Pennsylvania: Constitutional Carry Bill Advances Out of Committee!

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U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- On Tuesday, Pennsylvania’s effort to join 21 other states with Constitutional Carry officially launched as the House Judiciary Committee voted to report House Bill 659, by Rep. Aaron Bernstine, to the House floor for consideration.  This legislation removes the requirement for law-abiding individuals to obtain a concealed handgun permit before being allowed to carry concealed for self-defense.

HB 659 ensures that citizens are able to exercise their right to self-defense without government red tape or delays.  The bill does not affect previously issued carry permits and allows citizens who still wish to obtain a permit in order to carry in other states recognizing Pennsylvania permits, to do so.  The bill passed the committee on a vote of 14 to 11.

The committee also passed another pro-Second Amendment bill, House Bill 979, by Rep. Matthew Dowling.  This legislation strengthens preemption, preventing local municipalities from creating a patchwork of local gun laws across Pennsylvania that could be inconsistent with state law and subject otherwise lawful gun owners to different firearm regulations as they travel from municipality to municipality within the Commonwealth.  It also provides plaintiffs who challenge these laws in court an opportunity to recover attorney fees and court costs if they successfully make their case.  This bill passed committee and advanced to the House floor on 14 to 11 vote as well.

Stay-tuned to NRA-ILA Alerts for more updates and information as these bills are scheduled for further consideration.


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willyd

This is great BUT, they have to get their Commie governor to sign it into Law, he is another GUN GRABBER, along with their Attorney General, along with the Mayors of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh who want nothing to do with anything connected to the Second Amendment!!!!!!! Made a call to a friend of mine, from what he told me Governor Wolf is being Impeached, that could only be good news for PA!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Everafter

C’mon PA, you can do it!

Arizona

Cities in Pa consistently violate preemption. They pass unconstitutional garbage and then it takes years to fix in courts. Enough! Mass non-compliance and flaunting the Illegitimate laws in essential and long overdue. If they pass a magazine ban or an AR ban? Get 10,000 men and women sporting the banned items to march around city hall and the homes of the sellout politicians who voted for the Garbage.

The Crimson Pirate

If you are in PA contact your state reps and bug them to get this done, preferably with a veto proof majority. Make Wolf veto it.

APG member

Article I, Section 21 of the Pennsylvania Constitution says: The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned. Yet the citizenry are denied their fundamental rights. Your version of a free society, not mine…

PMinFl

How much time is left on the legislative calendar? Hope there is enough time to pass it.