How the Proposed National Reciprocity Bill will Impact Pennsylvania Law Abiding Gun Owners By: Gil Ambler Edited: Justin McShane and Katy McShane [Editor’s note: as of the date of this post, the National Handgun Reciprocity Bill of 2017 has been proposed. You can read it’s text here: as with all proposed bills, they are subject to amendment and change. It will be very likely that a great deal of poison pill amendments will be added by those who are anti-gun. So, stay tuned.]
Inheriting Firearms and Pennsylvania Law By MICHAEL ANTONIO GIARAMITA JR., ESQ. GIARAMITA LAW OFFICES, P.C. So you’ve suffered the loss of a loved one. So many memories. Some may even include bonding over firearms. Regardless, inheriting a loved one’s firearm can serve as a special way of remembering them. Recently, during one of our media… Read more
Why a PennLAGO needs to carry OC spray: The law of OC spray in Pennsylvania As recent events have emphasized, and as the history of man has revealed, for the average law abiding citizen and Pennsylvania Law Abiding Gun Owner (PennLAGO), violence often comes as a surprise. As Kelly McCann teaches us, bad folk who… Read more
Although at this point, it looks exceedingly unlikely that Hurricane Matthew will do much more than provide for some rain to the Keystone state and no one seems to predict that a Governor will enact a state of emergency or that the President of the United States will enact a state of emergency, it is… Read more
Any unscripted attack with multiple assailants is a nightmare scenario. Mob and herd mentalities can create powerful influences on the group dynamic to create sudden and total violence including death or near death. All one needs to do is think of April 29, 1992 and this scene that was broadcast all over the United States: An innocent truck driver, Reginald Denny, was savagely attacked by a mob where he was kicked, punched and even had a brick thrown at his head with the assailant dancing afterwards…. Read more
Usually we are on the cutting edge of reporting decisions that impact Pennsylvania Law Abiding Citizens (PennLAGOs). But we have to admit that this most recent Third Circuit case Daniel Binderup v. Attorney General; and Julio Suarez v. Attorney General gave us some pause. We wanted to put our collective heads together and get several… Read more
I am always very happy to be responsible citizen and member of the firearms community. I make myself and others that I work with available to the press to answer questions and to help spread the word that gun ownership and shooting sports are lawful, normal, healthy and fun. I am very happy when news… Read more
The Henny-Penny-knee-jerk reaction and media simplifications are all over the internet about a panel ruling out of the 9th Circuit concerning an attempted purchase of a firearm, medical marijuana and the Second Amendment. The case itself is called Wilson v. Lynch. Please read it. Some of my favorite headlines include Medical Marijauna Users Have… Read more
The ITAR Executive Order and Gunsmiths and Reloading There are a lot of things that can be said about this current presidential administration. It is indisputable that this administration has issued more Executive Orders (EO) that have a direct impact on the firearms industry than any other administration perhaps in the history of the United… Read more
The Castle Doctrine in Pennsylvania: A Rebuttable Presumption There are probably few sounds more terrifying than the sound of a window breaking in your house in the middle of the night. Someone is breaking into your home- the space that should be the safest. How can you respond? Legally speaking, what can you do to… Read more