From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): On Tuesday, we testified before the House Judiciary Committee in the last of their hearings on gun violence prevention and gun policy. At the close of our testimony, we urged the Committee to vote out several good … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/02/23/heeding-calls-gun-control-advocates-national-companies-cut-ties-nra Published on Friday, February 23, 2018 by Common Dreams The nation’s largest privately-owned bank, a major security software company, and three rental car companies have all ended their relationships with the gun lobby By Julia Conley, staff … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Last night the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act– a dangerous gun bill backed by the NRA — passed the House Judiciary Committee. This bill would gut state gun laws and force states to accept the more lax concealed … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Congress is now hard at work trying to please the gun lobby. In the process, they will make all of us less safe. We’re talking about mandatory concealed carry reciprocity — which would require that every state … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): We’ve fought hard this year, with some good results in PA, like the striking down of the special standing law and the legislature’s failure to reenact it, the protection of the PA Instant Check System, and the … Continued
From the Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): There are some sad realities in this world. The presence of violence, and in the case of Orlando, hateful violence directed at the Latino LGBTQ community, is one of those sad realities … Continued