PRINTER'S NO. 1663
No. 1397 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY CIMINI AND REED, JUNE 23, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 23, 1977
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 a camping activity or are going
4 to the places where they desire to camp or are returning from
5 such places.
6 (c) Registration required in connection with field, [or]
7 stream or camping exemptions.--Before any exemption shall be
8 granted under paragraphs (b)(9), [or] (b)(10) or(b)(11) of this
9 section to any person licensed to hunt or fish or who desires to
10 train dogs or engage in a camping activity, such person shall
11 [at the time of securing his hunting or fishing license or any
12 time after any such license has issued,] register with the
13 county treasurer the make of the firearm he desires to carry,
14 and the caliber and number thereof, on a blank to be furnished
15 by the Pennsylvania State Police. The original registration
16 shall be delivered to the person registering such firearm, and a
17 copy thereof shall be forwarded by the county treasurer to the
18 Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. As of January 1,
19 1972, the county treasurer shall be entitled to collect a fee of
20 50 cents for each such registration of a firearm which fee shall
21 be paid to the county. The registration of a firearm, as
22 provided in this subsection, shall be good only for the year for
23 which the hunting or fishing license in connection with which it
24 is granted, is issued, and where the registration is not in
25 connection with a hunting or fishing license, for a period of
26 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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