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Gun control measures advance in Pennsylvania state House

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Minnesota House approves public safety package that includes two gun control proposals. Lawmakers say the rules are necessary for keeping guns out of the wrong hands. Opponents say they unfairly burden law-abiding gun owners. The House and Senate will now have to iron out differences in a conference committee.

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Pioneer Press

On party-line vote, Minnesota House approves new gun control measures

The Minnesota Legislature moved one step closer to passing new gun control laws when the House advanced a bill Wednesday evening with expanded background checks and a red flag law to take weapons from people deemed dangerous. The new restrictions are a top priority for Democrats, who have narrow control of both chambers of the Legislature. They passed the House as part of a sprawling public safety funding and policy bill that was approved on a 6…

1 year ago·St Paul, United States

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Penn Live

Pa. House committee approves four gun bills on party-line votes

A set of bills that would tighten the state's gun laws will go to a vote before the full House, the most significant movement on firearms legislation in several years.

1 year ago·Harrisburg, United States

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WTAE

Gun control measures advance in Pennsylvania state House

Democrats advanced four gun-control bills in Pennsylvania's state House of Representatives on Wednesday, after years of a virtual standstill on legislation amid a politically divided government.

1 year ago·Pittsburgh, United States

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Times Leader

Gun control measures advance in Pa. House

HARRISBURG — Democrats advanced four gun-control bills in Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives on Wednesday, after years of a virtual standstill on legislation amid a politically divided government. The bills passed through committee on party lines. They could go before the full House as early as next week. The measures come as the U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023. In Philadelphia, gun violence is playing a big ro…

1 year ago·United States

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Duluth News Tribune

Minnesota House advances gun control measures

Universal background checks and “red-flag” court orders to temporarily remove guns from people deemed an imminent threat to themselves or others are another step closer to becoming state law.

1 year ago·Cherokee County, United States

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NBC Philadelphia

Gun Control Measures Advance in Pennsylvania State House. Still Face Hurdles

Democrats advanced gun-control bills in the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives, after years of a virtual standstill on legislation amid a politically divided government.

1 year ago·Philadelphia, United States

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