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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Would Gunman Have Chosen Umpqua Community College if Students Could Shoot Back? :: 10/02/2015
After Chris Harper Mercer opened fire on the Umpqua Community College (UCC) campus, killing 10 people on October 1, Breitbart News reported that the UCC was a gun free zone—a zone that is so gun free even the security guards were not allowed to carry guns.
Anti-Gunners: PA Edition: Why is the Second Amendment more important than all other rights? :: 10/01/2015
Much has been said about a recent event at Patton Middle School in Unionville in which a parent left a gun in an unlocked, running car in the school’s parking lot.
Anti-Gun Professors Petition to Keep Texas Classrooms 'Safe' From Guns After Governor Signs Pro-Campus Carry Law :: 10/01/2015
More than 160 University of Texas professors have signed a petition declaring that they will not allow concealed carry permit holders to carry handguns in their classrooms, despite a recently passed law that allows permit holders to do so.
Blackish - Gives the Reasons for Not Owning Guns, and Ends Up Making the Case for Guns :: 10/01/2015
ABC's Blackish is clearly not playing around this season. In the season premier they dealt with the n-word. On Wednesday night? Guns. If they keep up at this rate, by week six Dre’ (Anthony Anderson) is going to be self-identifying as a mermaid. Things are definitely escalating quickly.
Gun Rights Activist Dana Loesch Has an Absolutely Dynamite Line About Her Haters :: 10/01/2015
Radio talk show host and The BlazeTV personality Dana Loesch doesn’t hide her staunch support for the Second Amendment.
Should civilians have military guns? :: 10/01/2015
In an effort to be reassuring, gun control advocates promise us that they’re not coming for our guns. They only want to ban “assault weapons” or “military style guns.” But press them on the meaning of these terms, and you’ll find either ignorance about firearms or an agenda the activists want to keep hidden.
The Atlantic: Gun Control Is Good, Because Of Slavery, Or Something :: 10/01/2015
Two academics argue support for gun rights is misguided because it’s built on the foundation of American slavery in a piece for The Atlantic published Wednesday.
The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Rights :: 10/01/2015
Gun-rights advocates have waged a relentless battle to gut what remains of America’s lax and inadequate gun regulations. In the name of the Second Amendment, they are challenging the constitutionality of state and municipal “may issue” regulations that restrict the right to carry weapons in public to persons who can show a compelling need to be armed.
Colorado Sheriffs Push Forward In Challenge To State Gun Laws :: 09/30/2015
A group of Colorado sheriffs is pushing forward in their challenge to gun laws passed three years ago by a Democrat-controlled legislature and governor that the sheriffs believe to be both unenforceable and unconstitutional.
CPRC: Problems with a new study from Journal of Criminology claiming that permitted concealed handguns have no effect on violent crime :: 09/30/2015
Public health researchers at Texas A&M University (Charles D. Phillips, Obioma Nwaiwu, Szu-hsuan Lin, Rachel Edwards, Sara Imanpour, and Robert Ohsfeldt) have a new piece in the Journal of Criminology that claims that concealed handgun permits have no statistically significant effect on crime rates. Depending on the regression reported, they look at data for either 3 or 4 states with permit data from 1998 to 2010 (Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas).
Does publicity for anti-gun documentary tell whole story? :: 09/30/2015
When yesterday’s Virginia Beach Beacon announced tomorrow’s free screening of a documentary film dedicated to the 32 Virginia Tech victims, there seemed to be only part of a story, a form of what many believe is a media bias against guns.
FBI: Violent Crime Continues 12 Year Downward Trend . . . "Gun Violence Epidemic" Debunked Again :: 09/30/2015
Every year the FBI compiles the most accurate and impartial accounting of crime in the United States. The “FBI Uniform Crime Report” is available online for all to see. It gives people the opportunity to understand trends in crime and investigate the impact of various policies on the crime rate in the United States.
Media misses mark on major gun study :: 09/30/2015
The Columbia Journalism Review on Tuesday called out the Las Vegas Review-Journal for an editorial it published on a recent University of Chicago study seeking to tackle the problem of gun violence in America.
Waffle House Refuses Service to Armed Soldier :: 09/30/2015
A social media post about an armed soldier who was refused service at a Kentucky restaurant is helping his story go viral.
Why Are Moms Demand Action Supporters So Inherently Vile and Violent? :: 09/30/2015
A rabid supporter of gun control edited a recent video of conservative talker and Hands Off My Gun author Dana Loesch to depict her bloody demise.
Banning Online Gaming Dangerous Precedent for Online Gun Sales :: 09/29/2015
There is an ongoing push in Congress to ban the ability of states to legalize Internet gaming. Rumors are swirling in Congress of an end of the year deal that will impose a short-term gaming ban; they are calling it a “moratorium and study,” that, if passed, will violate the 10th Amendment to the Constitution as much as a permanent one.
CCRKBA to Hillary: 'Thanks for energizing gun owners' :: 09/29/2015
The earth did not stop turning this morning, even though the head of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms actually did thank Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton for energizing gun owners to vote in 2016 in a press release.
High School Journalism Class Survey Sparks Controversy :: 09/29/2015
Students at Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, Texas, were recently handed a survey that asked for details about their parents’ political views and whether they keep firearms at home. What was ‘intended to spark discussion’, has instead sparked controversy.
Hitachi Says It Can Predict Crimes Before They Happen :: 09/29/2015
Not quite Minority Report, but monitoring everything from weather to Twitter may be able to predict where and when crime will occur.
New Jersey 2A Activist: Carol Bowne died because of gun control laws :: 09/29/2015
Today during the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Arizona, yours truly interviewed New Jersey 2nd Amendment Activist Alexander Roubian. He is the president of the New Jersey Second Amendment Society and was in Arizona to network with other activists and discuss ideas.
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