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
We Can't Trust The Media To Talk About Guns In America :: 02/29/2016
There were “400 or so mass shootings” in the United States 2015, according to Ahson Saeed Hasan, a Washington, D.C. based journalist, in a recent op-ed. Other news outlets cite nearly identical figures to claim that the number of mass shootings is skyrocketing.
What If I Told You Silencers Are Useful, Not Scary? :: 02/29/2016
The opinion editor of the Los Angeles Times actively recruited me months ago to provide commentary on firearms from time to time. Here’s a sample of today’s op-ed, Gun silencers are useful, not scary.
Bills passed in U.S. House concern Second Amendment rights, access to federal lands :: 02/27/2016
WASHINGTON, DC — Legislation designed to protect Second Amendment rights as well as access to federal lands for hunting, fishing and other recreational uses passed Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Gun Free Zones: Latest "Gun Free Zone" Slaughter Shows Failure Of Key Gun Control Policy :: 02/27/2016
An ex-convict with an illegally-acquired AKM carbine and a Glock pistol strode through a Kansas factory yesterday afternoon, shooting his coworkers indiscriminately wherever he found them. A single police officer with grim determination surged against the panicking human tide to confront and kill the criminal, saving an untold number of lives.
Melissa Click Said She Thought Journalist She Threatened Might Have Had A Gun. He Didn't :: 02/27/2016
Melissa Click told investigators hired by the University of Missouri (MU) that she asked for “some muscle” to remove a student-journalist during a campus protest in November because she feared he might have a gun.
NRA reinforces support of Constitutional Carry :: 02/27/2016
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The leading voice of advocates of the Second Amendment is standing firmly behind the Constitutional Carry Bill which now sits on the desk of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
VIDEO: Experiment Shows Kids From Homes With Guns Tend Toward Gun Safety :: 02/27/2016
According to Fox 17, the experiment was conducted in Texas and it involved eight children, “all of them [were] either preschool or kindergarten age.”
Alabama Concealed Carry Permits sufficient For Gun Purchases :: 02/26/2016
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange announced that holders of Alabama’s Permit to Carry Pistol in Vehicle or Concealed on Person are no longer required to undergo additional background checks each time they purchase a firearm.
Appeals Judge Henry Saad stopped at Metro Airport with gun in luggage :: 02/26/2016
A Michigan Appeals Court judge is facing a criminal investigation after a loaded handgun was found in his carry-on bag at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday.
Executive Overreach: The New Normal In Anti-Gun Politics :: 02/26/2016
A jarring paradox exists in our nation’s politics. While the American people and Congress are showing steadfast commitment to the Second Amendment, President Barack Obama is determined to shove gun control down America’s throat by any means necessary.
Hillary's Approach to The Second Amendment: A National Sales Tax on Guns :: 02/26/2016
C-SPAN Washington Journal hosted ATR President Grover Norquist this week to discuss a number of issues including President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal and tax reform plans from the 2016 presidential candidates.
McAuliffe Signs Groundbreaking Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill in VA. :: 02/26/2016
Governor Terry McAuliffe signed a bill today that ensures that anyone with a concealed carry permit issued anywhere in the United States can carry in Virginia, in a stunning reversal of an attempt by Attorney General Merk Herring to sever reciprocity agreements with 25 states.
Thugs resorting to knives; proof that Clinton, anti-gunners need to shift focus :: 02/26/2016
A wave of knife attacks in New York City reported yesterday by Fox News, and an incident involving a Metro Bus assault in King County provide all the evidence necessary to demonstrate that criminals will use whatever weapon is handy to harm other people, and gun control is not the panacea proponents think it is.
University of Texas dean leaves school, citing campus carry gun law :: 02/26/2016
A University of Texas dean said Thursday he’s leaving the school to pursue a different job in large part because of the new Texas law that will allow concealed firearms in public college classrooms.
Woman charged for buying gun for Kansas shooter :: 02/26/2016
A Kansas woman was charged Friday for supplying the gun used by Cedric Ford, the man who killed three people and injured 14 in a shooting spree.
Bill sparks debate over Mainers' gun rights versus property owners' rights :: 02/25/2016
AUGUSTA — Gun owners’ rights groups urged lawmakers Wednesday to support a bill inspired by the case of a disabled Rockland man who was told he had to give up his gun to continue living in subsidized housing.
Bill to allow loaded guns in cars without permit passes Senate committee :: 02/25/2016
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Senate Bill 14, which will remove the requirement of a concealed carry permit to have a loaded pistol in a vehicle, passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday afternoon.
Democratic Rep. Introduces Gun Ban for Persons Convicted of Hate Crimes :: 02/25/2016
The Hill points out that felony convictions of hate crimes already include a prohibition against gun possession and gun purchases. Cicilline’s bill would expanded that prohibition to cover misdemeanor convictions as well. He argues that misdemeanor hate crimes are “often a precursor of more severe attacks” down the road.
House tentatively allows concealed weapons near schools :: 02/25/2016
Arizona Republicans are pushing legislation to ensure that residents can carry their concealed weapons on any public thoroughfare even when it cuts through a school or university.
Militia of toddlers: Iowa House passes bill allowing children to use a handgun :: 02/25/2016
A bill allowing children under 14 to use a handgun with parental supervision has passed through Iowa’s House of Representatives despite opponents’ concerns that it exposes children to more gun violence.
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