So yoiu’re saying that GOA has been more effective than the NRA in changing Rendell’s mind on this?
Rendell is hopeless (and not just on this issue), but GOA is much more likely than the NRA to convince enough PA voters to dump state legislators who promote/allow this crap. GOA mainly focuses on national offices and federal legislation at this point, but with more contributing members, it would have the capacity to be more active at the state level. The NRA’s intense promotion of the idea that the main reason to have a gun is for “sport” reinforces the already widespread notion that there’s nothing dangerous about registration schemes. Who cares if the government knows what toys you have?
I wish the gun dealers — ALL Pennsylvania dealers working together — would simply, with public notice, announce they that will be selling as usual during this period, and that if the governor wants the sales run through the background checker, it’s up to him to make sure it remains operational. If anyone gave them (and/or any buyers) any trouble about this, it would set up a very nice federal case, since it’s pretty clear that outlawing all gun sales in an entire state for any period of time is an “infringement”, and attempting to pull the licenses of, or impose significant fines on all dealers in the state for refusing to comply with such an outlawing would get the full attention of pro-RKBA forces.