PA Bill Number: SB945
Title: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals.
Description: Consolidating the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code; and making repeals. ...
Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (199-0)
Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2024
Latest News
Everything You Need to Know About Guns and Gangs in the UK :: 04/01/2016
Earlier this week it was revealed that more than 1,500 children in the UK—some as young as ten—had been held over alleged firearm offenses between 2013 and January of this year. Ten years old. An age at which kids are typically more into playing with glitter-art kits than imported handguns.
Investigation: 1 in 5 officers go unnamed after fatal shootings :: 04/01/2016
Since the high-profile fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, less than two years ago, public trust of law enforcement has diminished. New amateur video capturing officers using deadly force circulates frequently and departments across the country are investing in body cameras to protect themselves from liability and help rebuild relations with their communities.
Murkowski asks AG to review gun rules for marijuana users :: 04/01/2016
Sen. Lisa Murkowski picked up an issue Lower 48 states with legal marijuana still haven’t resolved in a March 2 letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Senator questions Obama commuting sentences of 12 gun offenders :: 04/01/2016
President Obama on Wednesday commuted the sentences of 61 “non-violent” federal inmates serving lengthy time, but it turns out that many went to jail partially because of the illegal guns they carried.
Suicide prevention bill backed by gun rights groups signed into law :: 04/01/2016
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a measure that aims to help drop the number of suicides through a partnership of pharmacies and gun dealers on Thursday.
Yes, The Cosmopolitan Video On Gun Ownership Is A Nightmare :: 04/01/2016
Folks, you'll need to grab a tall glass of water and an avalanche of Advil for this video from Cosmopolitan featuring couples discussing gun ownership and Second Amendment rights.
A Kenyan American, a Cuban American & a Canadian American Walk Into a Bar :: 03/31/2016
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- A Kenyan American, a Cuban American and a Canadian American all tried out for the presidency of the United States.
Anti-Gunners: Gabby Giffords starts new gun control groups in Delaware, Virginia :: 03/31/2016
Bringing the current total to five, the former lawmaker turned gun control champion announced new Coalition for Common Sense state franchises this week.
Concealed carry and the gun-free home :: 03/31/2016
A Washington Post article popped onto my radar this week. In the article, the author expounds on her opinion of concealed carry guns in her home.
Don't Count on Cruz 'Natural Born Citizen' Controversy to Just Go Away :: 03/31/2016
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- With Ted Cruz taking a substantial polling lead in Wisconsin, Donald Trump’s chances of amassing enough delegates to clinch the party’s presidential nomination in advance of the RNC Convention are becoming increasingly problematic.
Soaring Gun Sales Cause Crime Rate to Plummet :: 03/31/2016
Following the record-setting year of gun purchases and ownership, Smith & Wesson projected increasing sales for 2016, coming in at between $150 million and $155 million for the first quarter of the new year.
Damaged Goods :: 03/30/2016
How do you sell something that for generations hasn’t lived up to its claims; that has failed so horribly that one of its side effects is a higher homicide rate; that, when implemented, turns good, law-abiding people into helpless victims; and that has failed so openly that an overwhelming majority of Americans have rejected it?
DRGO: Boundary Violation: Gun Politics in the Doctor's Office in 2016 :: 03/30/2016
Well before Florida’s Amber Ullman incident in the summer of 2010, gun control activist doctors had been poking and prodding a sore spot. The American Academy of Pediatrics in particular had declared a culture war on gun owners and advanced the battle into exam rooms across America.
Gun control law failures in the two Washingtons :: 03/30/2016
The Seattle Times is reporting this morning about the updated Seattle Police investigation into the fatal February shooting of Che Taylor while in Washington, D.C. more information about yesterday's shooting at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is also surfacing.
Gun Owners of America: Obama's SCOTUS Nominee Consistently Votes Against the 2nd Amendment :: 03/30/2016
In an interview about President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland, Gun Owners of America Executive Director Emeritus Larry Pratt explained that Garland has consistently voted against “an individual right to keep and bear arms,” and although Obama calls him “a moderate,” Garland is a moderate only in the sense that the “Kremlin” has some “moderates.”
Gun prohibition not a solution :: 03/30/2016
Both President Barack Obama and his possible successor, Hillary Clinton, have repeatedly cited Australia as the model when discussing ways to retool America’s gun laws. But as J.D. Tuccille recently pointed out in a piece for Reason.com, Australia’s so-called “gun buyback” program that President Obama and Mrs. Clinton are so fond of has come with numerous unintended consequences.
HALBROOK: Merrick Garland and the Second Amendment :: 03/30/2016
Though President Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court will more than likely remain in limbo until at least until after the November election, the choice should be unsettling to supporters of the Second Amendment and gun ownership rights.
National poll claims Americans conflicted over firearms issues :: 03/30/2016
Americans are conflicted over firearms issues, according to the results of a new national survey out of Florida’s Saint Leo University Polling Institute.
RNC Convention petitioner says gun ban is 'strange double standard' :: 03/30/2016
Guns.com spoke with the blogger behind the petition to allow open carry under Ohio law at the Republican National Convention in July about the reasons for the effort.
Brazil Has Nearly 60,000 Murders, And It May Relax Gun Laws :: 03/29/2016
At the dilapidated morgue in the northern Brazilian city of Natal, Director Marcos Brandao walks over the blood-smeared floor to where the corpses are kept.
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