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Legislation
STATEMENT: PA House Judiciary Committee Votes to Move Deadly Firearm Bills to Floor Vote
HARRISBURG, PA — On Tuesday morning, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted to give two deadly pieces of pro-gun legislation a floor vote. H.B. 659 (Bernstine) and H.B. 979 (Dowling) were reported out of the Judiciary Committee…
Letter to PA House Judiciary Committee: Vote NO on Punitive Preemption
To: House Judiciary Committee From: Adam Garber, CeaseFire Pennsylvania Executive Director RE: Vote No on House Bill 979 Punitive Preemption May 19, 2021 Dear Representative, On Tuesday the House Judiciary Committee will consider legislation (House Bill 979, Dowling)...
Letter to PA House Judiciary Committee: Vote NO on Permitless Concealed Carry
To: House Judiciary Committee From: Adam Garber, CeaseFire Pennsylvania Executive Director RE: Vote No on House Bill 659 Permitless Concealed Carry May 19, 2021 Dear Representative, On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee will consider legislation (House Bill 659,...
Passage of Firearm Bills Puts Public Safety at Risk During Unprecedented Sales & Violence
This legislation would further endanger the public as Pennsylvania firearm sales edge towards the 1 million mark for 2020 and gun deaths rise rapidly. In a statement issued soon after the bill passed, CeaseFire Pennsylvania’s Executive Director Adam Garber urged Governor Wolf to immediately veto the legislation.
Legislative Letter: Vote No on House Bill 2440
House Bill 2440 would prevent the closure of any gun-related business–whether we are in “normal” times or a national emergency like the current pandemic–for any reason, including failure to get appropriate insurance, meet legal business requirements, or ignore existing gun safety laws such as background check requirements. CeaseFirePA, the Commonwealth’s leading state-based gun violence prevention advocacy organization, urges you to vote no on HB 2440 if a floor vote is called on this bill.
Legislative Letter: Oppose House Bill 1747
To: All House Members From: Adam Garber, CeaseFire Pennsylvania Executive Director RE: Vote No on House Bill 1747, CeaseFire Pennsylvania’s Opposition to Firearm Bill Before the House Dear Representative, CeaseFire Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth leading state-based...
Legislation Puts Gun Economy Above Public Health
May 15, 2020 For Immediate Release: For More Information: Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Executive Director, adam@ceasefirepa.org, (267) 515-1220 Rob Conroy, CeaseFirePA Director of Organizing, rob.conroy@ceasefirepa.org, (412) 965-0383 Harrisburg-- Pennsylvania state...
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
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...
