PA Bill Number: SB709
Title: In game or wildlife protection, further providing for the offense of unlawful taking and possession of protected birds and for endangered or ...
Description: In game or wildlife protection, further providing for the offense of unlawful taking and possession of protected birds and for endangered or .. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (171-30)
Last Action Date: Apr 15, 2024
Latest News
Billionaires Buying the Laws They Want- They've done it before! :: 10/07/2016
Rich people ARE different. When public opinion is against them, they simply buy the public policy they want. These people will make the rules for us if gun owners don’t speak up.
NPR Reporter Told to Come and Take It When He Scolds Texans for Misusing Famous Battle Cry :: 10/07/2016
A reporter for National Public Radio has stepped into a bit of a political cow patty since taking Texans to task over what he says is misusing the battle cry: "Come and Take It."
Tim Kaine didn't tell the truth about crime in Richmond :: 10/07/2016
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Fact-checking has become such a growth industry in the media that sometimes busy fact-checkers overlook the obvious, such as Tim Kaine’s attempt to rewrite his history as mayor of Richmond. He boasted in his debate with Mike Pence that he had cut Richmond’s frightening murder rate in half by relying on “community policing.” His record, as he presented it, sounds good. But he knew better.
DRGO: Debunking Suicide Research by Public Health Activists :: 10/06/2016
Are anti-gun public health activists as statistically ignorant as they appear, or do they think their audiences are? They may be right about the journalists who parrot their parodies of scientific research.
Pat Toomey draws lower grade in new NRA ratings :: 10/06/2016
In a new round of grades from the nation's leading gun-rights group, Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey barely passed.
President Obama grants 102 more commutations, many with gun crimes :: 10/06/2016
President Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of 102 federal inmates serving hard time– but it turns out that many went to jail partially because of the illegal guns they carried.
The Truth About Background Checks :: 10/06/2016
Hillary Clinton, Senator Tim Kaine and anti-gunners are quick to call for even universal background checks on all firearm purchases. But while they are looking to add additional layers to our existing process, they fail to address much less fix the flaws in our current system.
England: North Devon farmer faces prison for having illegal Colt pistol :: 10/05/2016
A North Devon farmer has been warned he is at risk of a mandatory five-year jail sentence for possessing an illegal pistol, even though the weapon was rusty and unusable.
Federal Judge is Helping Clinton Cover Up Crimes :: 10/05/2016
“Stronger Together”? That’s pretty obvious from looking at Reggie Walton’s political circle.
Federal Judge Overturns Ban on Openly Carrying Guns in Public :: 10/05/2016
In a quintuple victory for Second Amendment rights, a federal judge last week overturned a ban on carrying handguns in public, a ban on so-called assault weapons, caliber restrictions for long guns, a $1,000 tax on handguns, and a requirement that all guns be registered with the government.
Firefighter who tackled SC school shooter had gun :: 10/05/2016
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office revealed Monday that the volunteer firefighter who tackled the teen shooter at a South Carolina elementary school last week had a handgun, local media reports.
Gun-free Waffle House location robbed twice in 3 weeks :: 10/05/2016
The chain of late-night hash brown and egg joints has long held a “no guns” policy but that hasn’t stopped a Georgia location from being repeatedly robbed at gunpoint.
PA State Police Illegally Ties Drivers License To Carry Permits Violating the Law :: 10/05/2016
What good are laws when even the law-keepers refuse to obey them?
Rep. Goodlatte condemns feds heavy-handed surveillance of gun shows :: 10/05/2016
Federal efforts to monitor people who attended a California gun show amounted to "heavy-handed surveillance," according to a top House Republican who demanded details on investigative tactics on Tuesday.
VP Debate: Tim Kaine Calls Himself Strong 2nd Amendment Supporter, Then Pushes Gun Control :: 10/05/2016
During the October 4 Vice Presidential debate, Tim Kaine proclaimed himself a “strong Second Amendment supporter” then pushed more gun control for law-abiding citizens.
Constitutional carry gun laws proliferate as states embrace self-defense as natural born right :: 10/04/2016
Amid the rising number of Americans licensed to carry a concealed handgun, more states are passing laws that don’t require a permit to carry firearms, embracing the view that self-defense is a “natural born” right.
Feds Visit Gun Show Parking Lots, Scan License Plates . . . Again :: 10/04/2016
Leave it to the Obama administration to prod local police to cruise gun show parking lots with license plate scanners. Again. It’s nothing new to us. The plan, originally conceived by bureaucrats at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and really big fires) back in 2010 is again in the news with a story in the Wall Street Journal.
Larry Pratt: Founders Would Want Everyone To Carry An M-16 - At A Minimum :: 10/04/2016
Larry Pratt, the executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America, insisted over the weekend that the founding fathers would have wanted every military-age man in the U.S. to carry an M-16 rifle “at a minimum.”
PA: Gun-control becomes issue in state attorney general race :: 10/04/2016
Democratic Attorney General candidate Josh Shapiro may favor a number of gun-control initiatives, but he doesn’t lack for political ammunition. According to campaign-finance reports released last week, he received an eye-popping $250,000 donation from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a leading proponent of more expansive gun-control measures nationwide.
Report: FBI Director Received Millions From Clinton Foundation- His Brother's Law Firm Does Clinton's Taxes :: 10/04/2016
It appears that James Comey did not recommend federal charges against Hillary Clinton, in part because he is connected to the Clinton Foundation through the Swiss bank HSBC.
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