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: Removed from table
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
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Modernized Undetectable Firearms Bill Would Outlaw Glocks, Many AR Clones :: 03/20/2017
Senator Nelson from Florida has filed a restrictive bill that would stifle innovation and experimentation, without impacting terrorists or criminals. Interestingly, a complete exemption would be included for the U.S. government and agencies. The bill is titled the “Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2017“.
PA: Armed police at city's public schools generating buzz during board election year :: 03/20/2017
Police officers at the Pittsburgh Public Schools are empowered to make arrests, confiscate drugs, gather evidence and disarm anyone on school grounds carrying a weapon. But the district doesn’t allow them to carry guns themselves, a policy the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers has said should be reconsidered.
Politifact: New Data Refutes Old 40 percent Background Check Claim :: 03/20/2017
Gun control proponents were just handed a setback by Politifact via newspapers in Tampa Bay and Miami, Florida and it cuts right to the heart of their arguments for so-called “universal background checks.”
Unintentional Firearms Fatalities Fall 17 Percent (Lowest since 1903) :: 03/20/2017
Good news on the topic of fatal firearms accidents. The National Safety Council’s “Injury Facts—2017 Edition ” shows that the number of fatal firearms accidents dropped 17 percent from 2014 to 2015 to 489, the lowest total since record-keeping began in 1903. That’s about three-tenths of 1 percent of the 146,571 total accidental deaths from all other listed causes, which are up 8 percent from 2014 to 2015.
Chicago too lax on gun crimes, city's judicial system a 'joke,' critics say :: 03/18/2017
Chicago’s historic crime wave has been blamed on gangs, guns and drugs. But now, harsh critics are taking it a step further – pointing the finger at the city’s judicial system and accusing it of being soft on criminals who keep pulling the trigger.
Over 85,000 Secret Reports Made by Doctors to NYS Police Without Patients Notice :: 03/18/2017
Webster, NY –-(Ammoland.com)- Civil rights attorney Paloma A. Capanna today released the statistics on the NYS Mental Hygiene Law §9.46 secret reporting from 2013-2016, showing more than 85,000 reports made from medical providers to the NYS Office of Mental Health and the NYS Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Stand Your Ground laws: The facts don't support fears of armed citizens :: 03/18/2017
Gun-control advocate Michael Bloomberg says that “Stand Your Ground” laws amount to “shoot first, ask questions later.”
Trump's Department of Justice Looks Ready to Loosen the Nation's Gun Laws :: 03/18/2017
In the two months since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Justice has changed its posture in two high-profile, politically charged court cases, one concerning transgender rights and the other involving voter ID laws.
An Open Letter to Every "Mom" From a Victim Turned Survivor :: 03/17/2017
Whenever I read the latest updates from Mom Demands Action, I can’t help but cringe. This gun control group tries to use their standing as mothers to advocate against the Second Amendment. They use their experience as mothers to claim they know what’s best for each and every one of us.
House passes bill to restore gun rights to Veterans :: 03/17/2017
Just a month after its introduction, a House bill to reverse the Department of Veterans Affairs’ practice of reporting some veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check system has been sent to the Senate.
Kolbe Vs. Hogan: Will The Correct Standard Of Review in a 2A Case Please Stand Up! :: 03/17/2017
New York, NY -(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Supreme Court, in the case, District of Columbia vs. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008), wrestled with the legal test to be applied when determining if a law, impacting the Second Amendment, would pass Constitutional muster.
Lawmakers introduce bill to make it easier to travel with firearms :: 03/17/2017
Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced a measure that would codify the right for Americans to carry guns and ammunition with them while traveling between states.
Durbin: Chicago rail yard must try harder to prevent gun thefts :: 03/16/2017
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin told Norfolk Southern Railway this week that it must beef up its security at a south side Chicago rail yard in which three major gun thefts have occurred the last three years.
Gorsuch View on Scope of Second Amendment a Judicial Mystery :: 03/16/2017
Despite strong endorsements from some gun rights advocates, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has a slim appeals court record on the subject — a record that leaves his views a mystery on how far constitutional firearms rights extend.
Study Questions Voter ID's Suppression of Turnout :: 03/16/2017
A new study by professors from Yale, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania challenges the notion that voter ID laws disproportionately affect minorities.
2nd Amendment Rights - Some Setbacks, and a Few Wins :: 03/15/2017
When the U. S. Supreme Court issued its seminal rulings in Heller (2008) and McDonald (2010), finding that the Second Amendment does in fact guarantee an individual right to keep and bear arms that must be recognized by the states, many Americans felt like the issue of the Second Amendment had finally been settled in America. Unfortunately, as we would quickly see in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere -- it was only the latest chapter in what has become an endless battle for the natural right of self-defense.
Does CDC Data Support Another Backhand Slap at Firearms? :: 03/15/2017
Gun prohibitionists have once again lumped suicide and homicide data together to create a misleading figure about so-called “gun violence.”
Man guilty of smuggling suppressors in from the UK :: 03/15/2017
A Tennessee man originally from Britain was found guilty by a federal jury Monday after he sent six suppressors back to the states from that country without the proper licensing or permits.
No Free Speech for You, , ,at Least in Maryland :: 03/15/2017
Buckeye, AZ –-(Ammoland.com)- The state of Maryland has prosecuted, convicted, fined, and sanctioned a pair of political activists for allegedly producing and delivering an automated phone message thanking a candidate for taking a particular position on a controversial issue.
S.C. Rep. Duncan defends gun silencer bill from New York criticism :: 03/15/2017
South Carolina GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan defended his proposal to ease restrictions on gun silencers after a New York senator went on a tweet storm to disparage the legislation.
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