PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 687
PRINTER'S NO. 3279
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
717
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, BRIGGS, CIRESI, FIEDLER, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, ISAACSON, KINKEAD, KINSEY, ROZZI, SANCHEZ,
WARREN, SCHLOSSBERG, SAPPEY, BENHAM, SAMUELSON, BOYLE AND
McNEILL, MARCH 1, 2021
AS AMENDED, COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 21, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for definitions and for
possession of firearm by minor.
AMENDING TITLE 18 (CRIMES AND OFFENSES) OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, 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 LICENSING
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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