PRINTER'S NO. 1339
No. 1195 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY CIMINI, MAY 2, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 2, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the issuance of
3 firearms licenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6106 of Title 18, act of November 25,
7 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 § 6106. Firearms not to be carried without a license.
10 (a) Offense defined.--No person shall carry a firearm in any
11 vehicle or concealed on or about his person, except in his place
12 of abode or fixed place of business, without a license therefor
13 as provided in this subchapter.
14 (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) of this
15 section shall not apply to:
16 (1) Constables, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens, or
17 their deputies, policemen of this Commonwealth or its
18 political subdivisions, or other law-enforcement officers.
19 (2) Members of the army, navy or marine corps of the
1 United States or of the National Guard or organized reserves
2 when on duty.
3 (3) The regularly enrolled members of any organization
4 duly organized to purchase or receive such weapons from the
5 United States or from this Commonwealth.
6 (4) The members of any organization incorporated under
7 the laws of this Commonwealth, engaged in target shooting
8 with rifle, pistol, or revolver, if such members are at or
9 are going to or from their places of assembly or target
10 practice.
11 (5) Officers or employees of the United States duly
12 authorized to carry a concealed firearm.
13 (6) Agents, messengers and other employees of common
14 carriers, banks, or business firms, whose duties require them
15 to protect moneys, valuables and other property in the
16 discharge of such duties.
17 (7) Any person engaged in the business of manufacturing,
18 repairing, or dealing in firearms, or the agent or
19 representative of any such person, having in his possession,
20 using or carrying a firearm in the usual or ordinary course
21 of such business.
22 (8) Any person while carrying a firearm unloaded and in
23 a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his home or
24 place of business, or to a place of repair or back to his
25 home or place of business, or in moving from one place of
26 abode or business to another.
27 (9) Persons licensed to hunt or fish in this
28 Commonwealth, if such persons are actually hunting or fishing
29 or are going to the places where they desire to hunt or fish
30 or returning from such places.
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1 (10) Persons training dogs, if such persons are actually
2 training dogs during the regular training season.
3 (11) Persons engaged in target shooting, hiking or a
4 camping activity or are going to the places where they desire
5 to target shoot, hike or camp or are returning from such
6 places.
7 (c) Registration required in connection with field, [or]
8 stream, target shooting, hiking or camping exemptions.--Before
9 any exemption shall be granted under paragraphs (b)(9), [or]
10 (b)(10) or(b)(11) of this section to any person licensed to hunt
11 or fish or who desires to train dogs or engage in target
12 shooting, hiking or a camping activity, such person shall [at
13 the time of securing his hunting or fishing license or any time
14 after any such license has issued,] register with the county
15 treasurer the make of the firearm he desires to carry, and the
16 caliber and number thereof, on a blank to be furnished by the
17 Pennsylvania State Police. The original registration shall be
18 delivered to the person registering such firearm, and a copy
19 thereof shall be forwarded by the county treasurer to the
20 Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. As of January 1,
21 1972, the county treasurer shall be entitled to collect a fee of
22 50 cents for each such registration of a firearm which fee shall
23 be paid to the county. The registration of a firearm, as
24 provided in this subsection, shall be good [only for the year
25 for which the hunting or fishing license in connection with
26 which it is granted, is issued] for a period of one year.
27 (d) Revocation of registration.--Any registration of a
28 firearm under subsection (c) of this section may be revoked by
29 the county treasurer who issued it, upon written notice to the
30 holder thereof.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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