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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Why this single mother bought her first gun :: 05/09/2017
As a single mother with a young child, Dominique Carmen Bear never thought she needed a gun for self-protection. But when someone tried to kick down her door in the middle of the night, she changed her mind.
Andrew Scott Case: Second Amendment Attacked by Eleventh Circuit Appeals Court :: 05/08/2017
Imagine you’re up late one night. It’s after midnight, and maybe you’re finishing a movie. Or perhaps you’re reading a book, and it’s too good to put down. Or maybe you’re like a young man named Andrew Scott: You’re playing video games with your girlfriend.
Constitutional Carry: Alabama Could Drop Permit Requirement for Concealed Guns :: 05/08/2017
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A small but growing number of states are allowing people to carry a concealed handgun in public without a permit. Some lawmakers in Alabama want the state to join the growing list.
Gun groups rejoice at Trump's new federal court nominations :: 05/08/2017
The White House on Monday said it would release a list of 10 judges President Donald Trump would like to appoint to the federal courts, marking his administration’s beginning moves to promote conservatives within the legal system.
More Lives Are Saved by Defensive Gun Uses Than Taken by Criminal Gun Uses :: 05/08/2017
Here’s a fact you’ll never see in mainstream media accounts of “gun violence” in America: defensive gun uses save more than twice as many lives than the number lost in criminal gun uses. Here are the numbers:
Study finds 16 minors injured by guns each day :: 05/08/2017
A new study shows more than 5,800 kids and teens, or about 16 each day, were hospitalized in the United States in 2012 for gun-related injuries.
Fabio's Advice to Americans: 'Don't Ever Give Up Your Guns' :: 05/07/2017
Fabio Lanzoni loves America. He’s had wild success since immigrating here as a model and adorning the covers of popular romance novels (as well as writing a few of his own). He’s also appeared in a handful of popular movies, television shows, and commercials.
WATCH: 'I Have A Message For You': PA Gov Candidate Slams George Soros :: 05/07/2017
Pennsylvania State Sen. Scott Wagner (R-York) fired back at liberal billionaire George Soros after a group the activist funds allegedly sent a "tracker" to his private event.
Breaking With Convention :: 05/06/2017
“Moms Demand Action goes toe-to-toe with the NRA,” founder Shannon Watts wrote in a PR piece (hosted for free) in Newsweek, because evidently Michael Bloomberg’s money isn’t enough. “As Atlanta prepares for leaders from the National Rifle Association (NRA) to descend on the city for its annual meeting, volunteers for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America are also arriving from across the country. For the fourth year in a row, moms, women, gun violence survivors, elected leaders and everyday Americans will show up and speak out as a counterweight to the nation’s largest gun lobby.”
How California's 'off-roster' gun exemption for peace officers is causing problems :: 05/06/2017
While a California law allows officers to buy and sell so-called ‘off-roster’ guns, a seizure of dozens of firearms from a Pasadena police lieutenant’s home earlier this year is shining a light on problems with the implementation of the law, which was recently expanded to include sworn peace officers who aren’t cops.
Rumors Swirl Over 'Imminent' Justice Kennedy Retirement :: 05/06/2017
Roger Stone, a long-time friend of President Donald Trump, said this week that President Donald Trump has been told to expect an “imminent” letter of resignation from Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Texas serves as campus carry model for Georgia, advocates say :: 05/06/2017
It’s been not quite a year since Texas implemented its controversial campus carry law, allowing permitted gun owners to conceal carry their guns on all four-year college campuses. Concealed handgun licensees will enjoy carrying at the Lone Star State’s junior colleges come August.
3 Pennsylvania men charged with firearms trafficking :: 05/05/2017
Three men from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were charged Wednesday for their alleged involvement in an illegal firearms trafficking operation.
Gabby Giffords, congressional Dems rally gun-control activists on Capitol Hill :: 05/05/2017
Gun control activists acknowledge they’re going to have to play defense in Washington against a government dominated by Republicans, but they insisted Wednesday that the politics of the issue are moving in their direction nationally.
Georgia governor signs campus gun measure :: 05/05/2017
Gov. Nathan Deal signed a measure Thursday that would allow college students and others to carry concealed weapons on campus, despite vetoing similar legislation last year amid an uproar from gun control advocates.
South Carolina House passes concealed carry reciprocity bill :: 05/05/2017
The South Carolina House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow more out-of-state gun owners with concealed carry permits to legally carry in South Carolina.
Tell your legislator to protect your gun rights: Joshua Prince :: 05/05/2017
If you have read recent articles, which quote Shira Goodman of CeaseFirePA, you probably believe that bills that have recently come before the state House and Senate, barring municipalities from enacting firearms ordinances stricter than state gun laws are something new.
HuffPost Horror over Trump Army Secretary Pick Indication Green May be Right Man for Job :: 05/04/2017
“Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green (R), President Donald Trump’s nominee for Army secretary, strongly believes that citizens should be armed ― and not just with any ol’ guns,” HuffPost Senior Political Reporter and Politics Managing Editor Amanda Terkel snarks . “They should be able to possess whatever weapons the military has, because an armed citizenry is the ‘ultimate checks and balances’ against the federal government.”
Recent Court Case Sheds Light on ITAR Brokering :: 05/04/2017
Washington DC –-(Ammoland.com)- On March 14, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Matthew A. Goldstein, PLLC v. United States Department of State, 851 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2017).
Speaking to gun-safety group, Pat Toomey reaffirms support for background check bill :: 05/04/2017
Coopersburg resident Mary Ann Nord was looking for reassurance when one of her senators, Republican Pat Toomey, headed to the microphone Wednesday during a gun-safety advocacy event in downtown Washington.
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