PRINTER'S NO. 1804
No. 150 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, COSTA, HELFRICK, WHITE, KASUNIC, MUSTO,
HART AND SLOCUM, MARCH 18, 1998
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Requesting the Attorney General to exercise his authority to
2 grant reciprocity to carry firearms.
3 WHEREAS, Multiple states within the nation authorize out-of-
4 State licensed gun owners to have their permits to carry a
5 firearm within their state recognized; and
6 WHEREAS, A mobile society requires persons to travel for
7 business purposes and those persons are entitled to protection;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania finds persons carrying firearms
10 authorized by other State licenses to be in violation of
11 Pennsylvania law; and
12 WHEREAS, The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of
13 Pennsylvania is authorized to grant reciprocity to out-of-State
14 licenses under authority granted him under 18 Pa.C.S. § 6109(k)
15 and has not so exercised his authority to be so; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the Senate request that the Attorney General
17 exercise his authority and enter into reciprocity agreements
1 with other states providing for mutual recognition of other
2 states' licenses to carry firearms; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the
4 Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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