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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Hillary Clintons Second Amendment :: 05/25/2016
Accepting the National Rifle Association's endorsement last week, Donald Trump warned that Hillary Clinton "wants to abolish the Second Amendment." CNN corrected him, noting that Clinton "has never called for the abolition of the 2nd Amendment."
Lawmaker: Pa. should get rid of instant background check system for firearms :: 05/25/2016
HARRISBURG — A state lawmaker Tuesday told hundreds of gun advocates that Pennsylvania should abolish the state's instant background check system for firearm purchases.
Pennsylvania: Anti-Gunners-Commentary: Dont undermine Pa effective gun laws :: 05/25/2016
It is difficult to find a more contentious issue in the United States than gun laws. Two things that both sides can agree on, however, is that guns should be kept out of the hands of criminals and that criminals who illegally carry or try to purchase a firearm should be prosecuted.
Pennsylvania: Anti-Gunners-Commentary: Pro-gun forces peddle bad info about background checks :: 05/25/2016
I COULDN'T help but notice the long article from Kim Stolfer, president of Firearms Owners Against Crime, in the May 18 edition of the Daily News.
Should Pa. eliminate its conceal carry permit requirement for firearms? :: 05/25/2016
Gun rights advocates rallied at the Capitol on Tuesday in support of eliminating the conceal carry permit requirement.
The Fraud in Gungate Is Real, And Should End Katie Couric's Career :: 05/25/2016
On September 8, 2004, CBS New anchor Dan Rather presented blatantly forged documents in an attempt to derail the reelection of President George W. Bush, just two months away. Within hours bloggers debunked the documents, noting that the documents purporting to have been authored on a typewriter in 1972-73 were in fact created in Microsoft Word on a computer in 2004.
5 Killed, 40 Wounded In Weekend Shootings :: 05/24/2016
A city employee caught in gang crossfire was among five people killed and 40 more wounded in shootings across Chicago between Friday afternoon and Monday morning.
CBS Throws Softballs to Gun-Grabbing Governor, Talks Up as Hillary VP :: 05/24/2016
Gun-grabbing Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper enjoyed softball questions on Monday as the co-hosts of CBS This Morning uncritically hyped his gun control moves in the state and talked him up as a potential vice president to Hillary Clinton. Attempting to spin Hickenlooper as a moderate, Charlie Rose touted, “What's the difficulty in explaining, on the one hand, that certain kinds of guns you don't want people to be able to get, you want certain procedures and at the same time saying you do not want to do away with the Second Amendment?”
CCRKBA chides Boxer on security scare - Is Hillary boosting gun sales? :: 05/24/2016
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today rather publicly told anti-gun California Sen. Barbara Boxer that if she “feared for her safety” in the wake of an incident in Nevada last week, instead of surrounding herself with security, she might consider getting a gun.
Clintons anti-firearm proposals would put Americans in danger :: 05/24/2016
With crime rates on the rise throughout the nation, 2nd Amendment supporters are pointing out that Hillary Clinton’s gun-control positions are more dangerous than ever for law-abiding Americans.
Hawaii could require gun owners to be entered into FBI database :: 05/24/2016
Hawaii could become the first state in the United States to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the country.
Lawsuit Targeting Planned Parenthood Could End Gun Free Zones :: 05/24/2016
96.2% of all mass shootings between January of 1998 and December of 2015 have taken place in so-called “gun free zones,” where public and private entities forbade the open and/or concealed carry of firearms. Almost all of them have passed without anyone suing to hold the site of the mass shooting responsible for poor security. That has now changed.
Police say criminals use imitation guns for ease :: 05/24/2016
DALLAS - Police in Texas say more crimes are being committed with imitation weapons such as BB guns, likely because they're cheap, easy to obtain and criminals may believe - mistakenly - that if they're caught, they'll avoid the severe punishment that can come with illegally possessing a real one.
Retired police officers warn Quebec against starting costly gun registry :: 05/24/2016
MONTREAL – Retired Montreal police officer Marc Brisebois remembers always being grateful for any gun-related information that popped up on his screen whenever he was on patrol and called to a house.
West Virginia begins allowing concealed guns without permits :: 05/24/2016
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia now lets people 21 years old and up carry hidden guns without permits or training.
Clinton Blasts Trump's Position On Guns In Schools, But She is The Real Extremist :: 05/23/2016
The presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump has taken three different positions on guns in schools since Saturday.
Negroes and the Gun :: 05/23/2016
Harriet Tubman will soon be gracing our twenty dollar bill. Most of us know only one image of her. It's an iconic image taken later in her life in which her hair's covered in a dark cloth and she has a stern expression.
New York man admits paying others to buy Pennsylvania guns :: 05/23/2016
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ A man has pleaded guilty to paying people to buy guns that were then smuggled to New York and sold on the street.
Sessions warns of historic Clinton attack on gun rights :: 05/23/2016
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms would become nearly extinct if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency.
Shotspotter: An Amazing Big Data Use Case To Tackle Gun Crime :: 05/23/2016
One of the most interesting and positive uses I have seen of Big Data and analytics technology is ShotSpotter.
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