PA Bill Number: HR541
Title: Recognizing the month of October 2024 as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
Description: A Resolution recognizing the month of October 2024 as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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Last Action Date: Sep 27, 2024
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Trump ATF poised to weaken gun regs :: 02/11/2017
A white paper recently out from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives suggests that the agency is ready to support legislative reforms to potions of the National Firearms Act.
Trump Must Break Judicial Power :: 02/11/2017
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- “Disheartening and demoralizing,” wailed Judge Neil Gorsuch of President Trump’s comments about the judges seeking to overturn his 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. from the Greater Middle East war zones.
Unsafe, unfair to ban concealed carry on Ky. college campuses :: 02/11/2017
For years, Kentucky law has acknowledged that carrying a concealed firearm for self-defense is both a right and a need.
Brady Campaign: Sessions, NRA a Deadly Combo Against Gun Control :: 02/10/2017
Moreover, the email also warns that ATF Associate Deputy Director Ronald Turk’s much publicized criticism of the ongoing National Firearms Act regulation of silencers, import bans on “assault weapons,” and importation delays on M1 Garands only add to the uphill climb gun control faces during the Trump administration.
NBC News Spreads Fear, Lies With Ghost Gun Fake News :: 02/10/2017
Once again, “investigative reporter” Jeff Rossen is fear-mongering about the firearms industry, this time with an incredibly dishonest article about so-called “ghost guns,” a hysterical term used to describe firearms made from gun parts kits sold both in retail stores and online.
Smith leads effort to overturn ammunition and tackle ban :: 02/10/2017
Congressman Jason Smith (R-Salem) acted as the lead author of a bipartisan letter yesterday along with over 60 of his colleagues to President Trump urging him to revoke a “midnight rule” from the Obama Administration that would ban lead ammunition and fishing tackle from being used on any public lands.
2A Attorney highlights revamped NICS appeals site :: 02/09/2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System took their page on appeals down months ago, but now it’s back and a gun rights lawyer has the low down.
Ambition, Turning Down Heat Seen as Motivators behind ATF Proposals on Guns :: 02/09/2017
USA –-(Ammoland.com)- “The second-highest-ranking official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has written a proposal to reduce gun regulations, including examining a possible end to the ban on importing assault weapons into the United States,” The Washington Post reported Monday.
Constitutional carry bill passes in New Hampshire House :: 02/09/2017
New Hampshire is now ever so close to repealing a state law that requires gun owners to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun.
Constitutional Carry: Constitutional carry bill proposed in North Carolina :: 02/09/2017
A group of House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a measure to make North Carolina the next state to grant concealed handgun carry without a permit.
Constitutional Carry: Constitutional Carry on the March: Legislation Introduced in 6 More States :: 02/09/2017
The six states are Alabama, New Hampshire, Indiana, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Texas.
CPRC: John Lott: Gun-free zones easy targets for would-be killers :: 02/09/2017
Would you post a sign in front of your home announcing that you live in a gun-free zone? Would this make you feel safer?
Western Pa. Rep. (Saccone) will challenge Bob Casey :: 02/09/2017
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Casey has his first official Republican challenger. State Rep. Rick Saccone, of Allegheny County, has filed federal paperwork to run against the Democratic Senator next year and is planning a Feb. 27 campaign kick off in Harrisburg.
Colorado Teachers Don't Just Teach, They Pack Heat :: 02/08/2017
Colorado’s Senate Bill 5, sponsored by state Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert, will create training programs for principals, teachers, and school staff members who choose to conceal carry on the job.
Democrats continue to push gun-control lie :: 02/08/2017
Democrats are living a delusional lie. Looking to gin up gun-control activists, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee tried to use a Tuesday hearing on Social Security to lament a noncontroversial vote last week to do away with an Obama-era rule designed to get certain beneficiaries’ information into the national gun-purchase background check system.
How I changed my mind on guns :: 02/08/2017
Numerous gun bills await the Legislature when it convenes March 7. From the right we have a full-frontal assault by Sen. Greg Steube, who filed a comprehensive bill — since broken into smaller proposals — to allow open display of firearms in courthouses, government meetings, on college campuses and in airport baggage claim areas.
How Shooting A Gun Affects Your Body :: 02/08/2017
Guns are one of the most deadly weapons known to man, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting that about 33,736 people die from gun shots each year. While most of us understand what happens to a person who has been shot, how firearms affect the biology of the shooter is more mysterious. Here’s a short run-through of what happens to your body when you pull the trigger.
Let Mentally Ill People Buy Guns :: 02/08/2017
When the GOP-controlled House voted last Thursday to overturn an Obama-era regulation that prevented some mentally ill people from purchasing firearms, anti-gun Democrats howled. They mocked the Republican Party for being such lapdogs to the National Rifle Association (NRA) that they would do something as plainly stupid as giving guns to people who are unstable and unpredictable.
Petitions to repeal NFA, Hughes Amendment garner 40K signatures in 19 days :: 02/08/2017
A pair of We The People petitions to the White House for gun reform started on President Donald Trump’s inauguration day are slowly gaining steam.
ATF Associate Deputy Director: 'Assault Weapons' Import Ban Nonsensical :: 02/07/2017
The reasons behind his assessment include the growing use of AR-15s and similar rifles for hunting and shooting sports.
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