Rep. Arvind Venkat (D-McCandless) is an emergency physician who says a safe gun storage law could have prevented the death of a young child his hospital admitted. He spoke alongside other gun-reform ...

The Pennsylvania Senate is reviewing a bill that would prevent cities from regulating firearms and ammunition through local ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a bill to require background checks for private sales of rifles and shotguns. Two other gun control measures, a red flag law and a ban on "ghost guns," narrowly failed to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania’s constitution says the right to bear arms “shall not be questioned,” but lawmakers are questioning whether some restrictions would reduce gun violence. House ...

This story originally appeared on WITF. A panel of Pennsylvania House Democrats on Monday advanced four bills aimed at curbing gun violence, though they are unlikely to receive a vote if ultimately ...

I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, where firearms were part of daily life. My earliest memories were not of fear, but of tradition — deer season with family, careful lessons about responsibility, and ...

The Pennsylvania House is set to vote next week on four gun-safety bills after they cleared the Judiciary Committee. Gun safety advocates said about 1,600 Pennsylvanians die from gun violence each ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A Pennsylvania House vote on three bills aimed at strengthening state gun laws ended in a split, as two of those bills were voted down and one passed. The one-seat ...

The state House approved legislation to close a background check loophole in the state’s gun laws, but two other gun control bills were rejected in close votes. The House approved House Bill 1593, ...

A federal judge presiding in the District Court in Johnstown has put a hold on a gun rights case that challenges Pennsylvania’s bar on the issuance of carry permits to individuals under 21 years of ...

WASHINGTON − Two gun organizations are challenging a 1927 law prohibiting mailing handguns through the U.S. Postal Service. Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation, together with Pennsylvania ...

Lawmakers in the state House passed legislation that would require background checks for the sale and transfer of rifles and shotguns, which is not currently required in Pennsylvania. The 104-99 vote ...