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PA Bill Number: HB1472

Title: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contributions ...

Description: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contrib ...

Last Action: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT

Last Action Date: Apr 22, 2024

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Constitutional carry approved by New Hampshire Senate :: 04/24/2016

For the second time in two years, lawmakers in New Hampshire are on the verge of sending a bill to make the Second Amendment your concealed carry permit to the governor.

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CPRC: Tennessee legislature makes major moves to get rid of gun-free zones at public universities and businesses :: 04/24/2016

By overwhelming votes, the Tennessee legislature passed two bills that get rid of gun-free zones at public universities and provides immunity to businesses if they don’t post ban.  CPRC’s John Lott testified on both bills when they started in the state Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Gun Stories of the Week: Gun Bills Would Help Vets Publicly Challenge FBI Background Checks :: 04/24/2016

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on April 19 introduced the Senate companion of the Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act, noting it would help nearly 200,000 veterans from potentially losing their right to keep and bear arms.

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John Stossel discovers New York values are disgustingly anti-Second Amendment :: 04/24/2016

John Stossel is an outspoken and unabashed libertarian. He’s a public figure on a major news network, where some people think his ideas about free markets and liberty should end with him being shot in the face. Hence, why he wants a gun permit for self-protection.

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Citadel to Allow Cadets to Keep Guns Secured in Vehicles :: 04/23/2016

After bringing the issue to Governor Nikki Haley’s attention to an issue on campus, a group of cadets were successful in changing a gun policy at The Citadel. In an announcement this week, the school stated cadets with concealed weapons permits will now be allowed to keep their personal guns in their vehicles.

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Rand Paul hopes to arm every pilots on board aircraft :: 04/23/2016

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is reviving a bill, that died out last year with no co-sponsors, to allow all U.S. airline pilots to carry firearms on board.    

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The Gun Control Truth American Politicians and Media Largely Ignore :: 04/23/2016

It’s part of a national debate and passionate arguments for and against. It’s on presidential campaign platforms and bumper stickers. It’s what drives some Moms to Demand Answers and other moms to take action.

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4-year-old Girl Bullied, Isolated to Gun-Shame her Father :: 04/22/2016

Apparently, liberals aren’t limiting their ability to gun-shame people to gun owners, now they’re making exceptions for their children – including a 4-year-old Michigan girl whose father legally carried for her protection.

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CPRC: Another gun ban, another bad outcome: Venezuela homicide rate rose after 2012 ban on private ownership of guns :: 04/22/2016

Private gun ownership was banned in Venezuela in June 2012, but their homicide rate went from 73 per 100,000 people in 2012 to 82 per 100,000 people in 2015.  The BBC seriously repeats the Venezuelan government’s claim that the ban is an “attempt by the government to improve security and cut crime.”

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Kill smartphone gun, Casey and Ross urge :: 04/22/2016

Already wary of the amount of gun violence in Philadelphia and across the state, U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D., Pa.) and Police Commissioner Richard Ross are among those urging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to ban a handgun designed to look like a smartphone.

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Militarized cops lock man in pysch ward over 'depression' :: 04/22/2016

A federal court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Albemarle County in Virginia where several police officers confronted, surrounded and violently detained for psychiatric examination a man who hadn’t committed any crime, made any threat or exhibited anything that would indicate he was mentally ill or needed hospitalization.

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Violence Policy Center Study: "Guns Rarely Used for Self-Defense" :: 04/22/2016

The vast majority of Americans listen to one radio station: WIIFM. What’s In It For Me? Call it selfish. Call it basic human nature. The fact remains that most people address the “issue” of firearms freedom from a personal perspective. If they consider a firearm an effective form of personal self-defense, they don’t support civilian disarmament.

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Chelsea Clinton: Gun Control Opportunity on Supreme Court With Scalia Gone :: 04/21/2016

Chelsea Clinton said Thursday at an event in Maryland that there is now an opportunity for gun control legislation to pass the Supreme Court since Justice Antonin Scalia passed away.

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Chicago, Baltimore and D.C. Account for 50 percent of US Homicide Increase :: 04/21/2016

In a recent email blast, The Trace’s anti-gun agit-propagandists reported that “According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the murder rate in the country’s 30 largest cities increased by 13.3 percent in 2015, compared to the previous year.” BUT, according to the report, “Crime overall in the 30 largest cities in 2015 remained the same as in 2014, decreasing by 0.1 percent.

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Hillary Clinton accuses gun lobby of intimidating Congress, harassing critics :: 04/21/2016

HARTFORD, Conn. — Hillary Clinton accused gunmakers and the gun lobby on Thursday of using their money and power to coerce members of Congress to do their bidding, as she promised to work for new gun-control measures if elected president.

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Hillary On Using Executive Orders to Take Guns: "Amen" :: 04/21/2016

Supporter urges Clinton to take on "the sons and daughters of Charlton Heston"

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New Tennessee law blocks international treaties that would limit gun rights :: 04/21/2016

Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a popular House bill on Tuesday prohibiting the enforcement of international laws in the state that could affect the Second Amendment.

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Scathing audit accuses Pa. Coalition Against Domestic Violence of mishandling public funds, donations :: 04/21/2016

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – An audit of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence raises concerns of how the nonprofit handles grant money and donations.

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Arkansas tops ATF list for lost or stolen guns :: 04/20/2016

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says Arkansas had more lost or stolen firearms last year than any state in the country.

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Colorado: Proposed bill to allow under-21 military members to concealed carry just makes sense :: 04/20/2016

Too often we’ve scratched our heads at proposed bills that have us wondering what our legislators could have been thinking. Other bills are based so much on common sense we wish to see them zip on through the legislature. (OK, that’s a lot to ask for in today’s polarized political quagmire.)

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