PA: Governor Wolf Signs Hunting Reform for Semi-Autos, Air Guns

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-
A number of states have unusual rules about what may be used for hunting and what may not. Pennsylvania had a law that forbid hunting with semi-automatic rifles and pistols. They did not forbid hunting with semi-auto shotguns. The hunter shown in the image from the Game Commission web site is using a semi-auto shotgun, probably to hunt deer, as she is wearing hunter orange and the shotgun has sights on it. This inconsistency helped in moving the reform forward.

Laws are harder to reform than rules promulgated in hunting regulations. The Pennsylvania government changed this law to allow increasingly popular semi-auto rifles to be used for hunting. The law also removes the ban on using air guns for hunting. From abc27.com:

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Gov. Tom Wolf has signed legislation that removes a ban on hunting with semi-automatic rifles.

Act 168 of 2016, formerly House Bill 263, also removes the ban on air- and gas-powered rifles.

Here is the wording of the new law, as shown in the HB 263. From state.pa.us:

§ 2308. Unlawful devices and methods.

(a) General rule.–Except as otherwise …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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