PA Bill Number: HB1661
Title: Further providing for schedules of controlled substances; and providing for secure storage of xylazine.
Description: Further providing for schedules of controlled substances; and providing for secure storage of xylazine. ...
Last Action: Act No. 17 of 2024
Last Action Date: May 15, 2024
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Virginia Politician and Clinton Backer Brands Trump Supporters as Mentally Deficient :: 09/24/2016
With the presidential race tighter than ever as it heads into its final stretch, panicked Hillary Clinton supporters are desperate to find a way to discredit, not just Donald Trump, but anyone who would dare support him. Last Sunday, a Clinton surrogate from Virginia added to the candidate’s own list of names for Trump voters (which most recently included “deplorable” and “irredeemable”) by describing them as “mentally deficient.”
A Conservative Take on Trump's Supreme Court Nominee List :: 09/23/2016
On May 18, then-future Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump put out a list of 11 individuals, all sitting judges, who he would consider as a potential replacement for Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly last February, on the Supreme Court of the United States. Trump has now added 10 new names to that list.
Charlotte NAACP Leader Supports Open Carry, Second Amendment :: 09/23/2016
Corine Mack is the President of the Charlotte, North Carolina NAACP. Ms. Mack recently made statements that should be music to Second Amendment supporters’ ears. On CNN, the NAACP prez said that the mere fact that someone has a gun should not be enough to allow police to shoot them.
Handgun ownership rising most quickly among women :: 09/23/2016
We hear repeated stories of how gun ownership is on the rise, but who are the people buying the guns? (We’re talking about legal purchases here obviously. The motives and opportunities for criminals are another issue.) It’s a complicated question because there is no “generic” lawful gun owner in the United States.
What Donald Trump Knows About Hillary Clinton And Her Bodyguards :: 09/23/2016
Was Donald Trump inciting violence against Hillary Clinton when he spoke last Friday about disarming her bodyguards? Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate, says so.
Won't Be Prey: 43 Percent Of Handgun Owners Are Women, Almost A Quarter From Urban Areas :: 09/23/2016
The demographics of gun ownership are changing. They have been for quite some time—and it’s all stemming from women becoming more involved in shooting sports and gun ownership. The gun market sees female participation as the next frontier in their industry. Women from across the country are lining up for their concealed carry permits, with a 270 percent increase since 2007. Yeah, women packing heat are the fastest growing demographic of new gun owners, who are dispelling many stereotypes about the soccer mom/city woman’s aversion to firearms.
Yes, Liberals Sometimes Need to Defend the Second Amendment. Here's When. :: 09/23/2016
Liberals are failing immigrants, medical marijuana users, and the disabled on gun rights.
Clinton Set to Get What She Wants From Supreme Court :: 09/22/2016
It isn’t unusual for presidential candidates to discuss the actions of the Supreme Court on the campaign trail — hailing some precedents and promising to overturn others. However, in most election years, the campaign rhetoric is just that: empty rhetoric.
DRGO: The Truth About Florida's Firearm Owners Privacy Act :: 09/22/2016
Dear Dan and Robert. I’m concerned that you and your readership may be being misled and distracted by the recent publications about “studies” of the “conversation” about guns that doctors are or are not having with their patients.
Lawmaker: Gun free zones kill people, warns of war on cops :: 09/22/2016
An unexpected shootout over guns erupted in a House hearing on terrorism Wednesday, prompting a pro-gun lawmaker to mock ineffective anti-gun laws and call for an end to gun free zones because they have become shooting galleries.
Registration, Confiscation, Arrest :: 09/22/2016
“Universal background checks…. Effectiveness depends on … gun registration….” So says the National Institute of Justice, part of the Obama Justice Department, in a 2013 study. Criminalizing the transfer of firearms between law-abiding citizens – the only ones who would undergo background checks – has nothing to do with preventing violence, but everything to do with registering gun owners.
Smart gun bill introduced in Congress :: 09/22/2016
A California congressman introduced legislation this week to require licensed gun dealers to carry smart guns on their shelves as soon as the National Institute of Justice says it’s time.
Supreme Court Second Amendment Case Could Overrule Heller Decision in 2017 :: 09/22/2016
WASHINGTON—For the first time in U.S. history, a federal appeals court on Friday struck down a federal gun-control law for violating the Second Amendment, meaning that next year the Supreme Court will hear a case that includes the opportunity to abolish citizens’ right to bear arms by overruling the Court’s famous Heller precedent.
Watch Trevor Noah Accidentally Destroy The Case For Gun Control :: 09/22/2016
"Maybe he's onto something, because if you think about it, we've never tried that. We've never actually tried to repel terrorists with signs. Yeah, maybe that's all the airports need is a sign that says 'No Terrorists.'"
CPRC: Problems with the new Harvard-Northeastern Gun Survey :: 09/21/2016
The new Harvard-Northeastern survey is very disappointing. There are two points to this survey. That the percentage of the population owning guns is falling and that a very small percent of the population is buying a huge number of guns. The new book The War on Guns has a chapter showing that both of these points are inaccurate.
DRGO: The Sandwich Method of Gun Control Journalism :: 09/21/2016
At DRGO we’ve often written about advocacy science, which really isn’t science at all. Rather, it is politics masquerading as science. There’s also such a thing as advocacy journalism, which really isn’t journalism at all. It is politics masquerading as journalism.
England: Up to 100 schoolchildren armed with 'bats and knives' involved in mass brawl in Bexley, London :: 09/21/2016
Seven males, aged between 15 and 21, were arrested and taken to police stations in south London. The two teenagers taken to hospital were 15 and 19, and suffered “non-life threatening injuries,” a police spokesman confirmed.
Pa. bill would give NRA, others right to sue over gun laws :: 09/21/2016
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania House once again is considering a bill that would allow gun enthusiasts and organizations such as the National Rifle Association to sue municipalities over local firearm restrictions.
Researchers say crime rates remain at all-time low :: 09/21/2016
Despite a slight increase, crime rates throughout the country remain at an all-time low, according a report released Monday by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
Stronger gun laws top issue for women voters in 2016 :: 09/21/2016
Women voters ranked gun violence as a top security concern for this presidential election cycle, according to results of a survey measuring the female perspective published this week.
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