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
Legal News
Lubricant maker sues for likening gun oil to Crisco :: 03/31/2016
Lubricant maker FireClean filed libel claims against two separate groups that, through testing of their own, explicitly stated the chemical makeup of the company’s staple product was identical to Crisco.
FBI gets into iPhone, drops case against Apple :: 03/28/2016
After months of legal threats and public comment, between the FBI and tech giant Apple, the federal agency said it has accessed the iPhone carried by one of the shooters in an apparent terrorist attack in San Bernardino in December.
Judge drop kicks last handgun ban in the U.S. :: 03/28/2016
A federal court found Monday that the long-standing ban by the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands against handgun ownership and import is unconstitutional.
Court hints originalism may be doomed :: 03/25/2016
The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was best known for his philosophy of originalism, a method of interpreting the Constitution that relies on analyzing the original meaning of the text. On March 21, the court gave its first hint about the fate of originalism on the post-Scalia court: Its survival isn’t assured.
Challenge to Colorado's 2013 gun laws back to square one :: 03/23/2016
A federal appeals court on Tuesday refrained from ruling on the constitutionality of Colorado’s gun laws themselves, and vacated a lower court’s ruling that upheld them.
Man facing murder charges after fatally shooting car thief :: 03/22/2016
A 25-year-old man is facing murder charges after he opened fire on a couple stealing his car outside of an Atlanta gas station Saturday evening, killing one.
Federal (Class Action) lawsuit could restore gun rights to nonviolent felons :: 03/21/2016
A Nevada businessman is seeking a class action lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of millions of felons currently denied the right to bear arms.
Gun shop lawsuit by wounded cop over straw purchase moves forward :: 03/21/2016
The lawsuit of an Indiana police officer injured in a gunfight with a suspect was allowed to proceed over claims the shooter obtained his gun through alleged negligence by the store.
Supreme Court Gives Boost to Stun Gun Owners :: 03/21/2016
The U.S Supreme Court Monday wiped out a Massachusetts court ruling that had upheld the conviction of a Massachusetts woman who carried a stun gun for protection from an abusive former boyfriend.
Supreme Court rejects appeal over ban on guns at post offices :: 03/21/2016
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't hear a dispute over a U.S. Postal Service regulation that bans guns from post office property and adjacent parking lots.
Anti-Gunners: Appeals Court Ruling Could Threaten the Second Amendment Rights of American Citizens :: 03/17/2016
The contours of Second Amendment rights are still being litigated, but the recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in United States v. Mariano A. Meza-Rodriguez continues an unbroken appeals court trend of upholding prohibitions on gun ownership by illegal aliens.
Is The Voisine Case Properly Understood as a 2A Case? :: 03/17/2016
New York, NY -(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Supreme Court case, Voisine vs. United States, No. 14-10154 (S. Ct. Dec. 17, 2015), aptly illustrates the devious way in which the Federal Government slowly and quietly and inexorably operates to undermine the Second Amendment to the United States.
Former Police Chief Who Falsely Claimed He Was Attacked By Gun Rights Advocates Pleads Guilty :: 03/16/2016
Erek Ballentine, the former police chief of Bald Knob, Arkansas, who asserted that supporters of open carry spray-painted and then burned his personal vehicle, has made a plea deal.
Settled: Lawsuit with Obama protester cuffed for legal firearms :: 03/12/2016
Virginia police have settled a federal lawsuit brought by a man who was arrested as he practiced his First and Second Amendment rights.
ICYMI: Court Of Appeals Refuses To Rehear DC Gun Control Case :: 03/11/2016
While it may not be the most welcome news in terms of gun rights since the court kept most of the District’s strict gun regulations in place, it did refuse to rehear the case in its entirely in front f the full panel. It also upheld the panel’s original decision that struck down the quote on registering one gun a month (via WaPo):
Iowa Supreme Court rules inoperable stun gun a dangerous weapon :: 03/11/2016
The Iowa Supreme Court recently upheld a lower court’s ruling that carrying a stun gun, whether operable or not, without a firearms permit is illegal.
ArmsList case sent back to Wisconsin court :: 03/10/2016
A wrongful death suit against gun sales website ArmsList made its way back to a Milwaukee court after roughly four months in the federal system.
Wrongful death suit filed against three gun-related companies :: 03/10/2016
A wrongful death suit has been filed in Colorado’s U.S. District Court against three firearms-related companies, alleging they bear some responsibility in the death of a teenage girl in 2014.
Federal court agrees to rehear Maryland assault weapon ban challenge :: 03/09/2016
Just a month after riddling an earlier decision and sending it back down to a lower court to rehear, the U.S. Fourth Circuit has voted to do the job themselves.
Pa. Supreme Court Justices question roots of NRA-backed Preemption law :: 03/09/2016
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled it was unlikely to reinstate a controversial law that gave the National Rifle Association the right to challenge municipal gun ordinances across the state.
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