ยง 6106.2. License not required.
(a) Declaration.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, every person present in this Commonwealth WHO IS NOT
PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS UNDER FEDERAL LAW OR THE
LAWS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH shall have an affirmative, fundamental
and constitutional right to keep and bear firearms, including
the right to carry openly or concealed, carry loaded or
unloaded, train with, transport, possess, use, acquire,
purchase, transfer, inherit, buy, sell, give or otherwise
dispose of or receive any firearm or self-defense device without
a license , permission or restriction TO CARRY A FIREARM of any
kind from or by this Commonwealth or any of its political
subdivisions. Prior to the acquisition, purchase, transfer,
inheritance, exchange, giving or other receipt of a firearm, the
person receiving possession of the firearm must undergo a
waiting period of at least 48 hours from the initial agreement
to acquire, purchase, transfer, inherit, exchange, give, buy or
otherwise dispose of or receive any firearm.
(b) Optional license.--Obtaining a license to carry a
firearm under this chapter shall be optional. The voluntary
nature of the license shall not be construed to require that any
person obtain a license to carry a firearm under this chapter.
SECTION 2.1. SECTION 6107 OF TITLE 18 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
CONSOLIDATED STATUTES IS AMENDED TO READ:
ยง 6107. PROHIBITED CONDUCT DURING EMERGENCY.
[(A) GENERAL RULE.--NO PERSON SHALL CARRY A FIREARM UPON THE
PUBLIC STREETS OR UPON ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY DURING AN EMERGENCY
PROCLAIMED BY A STATE OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE UNLESS
THAT PERSON IS:
(1) ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN A DEFENSE OF THAT PERSON'S LIFE
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