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Two mayors, champions of gun control, indicted on corruption charges
by Chris EgerTwo Pennsylvania city leaders, Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer, were charged this week with violations of federal public corruption laws.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers try again for enhanced preemption legislation
by Chris EgerA bill working its way through the state Senate aims to allow advocacy groups to challenge local firearms ordinances in court, though just such a provision was recently stricken.
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Pennsylvania high court strikes gun preemption law
by Chris EgerThe Democrat-heavy Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday upheld a challenge to a Republican backed gun preemption law in the Keystone State.
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Pennsylvania high court hears preemption law challenge
by Chris EgerA 2014 law dubbed at the time the "strongest firearms preemption statute in the country" was debated in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week.
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Pennsylvania town rushes to turn local gun control back on
by Chris EgerThe city council of Reading, Pa. this week resurrected a town ordinance regulating firearms just weeks after a law threatening such actions was repealed by the courts.
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PA lawmaker seeks to reboot overturned pro-gun law
by Chris EgerThe controversial Pennsylvania law that allowed the NRA and other groups to haul municipalities to court over local gun laws is soon to have a modified replacement introduced.
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‘Strongest firearms preemption statute in the country’ overturned by court
by Chris EgerA controversial Pennsylvania enacted last year which allows third parties to sue municipalities over local gun codes stronger than the state’s was overturned Thursday.
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Pennsylvania city asks for donations to fund fight to keep gun laws
by Chris EgerHarrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse Wednesday debuted a plan to enable the cash-strapped city to take on a myriad of lawsuits against its strict gun laws by asking for tax-deductible donations.
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Cities repealing overreaching gun laws across Pennsylvania
by Chris EgerDoylestown, Bethlehem, Allentown, and Liberty, includes the list of dozens of cities across the Keystone State that are in the process of scrapping illegal laws to comply with an NRA-backed preemption measure.
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Pennsylvania House moves to expand gun rights, keep pigeon shoots (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerLawmakers in the Keystone State sent a bill to allow member organizations to represent gun owners in preemption litigation while allowing a measure to end a controversial hunting practice to expire.
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Pennsylvania Senate passes last minute gun preemption measure
by Chris EgerAfter earlier versions of an amendment to allow individuals and groups to take cities and counties into court over gun laws stronger than the state's were derailed, a version added to a metals theft bill passed late Wednesday.
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