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The proposed ban complicates budget negotiations as GOP lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf try to complete the process before the June 30 deadline.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to veto any efforts to further curtail access to the procedure, but the decision further raises the stakes in the tight governor's race in PA.
The database was hailed as a model to stop bad officers from hopping from one job to another. But now State Police say legislative changes are needed to make it more effective.
By sending a slate of firearms-related bills to another committee, a GOP-controlled panel threw cold water on an effort to force a vote on the legislation.
Mastriano emerged from a crowded GOP field of nine candidates who have spent the last several months crisscrossing the state to rally support from party elites and the rank-and-file alike.