
The Chicago Tribune ran an article on Friday under the headline: “Almost nothing is known about dozens of concealed carry shootings in Illinois. Why?” The article lists 38 cases where a person with a concealed handgun permit discharged a gun. The cases go back to 2014, and Illinois first started issuing concealed handgun permits in February that year. There have been no criminal convictions for any of these permit holders, and just five face criminal charges that are related to their permits.
The Second Amendment had nothing to do with slavery :: 06/23/2018
For 20 years now, a well-meaning law professor has been peddling the fiction that the Second Amendment – guaranteeing the right of Americans to keep and bear arms – was adopted to protect slavery. He first proposed this in a 1998 law review article and trotted it out again in a recent New York Times op-ed.
Time for a History Lesson About Gun Control :: 06/23/2018
Advocates of “commonsense gun safety” measures have been promoting two major objectives. One is universal background checks, about which the National Institute of Justice wrote “effectiveness depends on . . . requiring gun registration.” Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) just introduced a bill in Congress that would do just that – create a national registry of all firearm owners.
Another Day, Another Prohibited Person Stockpiling Guns :: 06/22/2018
Gun control advocates swear that gun control works. Of course, if they acknowledged gun control didn’t work, they probably wouldn’t be advocating for restrictions on people’s gun rights in the first place.
Antis Descend Into Anger Because They Can't Win On Facts :: 06/22/2018
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- There is a generational amnesia that we must overcome. For example, if one was born too late to remember the multiple affairs of John F. Kennedy (JFK), one must study history to know about them, and that they took place in the White House, during his presidency.
A Treatise to ATF Regarding 'Bump Stocks' :: 06/22/2018
I would like to present some of the reasons why I do not agree with your plan to classify bump-fire stocks as machine guns (ATF 2017R-22, Bump Stock Type Devices). A condensed version of your argument is found in the following quote from ATF 2017R-22 (I will be placing such verbatim quotes between *** and *** to make it easier to find in case my formatting is deleted):
Can I buy a gun if I have a juvenile record in Pennsylvania? :: 06/22/2018
Most people do not realize it, but there are many juvenile adjudications which make it a crime for an adult to possess or attempt to purchase a gun.
Has the U.S. Constitution Lost Its Meaning? A Debate :: 06/22/2018
Should the U.S. Constitution be interpreted and applied according to the original meaning of its text?
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