House lawmakers on Tuesday passed a proposal mandating background checks for purchasers of any type of firearm in Pennsylvania, though the proposal faces long odds of passing in the Senate.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania House passed a bill Tuesday that would require universal background checks for gun purchases in the state. House Bill 1593 passed almost entirely along party ...

Five Republicans crossed party lines on Tuesday to pass a bill in the Pennsylvania state House mandating universal background checks for gun purchases. The state currently only requires background ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lawmakers in Harrisburg took to the floor on Tuesday to vote on a trio of gun control bills that passed out of committee earlier this month. Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of ...