PRINTER'S NO. 195
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
98
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, HAYWOOD, TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, LEACH AND
KITCHEN, JANUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for the offense of carrying
firearms on public streets or public property in
Philadelphia.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6108 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6108. Carrying firearms on public streets or public property
in Philadelphia.
(a) General rule.--No person shall carry a firearm[, rifle
or shotgun] at any time upon the public streets or upon any
public property in a city of the first class unless:
(1) [such] the person is licensed to carry a firearm; or
(2) [such] the person is exempt from licensing under
section 6106(b) of this title (relating to firearms not to be
carried without a license).
(b) Mandatory sentence.--
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