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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) It is the case that Kevin Brobson cannot get out of his head: the National Rifle Association and gun owners couldn’t get Pennsylvania’s courts to consider their lawsuits challenging firearms restrictions in cities.
Brobson, now running for a seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, is a key figure in an expanding fight over gun laws that is drawing out in the Legislature, the state’s highest court and the state’s biggest cities.
The fight over gun control is also featuring prominently in the three-way Republican primary race for the state Supreme Court seat, as Brobson and the two other candidates show off endorsements by gun-rights groups, attend the groups’ meetings or point to pro-gun decisions they made from the bench.
Widening fight over guns features prominently in court race
By MARC LEVYApril 24, 2021 GMT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) It is the case that Kevin Brobson cannot get out of his head: the National Rifle Association and gun owners couldn’t get Pennsylvania’s courts to consider their lawsuits challenging firearms restrictions in cities.
Brobson, now running for a seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, is a key figure in an expanding fight over gun laws that is drawing out in the Legislature, the state’s highest court and the state’s biggest cities.
The fight over gun control is also featuring prominently in the three-way Republican primary race for the state Supreme Court seat, as Brobson and the two other candidates show off endorsements by gun-rights groups, attend the groups’ meetings or point to pro-gun decisions they made from the bench.
Healthcare providers enter Philadelphia s legal fight to enact gun laws
Healthcare providers enter Philadelphia s legal fight to enact gun laws
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New filings in an ongoing lawsuit by Philadelphia city officials against the state over the right to enact municipal gun control regulation sheds light on how healthcare stakeholders may tackle gun violence.
An amicus brief filed Monday in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania by gun control advocates that included the city of Philadelphia and the organization CeaseFire Pennsylvania included statements from nine area physicians.
The brief included observations by Dr. Elizabeth Datner, chair of the department of emergency medicine at Philadelphia-based, Einstein Healthcare Network, which treated six of eight people who were victims of a mass shooting that took place Feb. 17.
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Julie Agos, WITFJanuary 26, 2021
2nd Amendment Rally attendees carry guns and signs on the Capitol steps in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sept. 29, 2020. (Kate Landis/WITF)
Following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the rise in threats of armed protests at state Capitol buildings, advocates are renewing calls to ban firearms in government buildings.
Current Pennsylvania law prohibits city governments from regulating the possession and transportation of firearms and ammunition.
That means city councils do not have the power to restrict firearm access in government buildings.
Former Mayor of Lancaster Rick Gray voiced his frustration after watching the events of Jan. 6 unfold.