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Firearms and Drugs in the Same House or Apartment Requires a Five Year Mandatory Sentence Under Pennsylvania’s Drug and Gun Law
In 2004, Pennsylvaniadded a sentencing provision that increases penalties when drugs and weapons are used together. Generally, this provision was aimed at criminals who involved guns in their illegal sale of drugs. It requires a mandatory sentence of five years...Pennsylvania Legislature Seeks to Expand the “Castle Doctrine”
On November 27, 2010, Govenor Rendell vetoed a bill that significantly altered self-defense law in Pennsylvania. The bill, which easily passed both the Pennsylvania House and Senate, expanded the “castle doctrine” which permits citizens use deadly...
