PA Bill Number: HB335
Title: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.
Description: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons. ...
Last Action: Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
Last Action Date: May 6, 2024
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Concealed Carry Up 215 Percent, Murder Rate Down 14 Percent :: 05/24/2017
In other words, more guns being carried for self-defense correlated with fewer murders.
NRA Wants to Ease Laws on Buying Gun Silencers :: 05/24/2017
The National Rifle Association, which typically rests its case on the Second Amendment and personal security, is framing legislation that would make it easier to buy gun silencers as a public health issue.
Pa. residents won't be able to get gun permits for at least 2 days next week :: 05/24/2017
A statewide upgrade to the system that monitors license-to-carry firearms permits means county sheriffs will not be able to issue permits for at least two days next week.
Demand soars for concealed carry permits, data shows :: 05/23/2017
The number of concealed carry permits in the United States has topped 15 million over the last year, according to data collected by the Crime Prevention Research Center.
Florida: Hackers may have obtained names of 16,000 CCW holders :: 05/23/2017
Officials in the Sunshine State on Monday warned that some information on concealed weapon licensees may have been comprised.
Gun rights rally puts concealed weapons rules in crosshairs :: 05/23/2017
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hundreds of gun rights supporters took their cause to the state Capitol on Monday, pushing for an agenda that includes looser rules for carrying concealed weapons.
Nevada Permits Young Soldiers to Carry Concealed Weapons :: 05/23/2017
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is lowering the age requirement for permits to carry concealed weapons to 18 for active-duty soldiers and honorably discharged veterans.
Pennsylvania gun rights activists rally at state Capitol :: 05/23/2017
Hundreds of gun rights activists rallied at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on Monday, urging lawmakers to push forward on pro-gun legislation.
Lawmakers move to make straw purchasing a crime :: 05/22/2017
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, joined with Maine Republican Susan Collins to reintroduce a measure seeking to update federal straw purchasing statues. (Photo: Leahy.senate.gov)
PA state house committee discusses removing 'gun free zones' :: 05/22/2017
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania State House Government Committee takes up the issue of gun free zones at an informational hearing Monday.
Perspective from a Rape Survivor: Lack of Access to Mental Health Care is the Real Gun Problem :: 05/22/2017
With 33,000 gun deaths each year in this country, it’s not surprising that the right of gun ownership often gets called into question. This is especially is done by groups that have little to no understanding of firearms and like to scare people with large, malleable statistics. So let me break it down.
The 72 Types of Americans Considered 'Potential Terrorists' - Are YOU on the Watchlist? :: 05/22/2017
According to official U.S. government documents compiled under the Obama administration, if you’re not ‘in line’ with their government agenda you may be on the ‘potential terrorist’ list.
2A Group Targets Anti-Gun Legislators :: 05/21/2017
Things are getting heated in the gun world, especially with gun control advocates doing everything in their power to defeat the Second Amendment. But there’s one group who has ramped up their pulled cards out of their back pocket: Gun Owners of America (GOA).
Public Health Study Says Law-Abiding Gun Owners to Blame for Cops Being Shot :: 05/21/2017
Earlier this week, the American Public Health Association published a bogus new study on how gun legislation impacts officer-involved shootings. The APHA looked at fatal police shootings been January 1, 2015, through October 31, 2016. Altogether, 1,835 cases were evaluated.
We're Watching A Slow-Motion Coup Against Representative Government :: 05/21/2017
It’s nearly incontrovertible that a slow-motion coup d’etat is now taking place. Since November 9, 2016, forces within the U.S. government, media, and partisan opposition have aligned to overthrow the Electoral College winner, Donald Trump.
Anti-Gun Top Cops Epitomize Oath-Breaking 'Only Ones' :: 05/20/2017
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- “We're trying as best we can as a law enforcement community to make it work so that citizens can express their 2nd Amendment rights,” former Dallas Police Chief David Brown said almost a year ago in response to armed protesters. “But it’s increasingly challenging when people have AR-15s slung over their shoulder and they’re in a crowd. We don’t know who the good guy is versus the bad guy when everyone starts shooting.”
Congressman Talks Corruption, Solutions in New Book :: 05/20/2017
Corruption on Capitol Hill is “worse than you think,” Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., insists. “When you first get here, you think that you are in some sort of fairy-tale novel,” Buck said. “They wine and dine you and they show you just exactly what it’s like if you play the game. It’s a wonderful life.”
Gun Owners of America Urges Congress to Repeal Chuck Schumer Gun Control Regulation :: 05/20/2017
The regulation was added as an amendment to the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act (1986). It focuses on denying federal help to citizens who have lost constitutional rights and are seeking to regain them.
Why Does Salon.com Have To Lie To Make A Point? :: 05/20/2017
In a rambling rant made up largely of lies, half-truths and innuendo, Salon.com on Wednesday twice repeated a whopper that jumped off the screen and deserves to be addressed.
Bloomberg's Everytown Creates "Authors Council" to Push Anti-Gun Propaganda :: 05/19/2017
As if the country’s media weren’t already sufficiently co-opted by anti-gun advocates, this week, Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety announced an effort to pervert an additional facet of American entertainment. The billionaire bank-rolled interest group has developed the Everytown Authors Council. According to Bloomberg’s astroturf campaign, “The Council is designed to harness the power of the literary community to amplify the gun safety movement.”
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