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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Oregon Register-Guard: Background Checks Work! Expand Them! :: 04/22/2015
Facts. Tricky little buggers. Truth be told, they’re easily manipulated. For example, over at Oregon’s registerguard.com, Democratic State Senator Floyd Prozanski asserts that “According to Oregon State Police data, an average of 180 gun purchases were denied each month over the past three years. In the same period, more than 21,400 lawful transfers occurred monthly. That’s right: Each month 21,400 lawful gun transfers took place with background checks. It works!” Wait. That’s an awful small number of people denied a gun purchase, statistically speaking. Pish-posh says our Floyd . . .
Paradigm shifts on gun control :: 04/22/2015
Public opinion regarding the balance between gun control and protecting gun rights has flipped in the last ten years according to a survey by Pew Research. Not only that, but trends show this change continuing into the foreseeable future. In 2004 60% of Americans said gun control was more important than protecting the rights of gun owners. Today 52% of Americans say the opposite; that protecting the rights of Americans to keep and bear arms per the Second Amendment to the Constitution is more important than increased gun control. This is not only a major paradigm shift, but will have profound policy implications.
The New Trials of International Travel (With Guns) :: 04/22/2015
“The rifle is a noble weapon. It brings us pleasures that no scatter-gunner can ever know. A shotgun takes you into cultivated fields, or into those narrow wastes within sight and sound of civilization. But the rifle entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man.
UPDATED: What Would Jesus Do? Pack Heat, Michigan Priest Says :: 04/22/2015
Once a Pacifist, priest says there’s nothing in Jesus’ teachings that prohibits Catholics from carrying and using guns in self-defense.
A Yahoo News investigation: The NRA's brazen shell game with donations :: 04/21/2015
Early last summer I began making contributions to the National Rifle Association — a dollar here, a dollar there — to see where my money would end up. Some of it quickly found its way into the account of the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund, the NRA’s political action committee. And that was of no small interest, because I never knowingly contributed to the NRA-PVF.
Chicago defensive gun use refutes 'gun safety advocate' contentions :: 04/21/2015
An Uber driver with a concealed carry permit, something self-designated “common sense gun safety law” advocates fought tooth and nail, saved a crowd of people on a Chicago street after a criminal opened fire on them by shooting the assailant, The Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Per the Assistant State Attorney, no charges will be filed, because the driver acted lawfully “in the defense of himself and others.”
Gun Owners of America leads coalition opposing Lynch confirmation :: 04/20/2015
Predicting that confirmation of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General will constitute “the Supreme Court’s fifth vote in waiting,” Gun Owners of America posted an alert Thursday urging members and supporters to contact their senators, especially Republicans, to oppose the nomination process “at every step.” The key, GOA asserts, will be if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell requires the Lynch nomination to “clear a 60-vote hurdle ... rather than just passing with a mere 51-vote majority.”
Head of Gun Control Org Kicks Single Mom to the Curb :: 04/20/2015
The Philadelphia Inquirer will never be mistaken for a pro-gun publication, but even their editorial board found the travails of Shaneen Allen — a single mother of two who ran afoul of New Jersey’s Kafkaesque firearms laws — appalling. “Allen’s case illustrates the danger of relying on prosecutors for restraint, a consequence of any mandatory minimum sentence. Tough gun laws can save lives, but rigid penalties for sometimes minor crimes risk needlessly ruining lives, along with the rationale for those laws.” . . .
Joe Manchin Pulls Out of West Virginia's Governor Race :: 04/20/2015
On Sunday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) appeared on CBS’s Face The Nation to announce the he has decided not to run for governor of West Virginia in 2016.
Pew Research Center poll shows most Americans take gun rights over control :: 04/20/2015
For the first time since the Pew Research Center began asking more than 25 years ago, more than half of Americans say the protection of gun rights trumps the need for gun control.
Vermont Backs Away from Universal Background Checks :: 04/20/2015
Vermont, a “constitutional carry” state, currently has few restrictions on guns, but that could change soon. An important gun control bill is close to passing the Vermont legislature. The state’s house gave initial approval for the passage of one bill that has already passed the senate.
What the Times Doesn't Get about the Second Amendment :: 04/20/2015
On Friday, the New York Times stated, in a blaring headline, that my support for Second Amendment rights is “strange.” In particular, the writer took issue with my statement that “”the Second Amendment to the Constitution isn’t for just protecting hunting rights, and it’s not only to safeguard your right to target practice.
Williams: Speakers ignore or change any realities they don't like :: 04/20/2015
One of the wonders of modern times is that reality is often seen as a social construct and therefore optional.
City of Lancaster's RTKL Disclosures Regarding It's Unlawful Defense Fund, Including the Mayor's Chief of Staff "Need[s] Dope" :: 04/19/2015
As most of our viewers are aware, on February 25, 2015, I submitted a Right to Know Law (RTKL) Request on the City of Lancaster in relation to the litigation of NRA v. City of Lancaster and the defense fund it instituted to pay for that litigation. Specifically, I requested the following:
How Your Tax Dollars Demonize Your Guns-Update :: 04/19/2015
How the federal government is back in the business of funding studies that promote gun bans … more than a decade after Congress put an end to the practice.
Anti-Gun Tim McGraw Doubles Down As Currington Backs Out Of Gun Control Benefit Concert. :: 04/18/2015
Country music star Billy Currington, currently on tour with Tim McGraw, announced on his Facebook page that he will not play a benefit concert for a Newtown-based gun control group.
Canadian Supreme Court Quashes Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Gun Crimes :: 04/18/2015
This week, in the matter of Regina v. Nur, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional a statute that required mandatory minimum sentences for firearms possession crimes. The law, Section 95 of the Canadian Criminal Code, was passed in 2008, reports Jurist. According to CBC News, the act was part of a ‘tough on crime’ package backed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government . . .
Catholic University Student Delegates Vote for Campus Carry, Administration Says No :: 04/18/2015
The Catholic University of America’s Student Association General Assembly (SAGA) passed a resolution to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry guns on campus for self-defense, but administrators demand they remain unarmed.
I Can't Enforce That Law: Oregon Sheriff Promises To Ignore New Gun Control Measure :: 04/18/2015
In an ostensible effort to reduce gun violence, Oregon lawmakers are advancing a bill that many Second Amendment advocates feel is not only inconsequential but places an additional burden on those wishing to purchase a firearm. One sheriff in the state agrees with those critics, coming out this week with an impassioned denunciation of efforts to mandate criminal background checks when guns are sold between two private citizens.
Latest Australian Gun Grab Effort Defeated :: 04/18/2015
Australian firearms owners scored a resounding victory in response to a Senate Inquiry that attempted to place blame on them for a perceived increase in firearms crime as we reported last week.
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