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
Can doctors ask patients about guns? :: 12/26/2015
Should the First Amendment protect what doctors can say to their patients in the privacy of the examining room? Weighing state prohibitions on gay conversion therapy, liberals have tended to think the state should be able to regulate medical treatment without worrying about free speech.
Congressman Payne Jr. Introduces Federal Gun Buyback Legislation :: 12/26/2015
There are many who think getting guns off the streets and out of the wrong hands will make America’s neighborhoods safer. Some want better federal intervention. Others, such as Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. want citizens to take a bigger role. Payne spoke to NJTV News Anchor Mary Alice Williams about one way to do it.
More from the gun wars . . . :: 12/26/2015
In its latest installment in a crusade to rid America of firearms, The New York Times “reports” on a “study” that purports to show how, in the first six years after Missouri “repealed the requirement for comprehensive background checks and purchase permits, the gun homicide rate was 16 percent to 18 percent higher than it was the six years before.”
Touting Australia And UK: Obama And Clinton Give Away The Gun Control Endgame :: 12/26/2015
After a high-profile misuse of a firearm, the new “normal” for anti-gun elites is to tout Australia and the United Kingdom as exemplars of what gun control should look like in the United States. They contend that if Americans would only embrace the restrictions adopted by more “enlightened” countries, violence would largely be a thing of the past.
VA GOP May Strip McAuliffe Of His Protective Detail Over Concealed Carry :: 12/26/2015
Virginia’s radically anti-gun Governor and Attorney General were probably quite pleased with themselves when they spitefully severed concealed carry agreements with 25 states, including all but one of its neighbors.
With gun possession comes great responsibility :: 12/26/2015
In endorsing a concealed carry law with stipulations for Illinois in 2013 — Illinois was the last state holdout, the judicial writing was on the wall, by and large we had not seen the O.K. Corral erupt elsewhere — our hesitation was that person with a hair-trigger temperament within immediate reach of an actual trigger.
Ammo ban cost company $3M, lawsuit says :: 12/24/2015
The Washington distributor says it lost money when federal regulators reclassified a specific type of Russian ammunition after authorizing the company to import a large order.
Ballot shenanigans in plot to stop Trump :: 12/24/2015
Critics of Republican presidential primary front-runner and billionaire Donald Trump, not having encountered his type of self-reliant, self-funded, brash and blunt candidacy, have taken to lobbing challenges to his ballot access to oppose him.
Clearfield County (PA) Sheriff is forming volunteer posse :: 12/24/2015
CLEARFIELD — Clearfield County Sheriff Wes Thurston is forming the first Volunteer Clearfield County Sheriff’s Posse, according to a press release issued to the media.
Federal machine-gun ban under legal challenge :: 12/24/2015
Just as Barack Obama is plotting to create more limits on firearms, ammunition and the like during his final year in the Oval Office, there are court arguments developing that the longstanding federal ban on machine guns is, in fact, unconstitutional.
Here's why banning assault rifles won't work :: 12/24/2015
The gun control movement in America has been reinvigorated, and at the top of its agenda are bans on assault weapons. “The killers in San Bernardino used military-style assault weapons — weapons of war,” President Obama said, calling for a ban on the guns. Gun control proponents were further emboldened by the Supreme Court's decision to allow a ban on assault rifles to stand in Illinois.
Media Bias: Don't Expect Media Apology after Attempt to Blame Importer for 'Paris Terror Gun' Fails :: 12/24/2015
“Florida-based gun dealer known for supporting NRA is linked to weapon used in Paris terror attacks,” The New York Daily News gleefully accused, taking full advantage of what they perceived to be another “Gotcha!” against guns.
Media Bias: The Trace Publishes A Farrago of Misleading Gun Stat Graphics :: 12/24/2015
If you’re one Michael Bloomberg’s anti-ballistic bully boys you have to spend a good part of your day massaging stats to support your crusade for civilian disarmament.
Take it From Obama, ALL ELECTIONS MATTER! :: 12/24/2015
President Obama appears to be close to fulfilling his threat to impose gun control against the will of Congress and the American people. Though Congress has twice refused to impose the gun control restrictions Obama has demanded, and contemporary polls show that a majority of Americans oppose stricter gun control laws, NBC News reports, “Obama’s advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.”
3D Printed Liberator Handgun Creator Cody Wilson Gets Some Support from Republican Members of Congress :: 12/23/2015
Two years ago, Cody Wilson, the inventor of the 3D printable Liberator handgun, uploaded the 3D printable files for the Liberator to his website Defense Distributed. After only two days, and 100,000 downloads, the US State Department ordered Wilson to remove the files from his website and cease distributing them immediately.
China has a variety of blinding laser guns which violate the 1998 Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons :: 12/23/2015
China has BBQ-905 Laser Dazzler Weapons. China has been updating its home-made blinding laser weapons in recent years to meet the needs of different combat operations. Blinding laser weapons are primarily used to blind its targets with laser in short distance, or interfere and damage the laser and night vision equipment, etc.
Christie's concealed carry plan criticized by both sides in gun control debate :: 12/23/2015
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is under fire over a plan to expand the state’s concealed carry program, which came at the recommendation of the New Jersey Firearm Purchase and Permitting Study Commission.
Gun, badge, flash drive stolen from Secret Service agent's car :: 12/23/2015
A Secret Service agent could be facing disciplinary action after his gun, badge and flash drive were stolen in broad daylight from his personal vehicle on Monday.
The loose use of government lists :: 12/23/2015
Unreliable databases can punish more law-abiding citizens than terrorists. Federal government lists are vulnerable to inaccuracy, and misuse by politicians to push political agendas.
VA-ALERT: Update on Herring and McAuliffe's attacks-Richmond meeting on 29th :: 12/23/2015
THOUGHTS FOR OUR FELLOW OUT-OF-STATE CHP HOLDERS -- First, I’d like to offer an apology to our fellow CHP holders from the 25 states that are about to lose recognition on February 1st.
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