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PA Bill Number: HB777

Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for definitions and providing for the offense of sale of firearm or firearm parts without ...

Description: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for definitions and providing for the offense of sale of firearm or firearm parts without ...

Last Action: Third consideration and final passage (104-97)

Last Action Date: Mar 27, 2024

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Maine Expands Concealed Carry Reciprocity :: 06/15/2015

Governor Paul Le Page of Maine has signed LD868/SP313 into law. The bill reforms and streamlines the reciprocity process for Maine, removing discretion from the hands of the Chief of the State Police. The good news: Maine will now recognize permits from all states that recognize the Maine permit . . .

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Open Carry Backlash? :: 06/15/2015

Earlier today, we ran a post entitled Open Carry Confidential: Michigan Edition. In it, Jeff the Griz writes about daily open carry in The Mitten State. “I’ve found it interesting that open carry has been so boring,” he declares. Copy that. Open carrying in Rhode Island and New Mexico was about as eventful as an obscure history professor’s book signing. How in the world do we square those experiences with those YouTube “Am I free to leave?” police interaction open carry videos and, more to the point, this [via Detroit’s freep.com] . . .

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Reagan, The President Who Concealed Carried :: 06/15/2015

U.S. President Ronald Reagan carried a .38 caliber revolver with him at all times while he was in office, according novelist Brad Meltzer:

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Sara Tipton Passes Her Silly, Unnecessary, Unconstitutional California Concealed Carry Renewal Test :: 06/15/2015

On a blisteringly hot Saturday in June in California, I made my way to my concealed carry class in my Jeep, top off, enjoying the wind on my skin. I was happy that the sunglasses I wore effectively deflected the wind from my left eye.

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Why are carry permits a bad idea? :: 06/15/2015

Two decades ago, Tennessee passed a "shall-issue" handgun carry law, requiring the Tennessee Department of Safety to issue a handgun carry permit to any citizen who takes the required training, has a clean record, is mentally competent, and has enough money to pay for the privilege.

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WSJ: Colt to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection Tomorrow :: 06/15/2015

“Gun maker Colt Defense LLC plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, amid business and accounting troubles.

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Anti-Gun Writer Claims Conservatives Are "Delusional" About Guns :: 06/13/2015

Well, we can give political blogger Dale Hansen of the Detroit News this much credit: he knows how to generate click-bait, even though he apparently knows almost nothing about firearms, firearms laws, or the Constitution.

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Bloomberg Funded Gun Control Study: CT's Handgun Law Reduces Firearms Deaths. Or Not. :: 06/13/2015

There’s a study getting some traction out of the Bloomberg funded Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research that claims Connecticut’s handgun law is saving lives. In fact, it’s the same ones Congressional Democrats are using as justification for their proposal to license all handgun buyers.

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Congressmen Sound Constitutional Alarm Saying Kalief Browder's 6th Amendment Rights Were Violated :: 06/13/2015

Kalief Browder faced regular beatings and solitary confinement when he spent three years at Rikers Island, a set of prison complexes floating between the Bronx and Queens in New York City, while waiting for trial for allegedly stealing a backpack at the age of 17.

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CPRC: Bloomberg's School of Public Health Cherry Picked Claim that firearm homicides in Connecticut fell 40 Percent because of a gun licensing law :: 06/13/2015

The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University put out this press release on a paper by Rudolph, Stuart, Vernick, and Webster:

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Florida Gun Rights (FLGR) is a Fraud, Don't Get Conned :: 06/13/2015

Florida - (Ammoland.com)- Email keeps flooding Florida gun owners from an entity calling itself “Florida Gun Rights” (FLGR) — but it is NOT coming from a grassroots group in Florida. Their corporate documents clearly show their principal place of business is Colorado.

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New gun control demand: Photos, fingerprints, background check before handgun purchase :: 06/13/2015

House and Senate Democrats have opened a campaign to get states to require a license issued by police, complete with fingerprints and photos, before buying a handgun, even from a friend or family member.

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Quick support for bill to 'slap over-reaching hand' of ATF :: 06/13/2015

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms on Friday became the latest group to announce support for legislation introduced Wednesday by Utah Republican Congressman Rob Bishop to fix the “sporting purposes” language in the 1968 Gun Control Act; a measure that should gain plenty of traction among gun owners.

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Rasmussen Friday: Americans like living where guns are allowed :: 06/13/2015

Rasmussen Reports today revealed that an overwhelming majority of American voters “prefer living in a neighborhood where they have the option of owning a gun than to live where nobody is allowed to be armed.”

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Rasmussen: Only 1 in 5 Americans Want to Live Where They Can't Be Armed :: 06/13/2015

A Rasmussen poll released on June 12 shows that only one out of five Americans want to live in a place where they can’t be armed.

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Representative Rob Bishop Introduces Bill To Curb BATFE Abuse :: 06/13/2015

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced H.R. 2710, the “Lawful Purpose and Self Defense Act of 2015.”  This bill would remove BATFE’s authority to interpret or reinterpret the “sporting purposes” clauses in federal law, which only serve to undermine the core purpose of the Second Amendment. Under Chairman Bishop’s legislation, all lawful purposes – including self-defense – would have to be given due consideration and respect in the administration of federal law.

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When Democrats Promise They Aren't Coming for Your Guns, They're Coming for Your Guns :: 06/13/2015

Besides van Hollen, the bill also has three Connecticut sponsors, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Rep. Elizabeth Esty.

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Why are assault weapon sales jumping? Because they're fun to shoot :: 06/13/2015

‘The most wanted gun in America” is what the New York Times dubbed the AR-15-style semiautomatic in February 2013. Even though assault weapons — guns originally designed for combat use and rapid fire — constitute only about 1% of all 300 million firearms in America, lately they've been flying off the shelves. Demand has outpaced production.

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GOP lawmakers move to limit federal gun and ammo rule changes :: 06/12/2015

A group of over 50 House Republicans introduced a measure Wednesday that would neuter the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’s ability to restrict ammunition and guns via reclassification.

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Gun prohibitionists continue push for background checks :: 06/12/2015

Anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety lobbying organization yesterday launched an e-mail effort to push background check expansion while in Oregon yesterday, a fourth recall effort has begun, this time against state Sen. Floyd Prozanski of Eugene, who championed Oregon’s new expanded background check law.

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