Despite what the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Legislature tells you, the following amendment will not save anyone convicted under the new poaching law from having their gun right stripped for life.
The Amendment reads;
Amend Bill, page 6, by inserting after line 30
(k) Impact on other laws. A felony under this title shall not be deemed to constitute a felony for the purpose of any
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Gun lobby victory as every American's right to bear arms upheld by ruling
National Rifle Association celebrates US supreme court ruling that ends localised gun control laws in America
Supporters of gun rights in the US won a major legal victory today, when the highest court in the country ruled that an individual's constitutional right to bear arms applied to every corner of the country and th
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Gulf oil spill: Judge slams Obama's drilling moratorium, blocks it
The judge said the federal report that led to the drilling moratorium didn't 'explicitly justify' a ban. Some independent engineers who reviewed the report agree. The administration will appeal.
The moratorium took effect May 27 after an Interior Department report called for a stoppage so that safety protocols could be reviewed
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FLASH - In response to the motion to review Judge Lewis's denial of bail it has been Ordered: No later than 7... ...
A sex offender who moved from Alabama to Indiana in 2004 does not have to register with authorities because his move predates the registry law Congress enacted in 2006, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
In a 6-to-3 decision, the high court rejected the Obama administration’s expansive reading of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Instead, the majority justices embrace
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AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing, in general principles of justification, for definitions, for use of force in self-protection, for use of force for the protection of other persons and for licenses to carry firearms; providing for civil immunity for use of force; and further
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In a case that may affect the healthcare overhaul, the justices vote 7 to 2 to give Congress 'broad authority' to enact all laws that are 'necessary and proper' to carrying out its constitutional power.
READ THE CASE
What does this mean for healthcare and the court challenges?
7 of the Justices give broad sweep the the "necessary and proper" clause of the US Constitution as it relates to
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One of the users sent me this video link! A good primer on what you should do and why. THANKS! ...
click on article title to enlarge the video! ...
Did you know that old summary charges can all be expunged?
Not misdemeanor or felony convictions (acquittals and dismissals can be expunged)
We can now clean up those old public drunks, summary harassments, traffic tickets and other blemishes....
Here's the law!
18 Pa CS § 9122. Expungement - Dissemination of Criminal History Record Information
(a) Specific proceedings. - Criminal hi
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Feel free to call the office at 717-241-6070. If you can hear him on WHP 580, odds are he's been to your county... ...
The Pennsylvania Office of District Judge is essentially the PA Court’s feet on the ground. It is a community based judicial system which is accountable to the local constituents as well as the rule of law.
Because of the need o be re-elected every 6 years, a District Judge has political accountability unusual in the judiciary. And because the Judge has jurisdiction over a local area he / s
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I will be attending this Saturday after the show on April 10, 2010 4:00 PM - Carlisle, PA at the Hotel... ...
By Heather Stauffer, Sentinel Reporter, March 31, 2010
Without input, Cumberland County Judge Albert Masland said, he would have sentenced Andres Rodriguez to two years in state prison.
“Mr. Newell’s sentence is a little longer, do you understand?” Masland said, referring to the stepbrother of the man Rodriguez admitted to conspiring to rob.
Bryan Newell, who police say just happened to b
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Jury in Mike Veon trial issues mixed verdict, convicts Veon of 14 of 59 counts
By The Associated Press
March 22, 2010, 9:07PM
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Harrisburg jury convicted former state Rep. Mike Veon and two of his former aides of some charges and acquitted them of others — but the panel acquitted a fourth defendant of all charges in the public corruption case.
The jury on Monday fo
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Veon jury to start deliberations anew By Brad Bumsted TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, March 20, 2010 HARRISBURG --... ...
Bonusgate deliberations taking toll on jurors Wednesday, March 17, 2010 By Tracie Mauriello, Post-Gazette Harrisburg... ...
Prosecutors ran out of time to bring defendant in a drug-dealing case to trial, a Cumberland County judge rules
By MATT MILLER, The Patriot-News
March 16, 2010, 10:17AM
Drug dealing charges against a Cumberland County woman have been dismissed because a judge ruled that prosecutors ran out of time to bring her to trial. Patricia Kissell of Carlisle had pleaded guilty to a drug charge in the s
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WASHINGTON — An unusually intense Supreme Court argument Tuesday showed that the justices remain bitterly divided about the meaning and scope of the Second Amendment. And it suggested that the five-justice majority in the 2008 decision that first identified an individual right to keep and bear arms was prepared to take another major step in subjecting gun control laws to constitutional scrutiny.
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