PA Bill Number: SB945
Title: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Description: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (199-0)
Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2024
Defense Stories
Colorado Self-Defense: Suspected intruder shot approximately 20 miles west of town :: 08/25/2017
The following statement was issued this morning by Archuleta County Undersheriff Tonya Hamilton: “On August 23rd, 2017, at approximately 10:47 pm, Dispatch received a call from an unnamed male subject claiming that he had just shot an intruder on his neighbor’s property approximately 20 miles West on Highway 160 and he believed the subject to be deceased.
Colorado Self-Defense: Two RTD security guards fired their weapons after suspect pointed a gun toward them :: 08/25/2017
Two RTD security guards fired their weapons Wednesday night in the shooting death of a 43-year-old man outside the light rail station on Sheridan Boulevard.
Kansas Self-Defense: Salina Man Held at Gunpoint After Trying to Break in to Home :: 08/24/2017
A home intruder is in custody after he met the owner of the home he was trying to break in to the hard way in the early hours this morning.
West Virginia Self-Defense: Sissonville shooting leaves man dead after suspected knife attack :: 08/24/2017
In what appeared to be act of self defense, a man shot and killed another man in Sissonville on Tuesday afternoon.
Alabama Self-Defense: Suspect shot, killed while trying to disarm homeowner during altercation :: 08/23/2017
An altercation at a swimming hole in Alabama on Sunday turned deadly when two men followed a woman to her home in Theodore, only to be met by the woman’s father, who was armed with a shotgun.
Arkansas Self-Defense: Police: Robber tries to take woman's purse, flees when 57-year-old shows gun at west Little Rock shopping center :: 08/23/2017
A gun-toting 57-year-old woman fought off a would-be robber who tried to take her purse outside a west Little Rock grocery store, according to police.
Kansas Self-Defense: Convenience store clerk fires shot at robber :: 08/23/2017
A 23-year-old clerk at a Circle K convenience store shot at a man who tried reaching into his register late Sunday.
Illinois Self-Defense: Police: Off-duty CFD lieutenant fatally shoots teen carjacker :: 08/22/2017
An off-duty Chicago Fire Department lieutenant fatally shot a teenage boy who tried to steal his car Monday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood, authorities said.
Ohio Self-Defense: Thank God He Was Carrying :: 08/22/2017
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- All he was trying to do was go to work.
South Carolina Self-Defense: Deputies: Homeowner shoots, kills intruder in Chester County :: 08/21/2017
CHESTER COUNTY, SC (WBTV) - A homeowner fatally shot a intruder during a home invasion in Chester County Saturday morning.
Colorado Self-Defense: Police: Witness fires shot during suspected burglary in western Colorado Springs :: 08/18/2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — No one was injured when a witness fired a shot during a suspected burglary in western Colorado Springs Wednesday night, according to police.
Illinois Self-Defense: Suspect held at gunpoint during Ogle County burglary :: 08/18/2017
The Ogle County Sheriff's Office says a homeowner held a suspect at gunpoint until police arrived during a burglary Tuesday afternoon.
Minnesota Self-Defense: Armed robbery, shooting at Inver Grove Heights Verizon store :: 08/18/2017
A Cellular Connection store clerk with a permit to carry shot and wounded an armed robbery suspect Thursday morning in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. The robbery and shooting were reported at about 11 a.m. at the company's Cahill Avenue location, which is licensed to sell Verizon products.
Tennessee Self-Defense: 2 suspects shot multiple times during attempted robbery :: 08/18/2017
Authorities in Knoxville, Tennessee, are investigating a double shooting that left two people injured Wednesday afternoon.
California Self-Defense: Suspect shot by homeowner, locked inside room in Escondido :: 08/17/2017
ESCONDIDO (NEWS 8/CNS) - An Escondido father shot a man Wednesday morning who tried to break into the home where he, his wife and two teenage daughters were sleeping, authorities said.
Florida Self-Defense: Florida homeowner with AK-47 shoots at teen burglars breaking into his car :: 08/17/2017
Three Florida teens are behind bars after they broke into a vehicle in Panama City Beach early Sunday morning and were met by the homeowner, who was armed with an AK-47.
Georgia Self-Defense: Police: Newton Co. homeowner shoots at man who kicked in door :: 08/17/2017
A homeowner fired at a man who allegedly kicked in his door just before noon Wednesday, Newton County police said.
Cape Coral man stops drugged-out teen from home burglary :: 08/16/2017
A Cape Coral teen, fueled by drugs, is accused of terrorizing his neighborhood, landing him on the wrong end of a gun and a Taser.
Florida Self-Defense: Man shoots, kills intruder in Marion County, deputies say :: 08/16/2017
SUMMERFIELD, Fla. - A man shot and killed a home intruder late Monday night in Marion County, deputies said.
South Carolina Self-Defense: Man shot in self-defense steals, then crashes, truck :: 08/16/2017
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina man got shot for threatening people with a pressure washer, then punched a woman in the face while stealing a truck he later crashed.
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