The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
In Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: The House yesterday rejected a measure aimed at curbing illegal handgun trafficking, the first substantive gun restriction considered by the full chamber in more than a decade. By a vote of 128-75 the House defeated an amendment – attached to a separate gun crime bill – that would have made it … Continue reading “Media Reaction”
You can follow this link to see how legislators voted on Levdansky’s “Lost and Stolen” amendment. My state representative, Chris King, voted for this turd, voted against Rep. Metcalfe’s emergency license to carry provision, voted yes on the emergency powers amendment to prevent a Katrina-like incident in Pennsylvania, and voted yes on revoking the restriction … Continue reading “How They Voted”
Amendments passed to HB 1845: A06414 (GODSHALL) 202-0 Allows chiefs of police and police commissioners to be exempt from UFA requirements for purchasing firearms for official purposes A06170 (HARPER) 159-44 Make it a crime to falsely report the loss or theft of a firearm. A06346 (FAIRCHILD) 203-0 Extends Licenses to Carry expiration for deployed military … Continue reading “Details on HB 1845”
NRA Alerts that the HB 1845 could be voted on as soon as Wednesday, and there is still an attempt to get the “Lost and Stolen” bill attached to it: Anti-gun State Representative David Levdansky (D-39) may try to amend this legislation to include a provision that would require gun owners to report the loss … Continue reading “NRA Alert on HB 1845”
According to today’s session report for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Representative Levdansky has withdrawn one amendment, A06178, from consideration. Should be noted that this is not the “Lost and Stolen” amendment, but one relating to the original bill, that has to do with altered obliterated serial numbers. Doesn’t say anything about whether “Lost and Stolen” … Continue reading “HB 1845 Considered – One Amendment Withdrawn”
I know everyone is distracted by the oral arguments in Heller that will be happening tomorrow, but if you recall a few days ago I released some important information about an upcoming fight in our state. It’s important to call your representatives TODAY and tell them to vote YES on Representative Cappelli’s amendment (A05131) to … Continue reading “Attention Pennsylvanians!”
There’s a bill coming up for vote in Pennsylvania, known as House Bill 1845, which increases the penalty for possessing a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number from a first degree misdemeanor to a second degree felony (underlined portions of a bill are parts being changed. Non underlined parts are part of the … Continue reading “Important News On Pennsylvania Gun Bills”
Looks like another attempt by the House Democrats to shift my taxes around in ways I don’t like: The committee approved House Bill 1600, by Rep. David Levdansky, D-Forward. He proposes raising about $2.5 billion by doing three things. He would raise the state sales tax by 0.5 percent (making it 6.5 percent in most … Continue reading “More Tax Shifting”