The Pennsylvania House of Representatives had narrow final passages and rare failures on a package of gun control bills it considered this week.

Votes were almost entirely down party lines, a strong indicator that legislation that made it through on Tuesday will be challenged to succeed in the Republican majority Senate.

House Bill 1593, with the most support, calls for background checks on all firearm sales.

“If you know history, dictators never started with just confiscating and disarming populations,” said Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, R-Lock Haven. “They were told to quote ‘just register their guns.' Then they were confiscated, which led to complete loss of freedom and life by the millions at the hands of tyrannical governments.”

The representative said the registry was an intentional a

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