Gov. Wolf vetoes “Constitutional carry” gun bill for Pennsylvania By Charles Thompson | cthompson@pennlive.com
As promised, Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed Senate Bill 56, the bill that do away with the longtime state
As promised, Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed Senate Bill 565, the bill that do away with the longtime state requirement of a special permit to carry a gun concealed on one’s person or in a car. Proponents have argued that the concealed carry permits are an unnecessary regulation on gun owners, because, in their view, it’s just as much a fundamental right tobear arms as it is to own them.
All Pennsylvanians need to get the permit is to have a clean background check, two character references and $20 for the application fee. But some gun rights advocates say even those steps are unnecessary hoops for law-abiding citizens, who in most cases already have to pass a background check when they purchase a gun.
The background check regimen at purchase would remain in place under this proposal.As promised, Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed Senate Bill 565, the bill that do away with the longtime state requirement of a special permit to carry a gun concealed on one’s person or in a car.
Proponents have argued that the concealed carry permits are an unnecessary regulation on gun owners, because, in their view, it’s just as much a fundamental right to bear arms as it is to own them.
All Pennsylvanians need to get the permit is to have a clean background check, two character references and $20 for the application fee. But some gun rights advocates say even those steps are unnecessary hoops for law-abiding citizens, who in most cases already have to pass a background check when they purchase a gun.
The background check regimen at purchase would remain in place under this proposal.
Wolf, in his veto message, disagreed, calling the checks that go with the concealed carry permits an important public safety control in an age of spiking gun violence.
His veto message to the Legislature states, in part
All Pennsylvanians need to get the permit is to have a clean background check, two character references and $20 for the application fee. But some gun rights advocates say even those steps are unnecessary hoops for law-abiding citizens, who in most cases already have to pass a background check when they purchase a gun.
The background check regimen at purchase would remain in place under this proposal.As promised, Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed Senate Bill 565, the bill that do away with the longtime state requirement of a special permit to carry a gun concealed on one’s person or in a car.
Proponents have argued that the concealed carry permits are an unnecessary regulation on gun owners, because, in their view, it’s just as much a fundamental right to bear arms as it is to own them.
All Pennsylvanians need to get the permit is to have a clean background check, two character references and $20 for the application fee. But some gun rights advocates say even those steps are unnecessary hoops for law-abiding citizens, who in most cases already have to pass a background check when they purchase a gun.
The background check regimen at purchase would remain in place under this proposal.
Wolf, in his veto message, disagreed, calling the checks that go with the concealed carry permits an important public safety control in an age of spiking gun violence.
His veto message to the Legislature states, in part
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