Feb14
Why 'lost-or-stolen' gun laws make sense
INTELLIGENCER: Being a responsible American comes with certain obligations.
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Feb14
NRA strikes back: A bill to shoot down local gun measures moves
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | EDITORIAL | February 14, 2012 Evidence that the state Legislature is a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Rifle Association comes in many forms. The latest is House Bill 1523, which is bad in many ways. A rare setback for the NRA in this state has been the passage...
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Feb14
COLUMN: Why 'Lost-or-stolen' gun laws do make sense
Lancaster Intelligencer | Column, Jeff Hawkes | February 14, 2012 Being a responsible American comes with certain obligations. Jury duty, for one. The government expects us to show up, and it fines those who don't. If we want to remodel our kitchen, the government says, "Get a permit." If we wa...
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Feb12
Opinion: Stop Shilling For The Gun Lobby
SCRANTON TIMES: This is a simple case of lawmakers shilling for a very narrow interest. A majority of lawmakers should arise to speak instead for public safety.
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Feb12
Opinion: Lawmakers must focus on public safety
CITIZEN'S VOICE: Pennsylvania's conservative lawmakers famously advocate the most local possible control of almost everything. Their view is that state power is preferable to federal power and that local power is preferable to state power … until that local power steps on the ...
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Feb12
Stop Shilling for The Gun Lobby
Scranton Times Tribune | Editorial | February 12, 2012 Pennsylvania's conservative lawmakers famously advocate the most local possible control of almost everything. Their view is that state power is preferable to federal power and that local power is preferable to state power ... until that loca...
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Feb10
EDITORIAL: Towns need their gun laws
INQUIRER: When communities protect themselves from gun-toting thugs, they should be helped and not have their legs figuratively shot out from beneath them, which is just what a proposed state law would do.
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Feb10
EDITORIAL: Measure would punish cities, coddle criminals
INTELLIGENCER: It doesn't require a rocket scientist to see the hand of the National Rifle Association behind that paragraph. The NRA was rebuffed a year ago in its attempt to overturn the Pittsburgh reporting ordinance because, the courts ruled, the organization did not have legal standing.
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Feb09
Rules on reporting stolen guns could soon cost cities some money
DAILY NEWS: Lawmakers are poised to advance a bill that could financially punish cities that require the timely reporting of lost or stolen firearms.
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Feb08
Lancaster mayor fumes over Pa. gun bill
Intelligencer: "They ought to be ashamed of themselves, to try to penalize communities that would regulate illegal guns because they don't have the guts to do it themselves," Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray said.
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