Pennsylvania Gun Registration Legislation Introduced

National Rifle Association ^ | April 4, 2007 | National Rifle Association

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Pennsylvania Gun Registration Legislation Introduced!

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Please Contact Your State Legislators Today!

The Gun Registration Act of 2007, House Bill No. 760, sponsored by State Representatives Angel Cruz (D-180), Rosita Youngblood (D-198), Cherelle Parker (D-200), Jake Wheatley (D-19), Lisa Bennington (D-21), and Lawrence Curry (D-154) has been introduced in Harrisburg.

This misguided proposal would require every gun in Pennsylvania to be registered with the state, and each firearm would have to be re-registered annually. The registration would cost law-abiding gun owners $10 per gun each year. Of course, criminals won’t pay anything BECAUSE CRIMINALS DON'T REGISTER GUNS! In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Haynes v. U.S. (309 U.S. 85 (1968)) that since felons are prohibited from owning firearms, compelling them to register them would violate their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination. However, if a law-abiding gun owner fails to register it, he or she will be jailed and lose his or her rights FOREVER.

The measure would require each gun owner submit to fingerprinting, have a background check, and to include passport-style photos for the registration cards. The registration card for each gun would then have to be carried with that gun at all times. To make matters worse, if the state should reject your application for any reason, YOUR GUNS WILL BE CONFISCATED!

Please call your State Representative today at (717) 787-2372 and your State Senator at (717) 787-5920 and ask them to oppose HB760!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Well, isn't this just great. Can someone please do a Pennsylvania Ping?

[Pox]

The commies never give up.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

I met Wayne LaPierre yesterday and witnessed his commitment to second amendment rights. It is apparent that it is more than a job to him and I am thankful that the NRA will put the full force of the organization up against this legislation.

[Dead Corpse]

Registration is ALWAYS a prelude to confiscation.

Not just "no", but "Hell No!"

[Russ]

Notice that they are all Dumbocrats...

[Mo1]

FYI Ping

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Well, confiscation is implicit in this bill, since that is what would happen if any gun owner failed to meet ANY of the steep criteria laid out in this bill. It’s an attempted gun grab, pure and simple...

[ditto h]

Since these legislators represent the people, perhaps their home addresses and telephone numbers should be posted so that the people they are suppose to represent can find them. This way, there can be more one on one conversations with their constituents.

[WakeUpAndVote]

Read this CRAP!

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2007&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=0760

[stevio]

Pennsylvania Bump.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

They're 'Rats, so it probably won't make any difference, but here they are, from the usual Philly-Pittsburg Liberal Axis:

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=304

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=264

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1043

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1026

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1088

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=33

[Dick Bachert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Pennsylvania Gun Grab Ping!

[TC Rider]

What sucks is that a half dozen dipstick dem legislators can get this nonsense started using the tax dollars of citizens, while the NRA has to committ limited resources to fight these battles across America.

[USMA '71]

The way I see it - everyone should simply disobey the law, become a felon and then be protected from having to register due to protection from the 5th Amendment.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I thought moving from Seattle to Pennsylvania would put me in the better company of a red state. I’m starting to think I stumbled into a purple state fast turning blue.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Even though the commies and especially the head commie Chuckie Schmuckie Schumer declared several years ago that the Dhimmicrat party is going to give up on gun control as a party platform because it’s a losing issue.

What they meant to say is that they were going to handle this issue as they do most issues: silently in the midnight hours when no one is paying attention.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Coming from Virginia, I’ve lived in Pennsylvania for seven years. It’s red in the middle but very blue around the edges.

[Give Piece A Chance]

This will never get out of committee. But it’s always good to know what the enemy is up to..

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

You're probably right because the bill, if somehow passed, would pretty much ensure that most of Pennsylvania's firearm owners would eventually become felons. I went ahead and called my representative though just in case, and the word needs to get out what this particular 'Rat cabal is trying to do.

Sometimes, I wish that Philly would just drop off into the ocean and be gone, for the greater good of the Commonwealth.