Milestone Achieved: PA. House Passes Protective Measure for Domestic Abuse Victims
On September 26, 2018 the PA House passed H.B. 2060. H.B. 2060 passed the House 131-62. Every member of the House from Chester County voted in the affirmative. Why would 62 members vote against saving lives of Pennsylvania citizens? H.B. 2060 is Legislation designed to strengthen the Protection from Abuse (PFA) Act by requiring people under a restraining order or convicted of domestic abuse to surrender guns and ammunition to law...
Pennsylvania House Republicans Protect Guns not People
Earlier this year the Senate passed sensible gun control legislation(SB501). Republicans in suburban Philadelphia wanted it to become law. So did every single member of Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled state Senate from both parties. So did Democrat Gov. Wolf, advocates trying to keep domestic-violence victims alive, and just about anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together. It was a GOP-backed bill that would order all...
School Board and Supervisors Pass Gun Safety Resolutions
In March both the Board of Supervisors and the TE School Board passed resolutions unanimously calling for Gun Safety Measures to protect the citizens of Tredyffrin and the school children of TE. The Easttown Board of Supervisors has not passed a gun safety resolution. Tredyffrin Board of Supervisors The action part of resolution 2018-09 passed by the Tredyffrin Board of Supervisors. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tredyffrin...
Sensible Gun Control from Pennsylvania Legislature?
From the Inquirer this morning: The state Senate voted unanimously to tighten gun regulation in cases of domestic abuse and for those slapped with protection-from-abuse orders. That’s right. Gun regulation. In Pennsylvania. The measure (SB 501), sponsored by state Sen. Tom Killion (R., Chester), requires those convicted of domestic abuse to relinquish firearms within 48 hours to law enforcement, their lawyer, or a licensed gun dealer....
More Gun Safety Activities in Tredyffrin
Monday at Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Voice your support for stronger gun safety measures that protect our families and reduce gun violence. Plan to attend Monday’s Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors’ meeting at the Township Building at 7 PM. On the agenda is a second attempt to pass a resolution supporting responsible gun ownership and common-sense gun safety laws. Text of Resolution Supervisor Matt Holt presented a...
Support HR1478 Gun Violence Research Act
Of all the absurdities in our gun debate, the most absurd is that the CDC has been prevented by the Dickey Amendment and by Congressional budgeting to study or collect statistics about gun violence/usage in the USA. Now there is an effort to change that and we should support it. Our Congress person, Ryan Costello, is a co-sponsor on HR1478. His recent newsletter stated, “Just allowing the CDC the ability to engage in expert...
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