11/14/17
by News Department on 11/14/17Wolf pushes for PFA gun law...
Governor Tom Wolf today called on the General Assembly to pass bipartisan legislation, Senate Bill 501 sponsored by Senator Tom Killion (R-Delaware), that would prohibit domestic abusers subject to final Protection From Abuse (PFA) orders from possessing firearms.
According to recent research, from 2009 to 2016 in the U.S., there have been 156 mass shootings.
54 percent of those cases were related to domestic or family violence. Senate Bill 501 was introduced at the beginning of this session and referred to committee in late March of 2017.
It has bipartisan sponsors from across the state in the Senate.
Governor Wolf has pushed for a package of reforms aimed at combating domestic violence, including SB 501.
