Posted on 04/21/2009 10:25:42 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Hundreds of gun-rights advocates packed the state Capitol Rotunda Tuesday as a coalition of state lawmakers, most of them Republicans, pushed for proposals aimed at protecting those rights.
PICTURES: Hundreds Of Gun-Rights Advocates Rally At Capitol
Several participants mentioned their particular opposition to a bill introduced by Philadelphia state Rep. Angel Cruz, which would require a $10-a-gun yearly tax and force gun owners to submit a recent photograph and be fingerprinted. If you would like to look at Cruz's bill, you can click here.
Some said Cruz's bill violates gun owners' rights.
"The rights violation is privacy. Do we have a privacy right in Pennsylvania? Is it not stronger than the federal right? Do we just give up privacy rights because of the supposed benefit when nobody's proven it?" said Kim Stolfer, of Firearm Owners Against Crime.
Cruz spoke to News 8 and responded to the criticism.
"If the government gives you the right to bear arms, the government can give you restrictions on how you handle yourself to have the right to bear arms. And my bill doesn't do anything to hurt anybody. It's just a registry so we can find out who's buying, who's selling, who has at all times," said Rep. Cruz.
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Is this man completely clueless?
"If the government gives"?
This is satire, right?
I was wondering if anyone else would pick up on that.
Bump.
Wonderful! NOTE: The 2nd Amendment is SELF-incorporated to all government entities at every level. It is MORE ABSOLUTE than the 1st Amendment, or any of the others, because the wording forbids not only CONGRESS, but ANYONE from infringing on it. The 1st says Congress shall make no law.... The 2nd say shall NOT be infringed! Period! End of debate!
Pay him his tax, one bullet at a time.
Vince
The best thing that could happen would be for Philth-adelphia to secede to Jersey.
Those rascally PA gun-clingers.
What he needs is something I cannot say here.
Makes one wonder if people like this are ignorant about where rights come from,
or if they’re simply dishonest and make statements like this to justify their control and infringements on our rights.
Right there is Ahn-hell's big mistake. The right to self-defense isn't given by the gubmint. It is from our Creator. Guns have simply replaced the rocks, spears, bows, and knives of yesteryear.
No comments at the article?
This Cruz guy is an idiot.
“participants mentioned their particular opposition to a bill introduced by Philadelphia state Rep. Angel Cruz, which would require a $10-a-gun yearly tax”
I’m all for it, as long as we also have a $10 per year pen tax.
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