Gun Laws

The Republican-led General Assembly is unlikely to consider restricting gun access despite the recent massacre of nearly 20 children in Texas.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday vetoed legislation that would have helped gun owners and gun-rights groups seek civil damages from governmental bodies that pass firearms restrictions. The aggrieved parties would have been able to collect damages and to seek a court injunction. Wolf's veto message calls the legislation an attack on local governments seeking to address gun violence and says it displays indifference to the safety of state residents.

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to veto the bill.

A bill to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit has been passed by a divided Pennsylvania House, but faces a veto threat from the governor.

Two sides in the ongoing fight about gun rights squared off Monday outside the Upper St. Clair district office of state Rep. Natalie Mihalek, as gun-control advocates sought to head off efforts to make it easier for Pennsylvanians to carry concealed firearms in public.

Pennsylvania's highest court says people are allowed to sue to challenge a city’s gun restrictions even if they haven't been charged with violating them.

An appeals court says a Pennsylvania federal judge shouldn't have thrown out a legal challenge to township zoning rules that restricted operations at a gun range near Pittsburgh and limited “sportsman’s clubs” to nonprofit entities.

On today’s program: State Representative Aaron Bernstine explains the merits of a bill he introduced to make it legal to carry a concealed, legally owned firearm without a permit; CeaseFirePA argues such a policy would make the state less safe; an opera singer-turned-administrator introduces an organization to support local arts administrators of color; and a look at why the statues on one side of the Sixteenth Street Bridge’s have a patina when the other side does not.

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Local community members, journalists and officials will gather at the Ace Hotel Wednesday night for a discussion about gun control legislation that would…