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PA Bill Number: HB2170

Title: In assault, further providing for assault of law enforcement officer; and making editorial changes.

Description: In assault, further providing for assault of law enforcement officer; and making editorial changes. ...

Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY

Last Action Date: Mar 28, 2024

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Deion Sanders Is Smarter On Guns Than Bernie Sanders :: 12/03/2015

A number of celebrities and politicians are weighing in on the Islamic terrorist attack in San Bernadino yesterday where 14 people were killed and 17 were injured before police killed the husband and wife terror team in a shootout.

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Failing Milwaukee Police Chief, DA Blame Concealed Carry For Crime :: 12/03/2015

Did you hear the one about about city leaders who blamed the entire state of Wisconsin for Milwaukee’s increase in violent crime?

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How Ronald Reagan learned to love gun control :: 12/03/2015

America is once again waging a rhetorical war of attrition over gun violence, after another mass shooting, this one in San Bernardino, California. We know the name of the suspects, both dead, and that one of the shooters was a coworker of the 14 people he and his wife are accused of murdering. We know it was the worst mass shooting since a lone gunman shot dead 20 small children and seven adults in a Connecticut elementary school.

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How the proposed EU gun directive ammendment might backfire :: 12/03/2015

The European Commission proposed (18 November) an amendment to the European Firearms Directive (EFD) as a response to the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Europe.

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How They Got Their Guns :: 12/03/2015

Dec. 2, 2015 - Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, husband and wife, killed 14 people at a holiday office party in San Bernardino, Calif. Four guns were recovered: a Smith & Wesson M&P assault rifle, a DPMS Panther Arms assault rifle, a Smith & Wesson handgun and a Llama handgun.
• Before the shooting
“We believe that both subjects were radicalized and for quite some time,” said David Bowdich, the F.B.I. assistant director. The attackers are not known to have had previous contact with law enforcement.
• Between 2007 and 2012
Mr. Farook bought the two handguns legally in California, federal officials said. The guns were purchased at Annie’s Get Your Gun, a gun store in Corona, Calif., The Los Angeles Times reported.
• Between 2007 and 2012
Enrique Marquez, a former neighbor of Mr. Farook’s family, bought the two assault rifles legally in California, officials said. It is unclear how the attackers obtained them, or whether that transaction was legal.
• Dec. 2, 2015
The couple killed 14 people at a holiday party. Moments before the attack began, Ms. Malik posted an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State on Facebook.

Oct. 1, 2015 - Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, where he was a student. He was armed with six guns, including a Glock pistol, a Smith & Wesson pistol, a Taurus pistol and a Del-Ton assault rifle, according to The Associated Press.
• 2008
Mr. Harper-Mercer was in the Army for one month, but was discharged before completing basic training.
• 2009
He graduated from the Switzer Learning Center in Torrance, Calif., which teaches students with learning disabilities and emotional issues.
• Before shooting
In all, Mr. Harper-Mercer owned 14 firearms, all of which were bought legally through a federally licensed firearms dealer, a federal official said. Some were bought by Mr. Harper-Mercer, and some by members of his family.
• Oct. 1, 2015
He killed nine people in Roseburg, Ore.
Aug. 26, 2015
Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, shot and killed a Roanoke, Va., television reporter and a cameraman with a Glock handgun while they were reporting a story live.

• 2000 - Mr. Flanagan filed a lawsuit against a TV station in Tallahassee, Fla., that had fired him, alleging he was the victim of racial slurs and bullying.
• 2012
He was hired at WDBJ in Roanoke, but within months his bosses had documented problems with his harsh language and aggressive behavior. He was later fired and filed another harassment lawsuit.
• June 2015
Federal officials said Mr. Flanagan bought the gun legally from a licensed dealer. He had not been convicted of a crime or determined to be mentally ill.
• Aug. 26, 2015
Mr. Flanagan killed the reporter and cameraman, injured a woman who was being interviewed and died after shooting himself.

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Judge Andrew Napolitano - The Spies Who Ruin Us :: 12/03/2015

In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of 9/11 and create the impression that it was doing something -- anything -- to avoid a repeat, the federal government tampered seriously with freedoms expressly guaranteed in the Constitution. Its principal target was the right to privacy, which is protected in the Fourth Amendment.

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Neighbor Didn't Report San Bernardino Shooter Over Fears Of Being Called Racist :: 12/03/2015

Political correctness stopped woman from alerting authorities over suspicious activity

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Rep. Cicilline proposes reauthorizing 1994 federal assault-weapons ban :: 12/03/2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline announced Wednesday that he plans to introduce legislation reauthorizing the assault weapons ban.

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Second Amendment Society Claims Police Departments Delaying and Denying Handgun Permits :: 12/03/2015

“I had a female in here. She’s every bit of 5-foot and 80 pounds.” In a hidden-camera recording made by the New Jersey Second Amendment Society, an Orange Police Detective Sergeant appears to explain how he denied a handgun purchase permit to an applicant not based on New Jersey law but on the applicant’s size and gender. “I’m not going to say anyone can’t take a gun from me or, or you know. But, I’m just saying and I told her I’m going to be completely honest with you. In my opinion, I said, if I saw you and I saw you with a gun, especially here in Essex County, and the people we have here in this county. Um, I said yeah I’d be concerned with you having a firearm.”

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The facts shoot holes in Obama's claim that US is only host to mass killings :: 12/03/2015

On Tuesday, President Obama stunned Americans and French alike with his false claims about gun violence in America. "I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings. This just doesn’t happen in other countries,” claimed Obama. It is a claim that he has continually repeated over the years.

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14 Killed, 17 Injured In Possible Islamist Terrorist Attack In San Bernardino :: 12/02/2015

A male and female suspect who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase were killed in a shootout hours after opening fire in a conference room, killed 14 and injuring 17:

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A Criminologist's Case Against Gun Control :: 12/02/2015

A law professor explains why he is skeptical about new approaches to gun violence in America

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Assaulting weapons :: 12/02/2015

The Violence Policy Center is rightly seen as an organization that is dedicated to removing gun rights from Americans.  The VPC has been going after what they’ve convinced a lot of people to call assault weapons at least since 1988.  And now, the group is calling once again for a ban on these firearms that to them are particularly wicked.

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Black Friday breaks record with 185K gun background checks :: 12/02/2015

More Americans had their backgrounds checked purchasing guns on Black Friday than any day on record, according to data released by the FBI this week. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 185,345 requests on Nov. 27.

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Bloomberg Cronies Denied! :: 12/02/2015

Clive, IA -(AmmoLand.com)- Thanksgiving has come and gone but the Iowa Firearms Coalition leadership team is still feeling mighty thankful.

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Heller Case Debate Delivers Unexpected Insight :: 12/02/2015

On November 19, the National Constitution Center hosted a debate at the Chicago Cultural Center. The evening’s debate topic? The ruling on the 2008 District of Columbia vs. Heller case.

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Paul Ryan: 'Clearly we can do more' to address mental health issues :: 12/02/2015

WASHINGTON — After a gunman murdered three at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic last week House Speaker Paul Ryan said it’s time for Congress to take action on mental health issues.

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Police Chief Craig: Armed Detroiters cut terror risk :: 12/02/2015

The city’s police chief said he believes violent extremists would be reluctant to target Detroit, as they had Paris last month, for fear armed citizens would shoot back.

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Anti-Gunners: Gun Control Group Calls For Obama To Declare "State of Emergency," Ban Guns :: 12/01/2015

The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is calling on President Barack Obama to declare a “state of emergency” over fictional events, and then use that fictitious excuse to scrap the Constitution and impose his will under martial law.

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Anti-Gunners: Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Shannon Watts Does It Again :: 12/01/2015

You would think a former PR rep would be a little brighter, but Shannon Watts’ attacks against the Second Amendment and her arch nemesis the National Rifle Association are pretty dim.

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