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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The Other Reciprocity Argument that Conservatives Should Make: Gun Rights :: 12/18/2016
It seems likely that Trump’s victory, coupled with the Republican majority in Congress, may soon bear fruit for many gun owners. Though the president-elect is more than a month away from taking office, reports are already circulating about legislation drafted by Representative Richard Hudson (R., N.C.) to require national reciprocity for concealed-carry permit holders — an idea Trump endorsed on the campaign trail. The bill would pave the way for concealed carriers licensed in one state to have their licenses recognized by other states that allow concealed carry.
Anti-Gunners: With 280 homicides expected in '16, Philadelphia murder rate has not fallen in four years :: 12/17/2016
Philadelphia is on track to end a fourth consecutive year without a decline in the murder rate.
Gun owners group (FOAC) wins round in battle over pistols in the park case :: 12/17/2016
A divided Commonwealth Court panel on Friday gave a gun owners' group a victory in at least Round One of its attempt to shoot down an ordinance that restricts the possession of firearms in public parks.
Schools in Rebellion: Snubbing Gun-Free Zones :: 12/17/2016
From Colorado to Florida, campuses, school districts and legislatures have been increasingly willing to toss out the vulnerabilities that come hand-in-hand with “gun-free zones” in favor of concealed carry for adequately trained individuals.
Snopes Labels Mauser and Kates' Classic Work Urban Myths :: 12/17/2016
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- In the debate over gun control, it is often difficult to know which so-called “facts” are real, given the conflicting claims that are rampant. Not being able to analyze every claim we hear, it is helpful to identify trustworthy sources.
Audit of Everytown's Claimed 200+ School Shootings Since Sandy Hook :: 12/16/2016
Yesterday, Hayley Miller, a reporter for the Huffington Post, uncritically regurgitated an Everytown claim that there have been 200 school shootings since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that claimed 26 innocent lives.
Firearms Training Is the New 'Therapy Session' for Female Crime Victims :: 12/16/2016
The Detroit News reports that “self-defense” is the driving force behind the surge in female gun buyers. Firearms instructor Nneka Lawrence says some of the women who come in still have tears in their eyes from an attack or assault they suffered while unarmed.
Rand Paul writes superb defense of the Bill of Rights on its anniversary :: 12/16/2016
Conservative and Libertarian favorite, Republican Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, is often one of the first to come to mind when people think of a true freedom loving politician. He’s not afraid to butt heads with his own party if Republicans set themselves to defy the principles they claim to stand for, and will defy party leadership to make sure they remain on that course.
Toomey to rehash background check bill in new Congress :: 12/16/2016
Fresh off a tough re-election campaign where he gained support from gun control groups, Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey signaled he was ready to give his old bipartisan background check bill a fresh look.
U.N. Arms Trade Treaty gives away rights of Americans :: 12/16/2016
Another of President Obama’s brazen acts as he leaves office is a “parting shot” at American gun owners by submitting the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty to the U.S. Senate for ratification. For the uninitiated, the term refers to turning around in your saddle as you ride away from a losing battle and firing one last round at your enemy.
UPS Incorrectly Delivers Gun, Associated Press Delivers Fake News :: 12/16/2016
The story of a UPS Christmas delivery of an assault rifle to an unsuspecting Oceanside, NY couple has been picked up by the Associated Press and is spreading across the country like wildfire.
Colorado school district allows teachers to carry guns :: 12/15/2016
DENVER — The Latest on a Colorado school district allowing teachers, other school staff to arm themselves to protect students (all times local):
Editor renews call to deny notoriety to mass shooters on anniversary of Sandy Hook :: 12/15/2016
PoliceOne “editor at large” Doug Wyllie wrote Wednesday, on the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting, reporters should “devalue” mass killers and deny them the notoriety they seek.
Gun Control Advocates Work to Retool Their Demand for Infringements :: 12/15/2016
Now that their candidate has officially lost the national election in a brutal rebuff of her message and her character, gun control groups are left scrambling to repackage their demand for Second Amendment infringements and planning to launch their re-branded assault directly into individual states.
Kansas Board OKs Universities' Policies for Guns on Campus :: 12/15/2016
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved policies for how the state's six public universities will implement a state law allowing people to carry concealed guns into campus buildings starting July 1.
Ohio's campus carry law spurs debate about gun-free zones :: 12/15/2016
Dr. John Lott, founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of “The War on Guns,” penned an editorial for the Columbus Dispatch last week in support of campus carry laws.
Trump to name Supreme Court nominee soon after taking office :: 12/15/2016
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump plans to name his Supreme Court nominee very quickly — around the time he’s sworn-in as the 45th president, his incoming chief of staff said Wednesday.
When U.S. gun control advocates dream, they think of Canada :: 12/15/2016
“Even though many of the same notorious guns allowed in the U.S. are available in Canada, it takes a lot longer to buy your first gun,” says the host as she goes down the rabbit hole to get her gun license.
Anti-gun Spokesman Admits 'Partnership' to Influence Hollywood on Guns :: 12/14/2016
A spokesman for the anti-gun-rights Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence unintentionally confirmed what many in the gun rights community have long suspected, that Hollywood and gun control proponents cooperate to incorporate a gun control message into entertainment.
First NRA, NCAA approved shooting range planned for Va. college campus :: 12/14/2016
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) – Liberty University is looking into plans to build a shooting range on land it owns in Campbell County.
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