Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association Blog

Over the past few months you and other gun owners have rallied, emailed, called and walked the halls of our capitol in support of getting Castle Doctrine passed in Pennsylvania. You have seen the ups and the downs of this process along with some of...

Gun control advocates from New York, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Pennsylvania in order to promote the Mike Bloomberg agenda & New York-style gun control in Tuesday's elections.  The good news is that...

What if every gun store in Pennsylvania was shut down on January 18, 2011? Did you know that anti-gun groups are actually testing the waters for such a proposal here in the Keystone State?

Every election year, we hear every candidate claim that this...

Over the past year gun owners in Pennsylvania have made great strides in getting Castle Doctrine (H.B.40), past all the anti-gun roadblocks placed in our way, and believe me, they've tried every trick in the book. On Monday, September 27, there will...

The Second Amendment is now incorporated to cover state and local governments according to today's opinion released in McDonald vs. Chicago. According to SCOTUS Blog, the decision has been released today, and we'll have more details as the opinion is shared with the public.

In the meantime, please take a few minutes to thank the members of the legislative branches of government who worked on our behalf to encourage the Supreme Court toward this position.

A few weeks ago Bryan Lentz (D-161) introduced House Bill 2536, a bill designed to gut the way reciprocity of Pennsylvania Licenses To Carry Firearms are handled in the Commonwealth. With a few small changed to wording, Rep. Lentz's bill attempts to...

Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Castle Doctrine legislation - a move we've been waiting on since November 19 when they held a hearing! However, it comes at a price.

In addition to the vote on the important self-defense...

At last month's Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally, PAFOA not only embraced using Twitter and Facebook as a means of spreading news, but members used coordinated tags to have and track conversations about the events.  Using the hashtag #2ARally, gun...

Yesterday, hundreds gathered outside the capitol to declare support for the 2nd Amendment. Speakers included Suzanna Gratia Hupp, Wayne LaPierre (NRA), Larry Pratt (GOA), Marinelle Thompson (2nd Amendment Sisters), and more.

Following the rally,...

Want to rally with hundreds (maybe thousands!) of your fellow gun owners? Are you ready to tell lawmakers that it's time for action on important issues like Castle Doctrine and our transportation laws? Are you still trying to figure out your own...