PRINTER'S NO. 224
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
230
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SACCONE, DUNBAR, MALONEY, DIAMOND, KRIEGER,
CUTLER, KAUFFMAN, REESE, ROAE, SAYLOR, JAMES, McGINNIS,
EVERETT, SANKEY, HICKERNELL, A. HARRIS, READSHAW, MAHER,
METCALFE, TALLMAN AND COX, JANUARY 27, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further
providing for definitions; in inchoate crimes, further
providing for prohibited offensive weapons; and, in firearms
and other dangerous articles, repealing provisions relating
to firearms not to be carried without a license, providing
for license not required, repealing provisions relating to
carrying firearms on public streets or public property in
Philadelphia, providing for sportsman's firearm permit,
further providing for licenses and repealing provisions
relating to proof of license and exception.
The General Assembly finds that:
(1) The laws in existence regulating firearms ownership,
possession and use are ineffectual in preventing crime and
only interfere with the natural rights of law-abiding
citizens.
(2) It is necessary to codify the inherent right to the
carrying of firearms, whether openly or concealed, and that
the right to self-defense is an inherent natural right that
shall not be questioned as stated in section 21 of Article I
of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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