An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for prohibited devices and methods.

Summary

The bill amends Pennsylvania’s hunting statutes to ban the use of automatic and semiautomatic firearms for hunting big game, except wild turkey. It creates a narrow exemption for hunters who have lost the use of one or both hands, allowing a semiautomatic rifle with only one round in the chamber and up to five rounds in the magazine. The law would take effect 60 days after enactment.

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