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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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After Making a Big Campaign Promise to Gun Owners, Texas' New Governor-Elect Just Made It Clear He Intends to Keep It :: 11/05/2014

Texas appears to be in line to become the newest open carry state. On Wednesday, the Lone Star State’s new governor-elect Greg Abbott reiterated his campaign promise to support the open carry of firearms in his state.

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Chicago Gun Laws Provide Interesting Case Nationally :: 11/05/2014

Known as one of the country’s most violent cities, Chicago is at the center of the national debate about guns.

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FBI's Quiet Plan to Expand Its Hacking Powers :: 11/05/2014

Authorities are asking a little-known rule-making panel to increase the FBI's search warrant powers to remotely hack into computers.

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Gun control wins in Washington State :: 11/05/2014

Gun control definitively won in Tuesday’s elections — in Washington, at least.

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Second Amendment Crushes Gun Control Candidates in Midterm Elections :: 11/05/2014

As the election returns came in on November 4 one thing was evident—the Second Amendment crushed gun control candidates in Senate and gubernatorial races around the country. 

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The False Promise of Background Checks :: 11/05/2014

The idea of background checks for firearm purchases seems to sound sensible, but the reality is much different from the appearance.  In truth, expecting firearm background checks to stop criminals is like trying to catch a few particular salmon during spawning season by placing a rock in the middle of the stream and watching for the specific fish to jump over the rock.

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Two Gun Bills the New Republican Congress Should Consider :: 11/05/2014

Now that Republicans are in full control of Congress, there are a couple of firearms related bills that I would like to see debated. The first would fix the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 (FOPA), making it clear henceforth that the law’s “safe passage” provision applies to airports as well as to highways.

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Fox Network 'Dana Loesch' Cancels Book Signing at TCU over being disarmed :: 11/03/2014

TheBlaze’s Dana Loesch says she was informed by officials shortly before a Sunday book signing at Texas Christian University that the bookstore is a strict “gun-free zone.” There was no armed security provided and she was reportedly told she could not carry any firearms on the premises.

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Fast and Furious II? Justice Department watchdog faults agency over grenade probe :: 10/31/2014

Federal agents and prosecutors in Arizona made multiple errors in their investigation of a U.S. citizen who was suspected of smuggling grenade components to Mexico, including failing to arrest him when there was more than enough evidence to do so, the Justice Department watchdog said in a harshly critical report Thursday.

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Outgoing AG Eric Holder Cites as 'Personal Failure' Lack of Additional Gun Control :: 10/30/2014

Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- As Eric Holder’s disastrous reign as attorney general comes to a close, he counts among his and his anti-gun administration’s biggest failures the inability to further restrict American’s Second Amendment rights.

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PA Governor's Race - 2014 - 2nd Amendment Freedom & Corbett v. Wolf :: 10/25/2014

The PA Governor's race has become a national battleground of competing philosophys.  On one side is Tom Corbett and his support for individual Freedom and on the other side is Tom Wolf who 'opposes' individual Freedoms as embodied in our Constitution.  The most distinct differences between these two candidates, Corbett v. Wolf, is in the area of the Right to Bear Arms (PA Constitution - Article 1, Section 21)!

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DHS to intensify attacks on freedom oriented citizens :: 10/24/2014

Within the last two weeks several tips came into the Examiner indicating pending dangers to certain groups of citizens. These tips led to a source who, speaking on condition of anonymity, alleges that just after the election a major initiative will be launched against citizens whose values are diametrically opposite to that of Barack Obama and the current Washington elitist leadership in Congress. According to the source, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will greatly intensify its attacks on freedom oriented citizens.

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Castle Doctrine: Those who forget history - 1992 - Hattori Shooting :: 10/18/2014

I found myself revisiting the original cyber-battleground of the Gun Rights War: Usenet and in particular talk.politics.guns and it is nothing short of amazing where were we and where are we now.

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Senate Passes Legislation to Protect Second Amendment Rights :: 10/18/2014

(HARRISBURG) – The Senate approved legislation on Thursday to protect Pennsylvanians’ Second Amendment rights by preventing local jurisdictions from imposing firearms ordinances that are more restrictive than state laws, according to Senator Joe Scarnati (R-25).

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DC chief seeks changes to concealed-carry law :: 10/17/2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who carry concealed handguns near public events and demonstrations in the nation's capital shouldn't have to be personally warned by a police officer before they are subject to arrest, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Thursday.

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Four Gun Laws I Would Repeal First (If I Was a Benevolent Dictator) :: 10/17/2014

USA --(Ammoland.com)- Back when I was young, naive and not yet wise to the ways of the world, about two weeks ago, I was fantasizing about being elected Benevolent Dictator of the Universe. You know, just like President Nine Iron.

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Lawmaker in shootout with robber near Pennsylvania Capitol :: 10/17/2014

HARRISBURG Pa. - Four Pennsylvania teenagers were arrested on Wednesday and charged with trying to mug a state legislator who exchanged gunfire with one of them in the late-night incident, police said.

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NRA fundraising email contradicted by group's grade for key Senate Democrat :: 10/17/2014

"I've never seen it this close," an "Emergency Election Alert" email fundraising solicitation from National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Executive Director Chris W. Cox begins. "Every poll shows us within striking distance of knocking anti-gun Senator Harry Reid out of his Majority Leadership position - and replacing him, Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin with a pro-Second Amendment majority.

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NY Times Author Uses Ebola Situation to Call for More Gun Control :: 10/17/2014

A recent New York Times editorial on the ebola situation in America started out innocently enough.

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Top GOP lawmakers say docs show another gun linked to Fast and Furious found at crime scene :: 10/17/2014

Two top Republican lawmakers said Thursday that newly-released documents show yet another gun connected to the botched Operation Fast and Furious emerged at a crime scene --- this time at a shooting in Arizona.

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