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Pro-gun bills in PA
Pro-gun legislators in PA have introduced two interesting bills.
One, by Rep. Metcalfe and Pippy, would require destruction of the state background checks after they are passed -- as it is, police are apparently keeping the records. The other, by Rep. Cappelli, would adopt the "castle doctrine," removing the retreat requirement before self-defense (it's hard to tell from the article just how this modifies current PA law -- article refers to protecting homeowners, but at common law the retreat requirement didn't apply in one's own home, as I recall).
Here's another report, referring to Rep. Cappelli and two other unnamed lawmakers.
[Hat tip to Kathy Habel]
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PA is a "retreat on the street, but not in your house" state, with all the usual exceptions. (Defense of others, reasonable belief retreat would not be effective, requirement only exists when a retreat in _complete_ safety is possible, etc)
Also, the SP spokesman is being disengenious. The State Supreme Court was not as sympathetic to them as his selection of quote implies. They said that the list wasn't a registry as the result of the consequences of how the law was written, and that it would require legislative correction rather than judicial.
I'm glad to hear this as a PA resident, but there's no way Rendell will sign them.