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Despite a veto threat by Gov. Wolf, the state Senate approved a bill that would allow PA gun owners and gun-rights organizations to collect damages from cities that passed firearms restrictions in violation of state law.
The bill he vetoed Thursday also would have wiped out a law, applying only to Philadelphia, that requires gun owners to get a permit to openly carry a firearm in the city.
Gov. Wolf will veto the bill which critics say makes guns more readily accessible.
The bill faces a certain veto from Gov. Tom Wolf, along with another one the senate passed to punish municipalities that impose gun laws stricter than state law.
The highest number of background checks—when the system scanned 8,346 buyers—came on March 20, a day after Gov. Wolf ordered a shutdown of all nonessential businesses.
