The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee advanced four proposed gun laws to the state House of Representatives in the wake of an ambush attack that killed three police officers on Sept. 15.
A fifth law is being held for future consideration.
The bills are a list of gun control measures backed by gun control and gun safety groups nationwide.
Democratic members of the committee said legislators must do something to address violent crime involving firearms.
Republicans on the committee countered that most of the bills were redundant and were practically identical to existing federal laws. They said the legislation would not solve the crime issues facing Pennsylvania….