PA bill to ban gun sales to those on terror watch list

Posted 8/21/12

HARRISBURG, PA — State Rep. Steve Santarsiero, (D-Bucks), on December 14 joined local, state and national gun safety organizations in marking the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre and …

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PA bill to ban gun sales to those on terror watch list

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HARRISBURG, PA — State Rep. Steve Santarsiero, (D-Bucks), on December 14 joined local, state and national gun safety organizations in marking the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre and calling for stronger background checks for firearms purchases.

“From Sandy Hook to San Bernardino, gun violence has only become more routine,” he said. “That is the case despite the fact that there are meaningful things that we can do to prevent those who want to kill from easy access to high powered firearms.”

Santarsiero was joined by CeaseFirePA, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, Bucks Safe, Bucks Against Gun Violence, The Peace Center, BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action, Bucks County Woman’s Advocacy Coalition and others at an installation of 1,289 American flags representing people killed in mass shootings in the United States in the three years since Sandy Hook.

Santarsiero’s House Bill 1010 would provide universal background checks for all firearms purchases and would ban persons on the federal terror watch list and no-fly list from purchasing a firearm in Pennsylvania.

He said, “It makes no sense that we can ban someone suspected of links to terror groups from flying on an airplane, but we can’t ban that same person from purchasing firearms.”

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