The state House of Representatives on Sept. 25 approved a measure to require persons to surrender their firearms within 24 hours of conviction on misdemeanor domestic violence charges or entry of a final protection from abuse order.

House Bill 2060, sponsored by state Rep. Marguerite Quinn, R-Bucks, passed on a 131-62 vote. “The fact is that guns and domestic violence are a deadly mix,” Quinn said to The Associated Press. “The fact is that this bill does not apply to any reasonable gun owner. The fact is, if you don’t want to be told by the bench that you need to relinquish your guns, don’t commit a crime of domestic violence.”