(Harrisburg, PA) – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill closing loopholes in the state’s background check law (104-99), while measures to create Extreme Risk Protection Orders, ban converter devices often called ‘Glock switches,’ and ban untraceable firearms failed (101-102).
CeaseFirePA Executive Director Adam Garber made the following statement:
“Passing a universal background check bill was the bare minimum, closing the final gap in our background check system. We applaud the narrow, bipartisan passage of that bill, but we cannot say this was a good day for gun violence prevention.
“The failure of other common-sense safety measures on the House floor fails all of us. And in the wake of so many recent mass shootings around this country, we are sickened that 102 members of the Pennsylvania House refused to make us safer.
Voting no was a vote for more suicides by firearm, more plastic guns in our schools, and more police officers in mortal danger at the scene of domestic violence calls. Voting no made our homes, our schools, our communities more dangerous. The gun lobby will celebrate as our loved ones head to the morgue.”
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CeaseFire PA envisions life without gun violence that allows people from every community across the commonwealth to thrive — where communities feel safe, because they are safe.
