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
Washington Post Lies Again About Background Checks :: 07/13/2015
The Washington Post editorial board likes to think that they’re very clever… even smart. Unfortunately, they consistently prove that they are anything but well-informed.
Crash victims may have lain injured for three days - BBC News :: 07/12/2015
A dead man and a critically injured woman were found in a crashed car three days after the accident was reported to police, it has emerged.
FBI Director Falsely Claims Background Check System Failed In Charleston Church Shooting :: 07/12/2015
FBI Director James Comey says that data-handing errors and jurisdictional confusion within the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Operation Center allowed the man who shot up a Charleston church to legally acquire a handgun, even though he should have been considered a “prohibited person” under the law.
How FBI's Dylann Roof gun check hurts Obama's gun control agenda :: 07/12/2015
President Obama pushed Americans to call for stricter gun controls in the wake of the June 17 Charleston church massacre, complaining that the admitted killer, Dylann Roof, “had no trouble getting his hands on a gun.”
Violent Crime Is Surging In Major U.S. Cities And The Economy Is Not Even Crashing Yet :: 07/12/2015
Don’t let anyone tell you that crime is going down in America. All over the United States, rates of violent crime in our major cities are increasing by double digit percentages. Murders are way up, shootings are way up and rapes are way up.
Why Background Checks Couldn't Stop Dylan Roof :: 07/12/2015
The FBI says that the federal background check system for guns should have stopped Dylann Roof, the racist who killed nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston.
Gun Crime Soaring in These Democrat-Run Cities :: 07/11/2015
On July 9, USA Today ran a column focused on soaring gun crime in Baltimore, Chicago, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and St. Louis. The common denominator in all five cities?—decades of Democrat mayoral leadership.
"I Swore an Oath to the Constitution, Don't Mess With It. Understand?" :: 07/11/2015
We now have a clear candidate for Oath Keepers Peace Officer of the Year. In the below video, a true oath-keeping peace officer stands up for the rights of Americans on the Fourth of July, 2015, by dressing down and warning a security guard to not mess with the Constitution that the officer swore an oath to defend.
As Thug Culture Continues To Take Lives, The "Gun Violence" Myth Persists :: 07/10/2015
A 12-year-old has been arrested in Minnesota for the murder of a 31-year-old alleged drug dealer in Nebraska.
Background Check Flaw Let Dylann Roof Buy Gun, F.B.I. Says :: 07/10/2015
WASHINGTON — The man accused of killing nine people in a historically black church in South Carolina last month was able to buy the gun used in the attack because of a breakdown in the federal gun background check system, the F.B.I. said Friday.
Bernie Sanders's misleading characterization of a controversial gun law :: 07/10/2015
Jake Tapper: “One issue where your Democratic rivals are starting to hit you is the fact that you have, in the past, sided with the NRA on some gun issues. Earlier this year, the parents of one of the 12 innocent people killed during the Aurora movie theater shooting, they saw their lawsuit to hold ammunition sellers liable for the attack, they saw that dismissed. And one of the reasons was a law that you voted for, which protects manufacturers of firearms and ammunition from being sued. Why did you vote that way?”
Donald Trump: Abolish Gun Free Zones On Military Bases :: 07/10/2015
Donald Trump says that if elected president, he will abolish the gun free zones currently imposed on U.S. troops by “[mandating] that soldiers remain armed and on alert at our military bases.”
Dylann Roof and Background Checks: Not Loopholes, Just Predictable Lack of Bureaucratic Competence :: 07/10/2015
The New York Times today unnerved its readers who like to feel protected by a warm blanket of gun laws that some sort of vague "loophole" in the national gun buyer background check program allowed accused Charleston church mass murderer Dylann Roof to buy a gun, even though having misdemeanor prescription drug possession charges should have barred him from legally obtaining it.
London Times Launches Coded Attack On US Gun Laws :: 07/10/2015
The Times newspaper has waded into the US Second Amendment debate, blaming gun crime in Britain on the sale of blank-firing pistols sourced from across the Atlantic.
'Swatting' incidents are no joke - for police or the public :: 07/10/2015
Criminals in hostage situations may expect the police to show up, but unsuspecting homeowners commonly do not.
The Gun-Control Movement Is Borrowing the Marriage-Equality Playbook - and Hoping for Similar Results :: 07/10/2015
If the marriage movement were a novel, then the current moment would be its denouement. The players — activists, politicians, supporters, loved ones — have taken their victory lap and drunk their Champagne. The country has celebrated (cried!) at photos, on Facebook and Instagram and everywhere, of gay and lesbian friends and relatives saying their vows, holding hands, kissing, hugging, showing off children in a patriotic display of officially recognized out-ness unimaginable just five years ago.
Topeka and Kansas authorities discuss new concealed carry law :: 07/10/2015
The rules have changed. A Kansas law that took effect last week gives most people ages 21 and older the option of carrying a concealed handgun in public on their person, whether that be a six-shooter in a holster, a semiautomatic handgun in a waistband or a pistol in a purse.
Australia: There Will Be Blood :: 07/09/2015
A spectre is haunting America—the spectre of gun confiscation. Seeking feel-good solutions to complex problems, an increasing number of politicians are going beyond the familiar narrative of “common-sense gun laws” and seriously discussing a tactic of seizing firearms from law-abiding citizens—leaving them helpless against the attentions of armed criminals.
Dems push Congress to expand background checks for gun sales :: 07/09/2015
Since the shooting in Charleston, S.C. that killed nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said America has for some reason become focused on the symbol of the Confederate battle flag.
Maine allows gun owners to carry concealed weapons without permit :: 07/09/2015
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) - Maine will allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a permit, a practice called "constitutional carry" by Second Amendment advocates, under a bill signed into law on Wednesday by Republican Governor Paul LePage.
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