Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Swift and certain punishment for these offenders found illegally possessing firearms will deter and prevent more violent crimes. For that reason, we are proposing a bill to impose a new mandatory minimum sentence for previously convicted offenders found to be illegally in possession of a firearm. For a first offense, we propose that the criminal receive mandatory jail time of a short, but meaningful, period of under two years. But for a second or subsequent offense - for those criminals who resist rehabilitation and continue to defy the law - mandatory, lengthy state prison time would apply.
Title: In sentencing, providing for sentences for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms.
Subject:
Description: An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, providing for sentences for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms.
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: October 6, 2022
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6 sponsors: Frank Farry (R); Kathleen Tomlinson (R); Wendi Thomas (R); Todd Polinchock (R); Tracy Pennycuick (R); Barry Jozwiak (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Oct 6, 2022 | Referred to JUDICIARY |
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state bill text | bill text |
There have not been any votes on this bill