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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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Slide Fire To Stop Taking Orders On May 20 :: 04/18/2018

For a company that’s done absolutely nothing wrong, Slide Fire can certainly be termed as “embattled.” Every since the atrocity in Las Vegas on October 1 was first attributed to the use of a bump stock, Slide Fire has been in the crosshairs.

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Western Pennsylvania sheriff challenges NRA boycotters :: 04/18/2018

BUTLER, Pa. — A Western Pennsylvania sheriff has banned his department from conducting county sheriff business with any of the corporations that have cut ties with members of the National Rifle Association.

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Don't be surprised if your doctor asks you about guns :: 04/17/2018

By now you are probably used to the probing questions your doctor asks during your annual checkup.

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He says he became the face of those wrongly targeted by N.J. gun laws :: 04/17/2018

Brian Aitken says prior to his 2009 arrest he considered himself a regular guy who occasionally went shooting with his dad.

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Illinois county votes to become 'sanctuary' for gun owners :: 04/17/2018

The board of a Central Illinois county on Monday overwhelmingly passed a resolution declaring the region a “sanctuary county” for gun owners.

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Pennsylvania Atty. General Shapiro Cancels Reciprocity with Virginia :: 04/17/2018

As far as Pennsylvania is concerned, Idaho and Alabama are now in and Virginia is on its way out.

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Woman calls cops on man playing with his kids at park because she was afraid of his pro-gun shirt :: 04/17/2018

A Texas woman called the police on a man wearing an offensive and concerning T-shirt while playing with his children at a local playground.

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Amid Push for Knife Control, UK Shows Gun Control Doesn't Increase Safety :: 04/16/2018

It was widely reported earlier this month that London experienced a higher number of murders over the first three months of 2018 than did New York City—the first time in modern history that has occurred.

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Congressional Dems launch drive to bring handgun licensing to more states :: 04/16/2018

A group of Democrats from states that require licenses to purchase or own handguns is looking to take the concept nationwide.

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Gun clients and banks: JPMorgan limits firearms clients, Wells Fargo keeps them :: 04/16/2018

Another major U.S. bank has cut its exposure to the firearms industry, but a top rival is sticking to its gunmakers business, company officials said Friday. 

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Now N.J. Democrats want to go after the NRA and gun-friendly states :: 04/16/2018

Democratic lawmakers want to take the state's tight gun control laws and expand them outside of New Jersey's borders.

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Pennsylvania lawmaker plans rare, days-long hearing on gun bills :: 04/16/2018

With the memory of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., still fresh, state lawmakers from across Pennsylvania will on Monday start the first of two weeks of hearings on bills related to firearms.

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Pennsylvania: Second Amendment supporters hold rally in Mercer Co. to defend their rights :: 04/16/2018

MERCER CO., Pa. (WKBN) - Well over 100 people showed up to a march in Mercer County on Sunday in support of the Second Amendment.

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Tax guns instead of arming teachers, California lawmaker proposes :: 04/16/2018

Following the February school massacre in Parkland, Fla., California legislators responded as they often do after a mass shooting, with proposals to further tighten the state's strict gun control laws.

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Yet Another Mass Casualty Event In SC Shows How Wrong Gun Control Is :: 04/16/2018

Last month, I wrote about a mass killing in South Carolina that the national media completely ignored. Why was it ignored? Because the murder weapon was something other than a gun.

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Here's what Pa. can do to stop the next school shooting - John Lott :: 04/15/2018

Instead of solving the problem of violence in their halls, Pennsylvania schools are becoming a national punchline.  This week, one school district announced it will arm teachers with miniature 16-inch long baseball bats. Another district recently placed 5-gallon buckets of rocks in classrooms so students could defend themselves in the event of an attack.

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Pa. legislature becomes test bed for shifting sands on gun control :: 04/15/2018

For more than a decade, the Pennsylvania legislature has been the place where gun control bills went to die.  If that changes this year, it will be further evidence that the recent spate of mass shootings - and the new waves of public advocacy it has unleashed - are moving the political needle in America.

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DRGO: Guns and the Children's Crusade :: 04/14/2018

The mobilization of youth in response to the Parkland High School shooting has similarities to the Children’s Crusade and must not end the same way. There was a sense of exasperation and failure within Europe at the beginning of the thirteenth century.  For over one hundred years, the European powers had been engaged in the Crusades.  Their great endeavor was to wrest the holy land away from “Saracen usurpers”. Despite the best efforts of powerful kings with vast armies, the forces of Christendom had, for the most part, failed.

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Pittsburgh Gun Ranges Set Sights On Customer Experience To Attract New Business :: 04/14/2018

Sales associate Dale Benner adjusted his stance, peering through two layers of reinforced glass. Less than 10 yards ahead, a soft “pop pop” barely registered over the low hum of classic rock piped overhead.

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Britain's Knife Control Is A Bad, Real-Life Parody Of Gun Control :: 04/13/2018

If you set out to write a parody showing the folly of gun control, it might look something like this.

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