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2020 Gun Safety Legislative Priorities in Pennsylvania

2020 Gun Safety Legislative Priorities in Pennsylvania

The 2020 legislative session is here!! We're ready to fight like hell in Harrisburg to pass common-sense gun safety reforms while keeping the gun lobby on the ropes.   Here's what we're fighting for:   Extreme Risk Protection Orders  Extreme Risk Protection...

HB 49 and what Happens Next

HB 49 and what Happens Next

Yesterday the PA Senate voted on HB49.  This bill was originally intended to be a vehicle to provide arrest power to School Resource Officers — something inadvertently removed  this summer. But as this bill moved through the process it had several amendments attached...

Governor Wolf has Signed SB 621

Governor Wolf has Signed SB 621

CeaseFirePA and Education Law Center Issue Join Statement on Bill Arming More School Personnel July 2 -- CeaseFirePA and the Education Law Center were very disappointed that Governor Wolf today signed Senate Bill 621 into law. We stand with thousands of Pennsylvania...

Support HB 1075

Support HB 1075

The PA legislature has the chance to do something that makes sense and saves lives: enact an extreme risk protection order bill.This bill creates a civil court process family members and law enforcement can use to temporarily bar access to firearms by a family member...

A Historic Day for Pittsburgh

A Historic Day for Pittsburgh

Today was a great and historic day for Pittsburgh. In the wake of continually startling homicide rates and after the hate-fueled Tree of Life massacre on Oct 27, Pittsburgh's City Council today voted to pass three common-sense gun laws: a ban on the use of assault...

HR 8 Passed Out of the House of Representatives!

HR 8 Passed Out of the House of Representatives!

Today the U.S. House passed HR 8, the bill to establish comprehensive background checks. The vote was 240-190. 8 Republicans, including one from PA, voted yes.  Only two democrats voted no.  Here is how the Pennsylvania delegation voted:   Brian Fitzpatrick, R --...

House of Representatives to Vote on HR8 and HR1112

House of Representatives to Vote on HR8 and HR1112

For the first in years, Congress is poise to take real action to address gun violence. On Wednesday and Thursday, two bills that would strengthen our country’s background check system will be brought to the House floor: HR8 Requiring background checks for almost all...

Ask your Senator to support SB 90

Ask your Senator to support SB 90

The PA legislature has the chance to do something that makes sense and saves lives: enact an extreme risk protection order bill. This bill creates a civil court process family members and law enforcement can use to temporarily bar access to firearms by a family member...

Facing the truth about gun violence in PA