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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Dem Senator (Manchin) Says Due Process Killing Us :: 06/17/2016
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." Senator Joe Manchin isn't sure the belief that one is innocent until proven guilty is always such a good idea. On Thursday, The West Virginia Democrat said the principle of due process is "killing us."
Do Dems Care About The Constitution? It Sure Doesn't Look Like It :: 06/17/2016
Not long ago, I met up with a progressive writer from a well-known liberal outlet to discuss democracy. At one point, he told me that while the Constitution contained some superb ideas, it was an impractical and antiquated document unworthy of 21st century America. The Second Amendment, he argued, was a violent relic, and the Constitution’s penchant for diffusing direct democracy an affront to equality. I don’t think we’re far away from this being a common view on the Left. It might already be so.
GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Working With Gun-Control Group Everytown :: 06/17/2016
Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican up for re-election this year, is working with Everytown for Gun Safety on an effort to restrict suspected terrorists’ access to weapons, the first indication that a bipartisan legislative compromise could emerge in response to the Orlando, Fla., mass shooting.
Gun Store Owner: We Alerted FBI to Suspicious Customer :: 06/17/2016
The same morning Omar Mateen killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, he posted on Facebook his allegiance to ISIS, demanded that the U.S. and Russia to “stop bombing” the terrorist group and warned of attacks to come, FBI officials said.
Talk Show Host Gives Stern Warning Following Orlando :: 06/17/2016
Talk show host and shock jock Howard Stern wasn’t holding back yesterday when he took to the show with his response to politicians and anti-gun groups call for gun control in the wake of Sunday’s deadly Orlando shooting.
Why terrorists target gun-free zones :: 06/17/2016
When will politicians finally recognize that they can’t protect all the possible shooting targets?
Will Gun Control Stop Terrorist Attacks? :: 06/17/2016
USA -(AmmoLand.com)- You’re angry. I get it. I’m angry too. The latest terrorist attack in Orlando is unbelievably tragic, but not at all surprising. The only thing surprising is that terrorist attacks like this have been this long in coming.
Americans should not lose their Second Amendment rights without due process. :: 06/16/2016
After Omar Mateen murdered dozens of people at a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning, he immediately became Exhibit A in the case for banning gun sales to suspected terrorists. But such a policy would not have stopped Mateen, and it would deprive many innocent people of their constitutional rights without due process.
Citing Orlando, Academy pulls most semi-auto rifles from display, Daniel Defense ends relationship :: 06/16/2016
The regional sporting goods discount chain this week has been quietly pulling guns such as AR-15 variants and Ruger Mini-14s from their shelves.
Dear Anti-Gun Liberals, Don't Tell Me Which Gun I Need for Self-Defense :: 06/16/2016
Any person who breaks into my house or who threatens my family on my property will very soon find themselves staring at the business end of an AR-15 — specifically this one, made by the DoubleStar Corporation, a Winchester, Ky., arms manufacturer. It’s light, maneuverable, accurate, and highly reliable. While self-defense experts can and do disagree on the optimal weapon for home defense, large numbers choose AR-style rifles for exactly the reasons I do. It provides more firepower — with greater accuracy — than the alternatives.
Democrats: No-Fly, No-Buy Gun Bill Could Have Prevented Orlando Killings :: 06/16/2016
The massacre at a gay nightclub that left at least 50 people dead on Sunday morning has reignited the debate in Congress over legislation that would prevent people on the federal terrorist no-fly list from purchasing firearms.
Fox anchor: Time to reinstate the assault-weapons ban :: 06/16/2016
How many readers assumed that the “Fox anchor” would be … Shepard Smith? Nope — in this case it’s Minnesota’s own Gretchen Carlson, who wants action taken by Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the wake of the terrorist attack in Orlando on Sunday morning. “Yes, the Orlando massacre was terror,” Carlson told her audience last night, “but there’s no doubt that Omar Mateen was able to kill so many people because he was firing an AR-15, a military style assault weapon, a weapon easier to buy in the state of Florida than buying a handgun.”
Has Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Forgotten About Paris or Kenya or the Second Amendment? :: 06/16/2016
In the continued effort to use the Orlando shooting to push through new gun control legislation, Homeland Security Jeh Johnson declared that after Orlando gun control has become a "a part of homeland security," even as the shooter in Orlando was an employee of a security firm that's been one of the largest recipients of Homeland Security contracts*.
It's clear: We're at war :: 06/16/2016
For the left, tragedies like Orlando can be prevented by more gun control. I'm a veteran, and I've been around firearms all my life. I believe, as my father and my military trainers taught me, that having a weapon is a solemn responsibility. Those who are not fit and those who abuse this responsibility should be prohibited and/or punished as the law provides.
NRA to Trump: No guns for terrorists, but due process first :: 06/16/2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss the terror and no-fly watch lists and preventing those on them from purchasing guns.
Orlando Shooter Was Turned Away From Different Gun Store for Being Suspicious :: 06/16/2016
The owner of a Florida gun store said Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen tried to buy body armor and bulk ammunition from his store just a few weeks before the shooting but his staff turned him away.
Surplus DoD guns could head to scrappers under pending bill :: 06/16/2016
This week the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the 2017 defense authorization act– but hidden inside its pages is a section that could destroy the military’s current stock of surplus rifles and pistols.
WaPo in 1994: Ban Assault Weapons to Set the Stage for Broader Gun Control :: 06/16/2016
"There is no reason mass killers can still legally buy their weapon of choice in America," says the headline over a Washington Post editorial that appeared in yesterday's paper, calling upon Congress to enact a new, broader version of the "assault weapon" ban that expired in 2004.
2nd Amendment: Original Meaning and Purpose :: 06/15/2016
When the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, federalists claimed the new government would only have limited powers expressly delegated to it. This wasn’t enough for anti-federalists like George Mason, who wanted explicit guarantees to certain rights in order to prevent any potential encroachment by the federal government.
Bill O'Reilly: It's Too Easy to Get High-Powered Weaponry in America :: 06/15/2016
During the June 14 airing of Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly reacted to the Orlando terror attack by saying “high-powered weaponry is too easy to get” in America.
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