PA Bill Number: HB2089
Title: Establishing the Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence and Landslide Insurance and Assistance Program within the Department of Environmental Protection; ...
Description: Establishing the Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence and Landslide Insurance and Assistance Program within the Department of Environmental Protec ...
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Last Action Date: May 14, 2024
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Why millennials are skeptical of gun-control :: 09/21/2016
For the mediaocracy and pundit class, determining the opinions of millennials on all sorts of topics is the great 21st-century parlor game. And it seems that nothing confuses them more — or upsets them, for that matter — than when forced to confront millennial attitudes about guns.
Drugs kill more people than cars or guns :: 09/20/2016
Each year, more than 40,000 Americans die from drug overdoses. That's on par with the annual death toll from HIV/AIDS at the peak of the US epidemic, in the late '80s and early '90s, and far more than are killed each year from car accidents or gun violence. More than half of those overdose deaths involved opioids, a class of drugs including heroin, Vicodin, OxyContin, and fentanyl.
Gun-Free Zone Didn't Stop St. Cloud Slasher, A Gun Did :: 09/20/2016
The whole country knows the truth about Saturday’s slasher attack at the Crossroads Mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota: the mall’s prohibition on “firearms or illegal weapons” did not prevent the attack, but a good guy with a gun stopped it permanently.
HuffPost writes obituary on Hillary campaign :: 09/20/2016
WASHINGTON – The publication that announced a boycott of Donald Trump campaign news, then covered it only in its entertainment section before finally looking for any way to trash him with invectives that would put MSNBC to shame, became the first to publish a political obituary on the flailing campaign of Hillary Clinton.
PA Preemption: Montgomery County Community College adopts new campus weapons policy :: 09/20/2016
Packing heat? Don’t come onto any property owned by Montgomery County Community College.
Some Republicans seeking reelection back gun control :: 09/20/2016
Faced with reelection and in the wake of several mass shootings, some swing-state Republicans are backing measures to tighten regulations on gun ownership to prevent terrorism.
Where Donald Trump stands on gun control :: 09/20/2016
As the gun violence epidemic continues to plague the country, the 2016 general election has focused sharply on legal restrictions on the buying and selling of firearms.
Chicago Police Investigate How Concealed Permit Issued to Gang Member, Felon :: 09/19/2016
Chicago police are investigating to find out how 32-year-old Michael Arquero–“a convicted felon and documented gang member”–was able to get a concealed carry permit.
It's Time We Faced the Facts about the Muslim World :: 09/19/2016
Here is a plain, inarguable truth: A series of Muslim immigrants and “visitors” are responsible for killing more Americans on American soil than the combined militaries of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. Two more attacks over the weekend left 38 Americans wounded, and it appears that both were carried out by Muslim immigrants.
New Study Shows Expanding Background Checks Unenforceable Without Firearm Registration Scheme :: 09/19/2016
According to an article in last week’s Las Vegas Review Journal, the Guinn Center, an independent think tank, took a close look at the Question 1 gun control ballot initiative in Nevada. Question 1 is practically identical to the Question 3 ballot initiative in Maine. The study said this about Nevada’s version of Question 3:
Republicans Advance Obama Judicial Nominee With Weeks to Go :: 09/19/2016
As President Barack Obama’s time in office nears its end, the Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced another one of his judicial nominees toward a lifetime post. She may not get to the finish line, though.
When Are Liberal Laws Good? When They Relate to Guns :: 09/19/2016
The terrorist attack on the Crossroads shopping center in St. Cloud, Minnesota by Dahir Adan, a 22-year-old Somali immigrant, was stopped by a man named Jason Falconer. Adan was rampaging through the mall, stabbing people whom he encountered, including a 15-year-old girl. Providentially, Falconer happened to be at the mall and confronted Adan. Security video shows Falconer shooting Adan several times. Adan doesn’t stay down; he repeatedly gets up off the floor and lunges at Falconer with his knife. Finally Falconer fires a fatal shot, or the cumulative effect of the several shots he fired is deadly.
Obama Seeks Ratification of UN Arms Trade Treaty Before Leaving Office :: 09/18/2016
With only months left before before leaving office, President Obama is committed to securing ratification of the United Nation’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Gun Rights :: 09/17/2016
On Thursday, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal law that indefinitely banned people who had previously been committed for mental health treatment from owning a firearm. According to the ruling, the ban violated the Second Amendment.
Clinton Campaign Systematically Overcharging Poorest Donors :: 09/17/2016
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is stealing from her poorest supporters by purposefully and repeatedly overcharging them after they make what’s supposed to be a one-time small donation through her official campaign website, multiple sources tell the Observer.
Man who was involuntarily committed 30 years ago might regain Second Amendment rights :: 09/17/2016
This morning’s 10-to-6 decision by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in Tyler v. Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department, concludes that people who were committed because of mental illness many years ago might regain their Second Amendment rights. Like last week’s 3rd Circuit decision related to the Second Amendment rights of people who had felony convictions decades ago, this is a narrow decision, but an important one.
Popcorn: The New York Times Had A Total Meltdown Over Missouri Constitutional Carry Law :: 09/17/2016
It’s now law. In Missouri, you no longer need a license to carry a firearm in public. They’re the 12th state to adopt such a law known as constitutional carry; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) represents a state with such a law.
Trump Calls for Clinton to Abandon This Part of her Team :: 09/17/2016
At a rally in Miami, FL on Friday, Trump called out the hypocrisy of Clinton’s gun control policies and said she wants to “destroy your Second Amendment.”
Bloomberg Ponies Up $300 Million Dollars to Attack Gun Owners :: 09/16/2016
Michael Bloomberg probably realizes he has only so many years left to spread around his enormous fortune to inflate his ego and manipulate every sphere of human activity.
In PA US Senate race, unfamiliar battle lines on gun rights :: 09/16/2016
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - As he seeks re-election to his U.S. Senate seat this November, Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey can make an unusual claim. He is the sole Republican nationwide running with the endorsement of top U.S. gun control advocates Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg.
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