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Gov. Wolf signs executive order on gun violence prevention, calls for lawmakers to fix 'weak gun
Gov. Wolf signs executive order on gun violence prevention, calls for lawmakers to fix ‘weak gun laws’As it fixes its “weak gun laws” and reforms government to make people safer, Pennsylvania must find middle ground between respect for the Second Amendment and respect for the right to live without fear of being shot, Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday.
His words came two days after a gunman shot six police officers in Philadelphia and less than two weeks after mass shootings in Ohio and Texas killed 31 people.
Wolf spoke at a Capitol ceremony where he called on legislators to pass gun violence-curbing laws and signed an executive order that created a new special council on gun violence. The order also created two new, similarly focused agencies, one within the state Department of Health and the other within the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
Lawmakers left the Capitol at the end of June for summer break. The House is scheduled to reconvene on Sept. 17, and the Senate on Sept. 23.
Read more: https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-wolf-guns-20190816-e2tigpkvrvgi3o4zhewsp5avnu-story.html
(Allentown Morning Call)