PA Bill Number: HB2311
Title: Establishing the School Mental Health Screening Grant and Development Program.
Description: Establishing the School Mental Health Screening Grant and Development Program. ...
Last Action: Laid on the table
Last Action Date: Sep 23, 2024
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Effort to require background checks for Maine private gun sales gets big donation :: 07/29/2016
AUGUSTA — The group backing a statewide ballot effort to require background checks for private gun sales has received a large donation from an out-of-state donor, according to the latest campaign finance reports released this week.
How the concealed carry law fares: Illinois gets positive reviews, violence prevention group urges caution :: 07/29/2016
Three years ago, Illinois became the last state in the nation to legalize the concealed carrying of firearms. Since then, the Illinois State Police has distributed more than 181,000 licenses, according to a recent report by the organization Reboot Illinois.
Lockdown: A Teacher's Thoughts :: 07/29/2016
The "gun violence" and Sandy Hook speakers at the Democrat Convention reminded me of a recent event that took place in my own school. Toward the end of the school year, an announcement came over the loudspeaker that I had never heard: "we are in lockdown. This is not a drill." A teacher stuck her head in my classroom. "Lockdown."
Obama regime targets gunsmiths with new executive order :: 07/29/2016
President Barack Obama just quietly released a new executive order that could subject casual gunsmiths to thousands of dollars in fees and other regulatory burdens if they so much as thread a barrel on a firearm.
The Second Amendment Doesn't Exist in the Aloha State :: 07/29/2016
Over the last decade every single attempt made by law-abiding, upstanding citizens to obtain a concealed carry firearms permit on Hawaii’s Big Island has been denied.
White House vs. Fact Checkers on Obama's Gun Claim :: 07/29/2016
The White House struck back after a clean sweep of fact checkers criticized President Barack Obama’s assertion that it’s easier to obtain a gun than a book.
Why Do Democrats Think Renaming Gun Control Is A Winning Strategy? :: 07/29/2016
Hillary Clinton and her allies have convinced one another that attacking the natural right to bear arms for self-defense is a winning strategy in November’s Presidential elections, even as they recognize that they have to lie about what they’re proposing to make gun control palatable even among each other.
Anti-gun groups in Wash., Oregon want 'West Coast Wall' against Assault Weapons :: 07/28/2016
Citing a survey of 310 people across the two states, gun control organizations in Washington and Oregon are working together to enact a California-style ban on the sale of some semi-auto firearms.
Butler Director Lee Daniels Inflates Gun Violence Numbers By 66% in DNC Gun Control Plea :: 07/28/2016
Top Hollywood producer-director Lee Daniels inflated “gun violence” numbers by 66 percent when he claimed that “33,000 people each year die from gun violence” during his speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.
Critics shoot holes in widely cited gun study :: 07/28/2016
A much-heralded and widely cited study of 171 countries over nearly a half century purports to show more guns mean more mass shootings, but critics say the report uses bad methodology in a way that rigs the results.
Democrats leave no doubt what their position is on gun rights :: 07/28/2016
Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention was a relentless attack on American gun owners in the first half. Speaker after speaker before prime time expressed the pain of losing family members to gun violence and promises that Clinton will bring change. The message headed off to more general themes with vice-presidential candidate, Tim Kaine. He has a record of support for gun control, but gave only a few lines about it during his acceptance speech.
DNC Part 1: The Big Lie About "Gun Violence" :: 07/28/2016
The orchestrated push for so-called “gun violence” prevention by those at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia—inside and outside the convention hall—is based on a misleading false narrative that gun-ban advocates and the anti-gun media will never address.
Gun Rights Are the Solution for Europe's Terror Threat :: 07/28/2016
Arming Citizens is Most Effective Way to Stop Terrorists. After every terror attack, politicians and pundits rush to the microphones to pass judgment. Some call for stricter gun control measures. Other politicians target specific groups of people, such as Muslims. Rarely do any proposals advance liberty.
It's a matter of survival: the black Americans fighting for gun rights :: 07/28/2016
‘Dallas is hot right now,” self-defence activist Eric Randall tells me with a shake of his head. It’s well over 100F in the carpark outside the strip mall pizzeria where we’re talking, and the asphalt is rippling with haze. But Randall is not talking about the weather. He’s talking about his neighbourhood.
Late-Justice Scalia's Faint-Hearted Support of Gun Rights :: 07/28/2016
Days prior to Justice Antonin Scalia's passing on Feb. 13, Ammon Bundy and fellow militia leaders were forced to end their siege of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Ore. In spite of sincere desires to stand against perceived federal government tyranny, televised images of Bundy and friends revealed them a tad under-prepared.
So You are Afraid to be on a Government List :: 07/28/2016
My friend, a man I respect, told me he didn’t want to get a concealed carry license because that might put him on a government list. He seemed sincere. I had to think for a minute before I said anything.
Advocates for new gun laws rally at DNC, but face dilemma choosing between Pat Toomey, Katie McGinty :: 07/27/2016
Advocates for tougher gun laws are planning to flex their muscles in this fall's critical Senate elections -- but they have a dilemma in Pennsylvania.
DOJ pressed on decision to drop Orlando gunman from terror list :: 07/27/2016
Key lawmakers are demanding an explanation for the FBI’s decision to drop Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen from its terrorist watch list, despite signs the Orlando gunman had ties to radical Islam.
Olympic shooters thrust into gun-control debate :: 07/27/2016
Kim Rhode sees the news on television or social media. Another mass shooting, in Aurora, San Bernardino, Newtown, Orlando, Dallas, Baton Rouge.
Open carry doom and gloom forecast for RNC fizzles :: 07/27/2016
After petitions and statements by some seeking to bring their firearms to the Republican National Convention and others pressing to ban guns in Cleveland, the outcome was largely anticlimactic.
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