Pennsylvania Gun Owners Rights In Jeopardy!

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Pennsylvania Gun Owners Rights In Jeopardy!

Please Contact Your State Legislators Today!

This month, all gun owners in Pennsylvania need to stand-up and be heard. Anti-gun legislators, led by Representative Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia), are pushing new gun control measures in Harrisburg. Pointing to data from a recent Pennsylvania Democratic Party funded poll that indicates suburban residents are concerned about gun violence, Evans stated that "legislators should move beyond boundary lines and party labels to take action on gun control."

Gun-control legislation has been dead on arrival in Harrisburg for more than a decade because the balance of the General Assembly supports the rights of gun owners. However, if Representative Evans and his supporters are successful this could change overnight.

However with your help, we can again stop this from happening!

Pennsylvania gun owners have two important dates to remember:

September 25th - Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart Greenleaf (R-12) schedules final hearing in Harrisburg - On Monday, September 25, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be holding a final hearing to receive testimony relating to urban violence. The hearing will be held 10:00 A.M. in Room 8E-B of the East Wing.

Over the past several months, the committee has heard testimony from public officials and anti-gun zealots insisting on new gun control legislation to combat urban crime. This will be the final opportunity for NRA members to voice their concerns regarding the lack of enforcement and prosecution of federal and state firearm laws which has fueled violent crime over the past year. If your planning on testifying or need additional information, contact Gregg Warner of Sen. Greenleaf's office, (717) 787-6599 or [email protected]

September 26th - Committee of the Whole Meeting

On Tuesday, September 26, the House of Representatives will convene as a "Committee of the Whole" to focus on crime and violence in Pennsylvania. The Committee of the Whole is a rarely used legislative mechanism designed to allow for a more informal, free-flowing public debate of a particularly critical issue facing the Commonwealth.

Topics expected to be addressed include: "One-Gun-a-Month" legislation, elimination of statewide preemption, semi-automatic firearm bans as well as other anti-gun legislation which infringe on your rights as law-abiding gun owners.

The time is NOW!

NRA members across Pennsylvania must call or write their State Legislators and send the message that stiff punishment of criminals who commit crimes with guns is the key to stopping crimes committed with firearms.

You can contact your State Representative at (717) 787-2016 and State Senator at (717) 787-5920.

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND ASK THEM TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS!

[terry264]

Re: Pennsylvania Gun Owners Rights In Jeopardy!

wow, kinda sound like MD They have had the wrong kind of results with their "cease-fire program". Will try to paste article from nra-ila about same, here goes,,,,"CEASEFIRE MARYLAND" SHOOTING BLANKS

Historically, the state of Maryland has had higher murder rates than the nation as a whole, and for quite a few years it has had a handful of very aggressive gun control supporters. So in 1994, when the now-defunct federal "assault weapon" ban was imposed, Maryland's state government--dominated by anti-gunners at the time--additionally imposed a statewide "assault pistol" ban, a "large" magazine restriction, a seven-day waiting period on "assault weapon" sales, and a law limiting "assault weapon" sales to dealers in "Regulated Firearms."

At the time, Maryland's murder rate was 29% higher than the national rate. Since then, the federal ban, federal and many states' waiting periods on gun sales, and numerous other gun control laws have expired or been rescinded, but Maryland has increased its gun control restrictions. And, Maryland's murder rate is 71% higher than the national rate. More gun control, more murder.

The solution? If you are CeaseFire Maryland, a Brady Campaign offshoot in "The Free State," it is more gun control. CeaseFire recently came out with a paper claiming that an "assault weapon" is "traced to a crime" once every 48 hours in Maryland.

The paper is nonsense, for a number of reasons. First, it is based entirely upon old BATF firearm tracing data, which the Congressional Research Service and other researchers have pointed out are unsuitable for drawing conclusions about the kinds of guns used to commit violent crimes. Most guns that are traced have never been used to commit a violent crime, and most guns that are used to commit violent crimes are never traced. CeaseFire conspicuously fails to mention that most of the "assault weapons" traced in Maryland had nothing to do with violent crimes.

In addition, CeaseFire used the Violence Policy Center (VPC) approach to defining "assault weapon," including all guns defined as such in the defunct federal ban, all guns defined as "assault pistols" in Maryland, plus the M1 Carbine, Ruger Mini-14, and SKS. Not only that, but like VPC, CeaseFire categorized a gun as an "assault weapon" even if it did not meet the old federal definition, due to not having attachments like flash suppressors, folding stocks, and bayonet mounts. Pathetically, CeaseFire also refers to all of these guns as "assault rifles," to misleadingly suggest that they are machine guns.

Finally, CeaseFire does not say how many violent crimes have been committed with "assault weapons," or whether in any such crimes the type of gun involved was relevant. It mentions the Muhammad/Malvo "sniper" killings in the Washington, D.C.-area several years ago, without noting that in each crime only one shot was fired, which could have been accomplished with any firearm.

In trying to make a case for more gun control, CeaseFire has its work cut out for it. Despite having much more gun control than most states, Maryland's murder rate is higher, compared to the rest of the country, than it ever has been. And while the U.S. rate has been steady the last five years, Maryland's has risen 16%.

Glad that paste worked, saved a lot of typing, Terry.

[Bowhntr]

Re: Pennsylvania Gun Owners Rights In Jeopardy!

Also, don't forget the power of a vote in November.