Philly Mayor Kenney: Pennsylvania is Too Backwards to Enact Stricter Gun Control Laws

Kenney made the comments in response to an NBC10/Telemundo 62 question about his support of stricter gun laws and a shooting that happened at a school in the predawn hours of Wednesday morning. “We’re not gonna get gun control in Pennsylvania. This is a backward state whose Legislature for the most part doesn’t care about … Read more

Another Illegal Philadelphia Gun Control Law Struck Down Under Pennsylvania Preemption Statute

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . In another Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) legal victory, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled on appeal that Philadelphia’s ordinance requiring the reporting of “lost or stolen” firearms violates State law. The opinion in City of Philadelphia v. Armstrong can be found at FPCLaw.org. Section 6120(a) of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act (UFA) states that, … Read more

FPC Sues City of Philadelphia Over Shutdown of Gun Permit Unit

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Yesterday, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and two individuals filed a new federal Second and Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, its Police Commissioner, Danielle Outlaw, and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Colonel Robert Evanchick, challenging their laws and policies that infringe law-abiding individuals’ right to … Read more