PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Legal News
Ohioans For Concealed Carry Sues City of Cleveland :: 04/23/2015
CLEVELAND, OH - April 21, 2015 - Today Ohioans For Concealed Carry, joined by a member of the organization and resident of Cleveland, filed a taxpayer action against the City of Cleveland challenging illegal gun control legislation City Council adopted April 20th. Further, the organization is seeking Mandamus to compel the city to provide public records requests related to Cleveland gun buy-back events that have been ignored and/or denied for more than five years.
OK: Judge Rules Gun Ban On Streets & Sidewalks Is Unconstitutional :: 04/23/2015
Arizona - -(Ammoland.com)- In Oklahoma, Judge Thad Balkman ruled in favor of second amendment supporters when he issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the City of Norman from enforcing a ban on the carry of weapons during the Norman Music Festival.
Reese family files settlement agreement with government on seized property :: 04/20/2015
Attempting to bring an end to an ordeal that began in 2011, former gun dealers Rick and Terri Reese filed a settlement agreement with the U.S. government Friday in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico. In addition to over $11,000 and property, the government, if it adheres to arbitration negotiations between attorneys, will be keeping “approximately 1,191 firearms” and “approximately 4,761 ammunition magazines.”
Federal Judge opens door for cops to storm your home :: 04/16/2015
The Third Amendment, which guards against the quartering of soldiers in citizens’ homes – and which came into being because of the abuse of British troops against American patriots – has just been dinged by a judge who ruled the provision doesn’t apply to police.
Pennsylvania court weighs legality of law that lets NRA sue to overturn gun control rules :: 04/16/2015
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judges heard arguments Wednesday about whether a law that makes it easier for the National Rifle Association, gun owners and other groups to sue municipalities over their gun ordinances is constitutional.
Brady Campaign Screws the Pooch in WI Badger Guns Case :: 04/15/2015
Milwaukee’s Badger Guns [owner Adam Allan, above] sells legal products legally. Some of their customers use their legally purchased firearms illegally. And? People who buy cars legally sometimes use the car illegally (e.g., drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter). That simple logic and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act should keep anyone from prosecuting or suing a Federal Firearms Licensee for a criminal act involving a gun legally purchased from a commercial gun dealer. And so it has. Except where it hasn’t. Specifically, Badger Guns . . .
BREAKING: Judge Orders Remington to Replace 7.85m Rifle Triggers :: 04/15/2015
Do you own a Remington bolt-action model 700, Seven, Sportsman 78, 673, 710, 715, 770, 600, 660, XP-100, 721, 722 or 725 rifle? If so, you’re not alone. Some 7.85 million Americans are right there with you. Time for you and your 7,849,999 fellow Big Green bolt-action rifle owners to get a new trigger. cnbc.com reports that Remington has settled a class-action lawsuit for its bolt-action rifle’s defective not-to-say deadly triggers. They’ve agree to replace the trigger on any and all of the above-named rifles – for free! That said, there could be something of a delay . . .
Federal court says shareholders can't debate Wal-Mart gun sales :: 04/15/2015
In a ruling by a U.S. appeals court handed down Tuesday, a previous order to let shareholders vote on a proposal for tighter oversight on selling firearms with high-capacity magazines was reversed.
Officer Jeffrey Walker Testifies: 'Planted Drugs Too Many Times To Count' :: 04/15/2015
Disgraced Philadelphia police officer Jeffrey Walker opened up about his many years as a dirty cop working the drug beat, revealing he stole drug money, planted evidence and lied “too many times to count.” The officer is now testifying against his former colleagues in the special Philadelphia police drug squad to avoid a life sentence.
No guns Montco judge tells Upper Darby man who lied on gun purchase forms :: 04/14/2015
norristown >> “No guns,” a Montgomery County judge made it perfectly clear to an Upper Darby man who admitted to lying about his criminal background when he tried to purchase a handgun at an Upper Providence gun show.
Gun carry suit 'back to square one' :: 04/13/2015
San Diego — The law concerning who can carry concealed weapons in California is once again in limbo. It’s been more than a year since a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that self-defense is reason enough for law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms — a victory for gun-rights advocates.
Hold Property Owners Liable When They Ban Guns - Glenn Harlan Reynolds :: 04/13/2015
Glenn Harlan Reynolds, of Instapundit fame, was the specal lunch speaker at the National Firearms Law Seminar yesterday at the NRA Annual Meeting. Professor Reynolds gave an interesting talk derived from an article he wrote for the Tennessee Law Review last year, “The Second Amendment as Ordinary Constitutional Law.” He covered a variety of topics, but said one thing I thought really interesting (which I hastily scrawled on my napkin, so apologies if the wording is not exact): “If a premises owner bars me from possessing a gun on those premises, he should be liable if I suffer as a result of it, as if he had done it himself.” . . .
Right to Bear Arms? Gun grabbing sweeping the nation as Government ignores the law and the courts :: 04/10/2015
Cherished family heirlooms were among the 21 firearms Michael Roberts surrendered to the Torrance Police Department in 2010, after his doctor filed a restraining order against him.
Exclusive: Defying The Defilers :: 04/06/2015
Defendants’ ban on the quintessential militia arm of the modern day defies the protections our Constitution guarantees,” attorneys Stephen D. Stamboulieh and Alan Alexander Beck argued in a filing before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Gunshop owner sues BATF after stolen weapons are not returned :: 04/06/2015
Back in September there was a rather brazen robbery outside of Profire Arms and Supply in a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. A large trailer had been loaded up by the owners for a gun show the next day and the contents included automatic weapons, suppressors (commonly referred to as “silencers” in the movies) and ammunition. One thief and his drug toting accomplice were apprehended shortly thereafter.
D.C. drops appeal of court's concealed carry ruling :: 04/04/2015
Washington, D.C., will stop trying to appeal a court decision that had struck down the city’s unconstitutional ban on the concealed carry of handguns. That’s according to Karl Racine, the attorney general for municipality.
Indianapolis gun store sues ATF for keeping recovered firearms :: 04/04/2015
An Indianapolis gun store that was robbed is trying to get its inventory back, but not from the robbers.
Judge dismisses lawsuit connecting Lucky Gunner to Aurora theater shooting :: 04/04/2015
A federal judge dismissed claims that Lucky Gunner and Sportman’s Guide were negligent when they sold ammunition and gear to the gunman who in killed 12 people and injured 70 others at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.
Michigan Open Carrier Defeats Criminal Prosecution, Now Aims To Win Civil Case For Improper Arrest :: 04/04/2015
When a police officer driving the opposite direction at night does a 180-degree turn and arrests a man for having a “concealed weapon,” any reasonable person is forced to ask, “if was ‘concealed,’ how could you see it in the dark driving by in the first place?”
PSP Gun instructor accused of killing trooper skips court hearing :: 04/04/2015
The state police corporal charged with fatally shooting a trooper during a training session skipped his court appearance Wednesday. Officials say Corporal Richard Schroeter did not show up to his formal arraignment in Montgomery County and that a bench warrant will likely be issued.
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