HB 1267

[billamj]

Below is the total text that I could find on this bill. There is nothing that strikes me as being blatantly anti in this, but it still does not pass the smell test. I firmly believe that this is one we need to keep our eyes on.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL

No. 1267 Session of 2007

INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BLACKWELL, BOYD, CURRY, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS,
MELIO, WHEATLEY, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD AND MURT, MAY 18, 2007

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 18, 2007

AN ACT

1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing sentencing
3 guidelines for unexcepted nonlicensed possession of a
4 firearm.

5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 9712.2. Sentences for unexcepted nonlicensed possession of a
10 firearm.
11 A person who is convicted in a court of this Commonwealth for
12 a violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 6106(a)(1) (relating to firearms not
13 to be carried without a license) shall be sentenced to a minimum
14 of two years of total confinement.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

[Brick]

I just went through this one and bounced it off of Title 18 6106(a).

Unexcepted carrying of a concealed firearm is already a felony offense (class 3 IIRC).

This sets a 2 year minimum for a conviction under that offense. I don't see it as a threat since the exceptions are well defined.

Go to
http://members.aol.com/DKM1/18.Cp.61.html
for an online version of the UFA.

[knight0334]

Its completely anti...

We shouldn't need a license to begin with. .