PRINTER'S NO. 373
No. 360 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HELFRICK AND STAPLETON, FEBRUARY 1, 1989
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 1, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for municipal
3 regulation of firearms and ammunition.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6120 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6120. Limitation on municipal regulation of firearms.
9 (a) General rule.--No county, municipality or township may
10 in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession,
11 transfer or transportation of firearms or ammunition or
12 ammunition components when carried or transported for purposes
13 not prohibited by the laws of this Commonwealth.
14 (b) Definition.--For the purposes of this section the term
15 "firearms" shall not include "air rifles" as defined in section
16 6304 (relating to sale and use of air rifles).
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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