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 ...

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 ...

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 ...