URGENT: Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee Scheduled to Vote on Anti-Gun Bill Package! |
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Friday, November 16, 2007 |
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Contact the Members of the House Judiciary Committee TODAY! At the request of Governor Ed Rendell (D), the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee has tentatively scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, November 20 at 10:00am, to vote on several anti-gun measures. Governor Rendell will be testifying at this meeting urging members to pass some of the most onerous firearm restrictions in the state’s history, including a “one-gun-a-month” gun rationing scheme, a requirement that individuals report lost or stolen firearms, and overturning Pennsylvania’s preemption law. House Bill 18, sponsored by State Representative Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia), would permit local municipalities to place further restrictions on the sale, possession, carrying, and use of firearms by gutting Pennsylvania’s preemption law. State preemption regulating firearms was enacted by the legislature to avoid the possibility of thousands of separate firearm laws across the Commonwealth. Without preemption there would be countless local firearms laws, making compliance impossible for law-abiding gun owners. In addition, this proposed legislation may also be in conflict with Article 1, Section 21 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which states "The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned." House Bill 22, "one-gun-a-month" legislation, sponsored by State Representative John Myers (D-Philadelphia), will prohibit law-abiding citizens from purchasing more than one handgun at a time, and impose a 30-day waiting period between single handgun purchases. House Bill 29, "Lost or Stolen Firearms” legislation, sponsored by State Representative Jewell Williams (D-Philadelphia), would make it a crime to fail to report the loss or theft of a firearm to police within 24 hours of discovering the firearm missing. This proposal would criminalize victims of crime and is ineffective. It is imperative that you contact the members of the House Judiciary Committee TODAY to strongly encourage them to OPPOSE this package of anti-gun bills! Contact information for the House Judiciary Committee is listed below. State Representative Thomas R. Caltagirone (D-127), Chairman (717) 787-3525 tcaltagi@pahouse.net State Representative Daylin Leach (D-149), Secretary (717) 783-9114 dleach@pahouse.net State Representative Kathy Manderino (D-194) (717) 787-1254 kmanderi@pahouse.net State Representative John E. Pallone (D-54) (717) 783-1819 jpallone@pahouse.net State Representative Don Walko (D-20) (717) 787-5470 dwalko@pahouse.net State Representative Ron Marsico (R-105), Chairman (717) 783-2014 rmarsico@pahousegop.com State Representative Lisa Bennington (D-21) (717) 705-7011 lbennington@pahouse.net State Representative Dan Frankel (D-23) (717) 705-1875 dfrankel@pahouse.net State Representative Harold James (D-186) (717) 787-9477 hjames@pahouse.net State Representative Deberah Kula (D-52) (717) 772-1858 dkula@pahouse.net State Representative Bryan R. Lentz (D-161) (717) 787-8574 blentz@pahouse.net State Representative Joseph A. Petrarca (D-55) (717) 787-5142 petrarca@pahouse.net. State Representative Sean M. Ramaley (D-16) (717) 787-4444 Sramaley@pahouse.net State Representative Greg Vitali (D-16) (717) 787-7647 greg@gregvitali.com State Representative Chelsa Wagner (D-22) (717) 783-1582 repwagner@pahouse.net State Representative Jesse White (D-46) (717) 783-6437 jwhite@pahouse.net State Representative Jewell Williams (D-197) (717) 772-2004 jwilliam@pahouse.net State Representative Tom C. Creighton (R-37) (717) 772-5290 tcreight@pahousegop.com State Representative Craig A. Dally (R-138) (717) 783-8573 cdally@pahousegop.com State Representative John R. Evans (R-5) (717) 772-9940 jevans@pahousegop.com State Representative Will Gabig (R-199) (717) 772-2280 wgabig@pahousegop.com State Representative Glen R. Grell (R-87) (717) 783-2063 ggrell@pahousegop.com State Representative Kate Harper (R-61) (717) 787-2801 kharper@pahousegop.com State Representative Beverly Mackereth (R-196) (717) 783-2655 bmackere@pahousegop.com State Representative Carl W. Mantz (R-187) (717) 787-3017 cmantz@pahousegop.com State Representative Bernie O'Neill (R-29) (717) 705-7170 boneill@pahousegop.com State Representative Tina Pickett (R-110) (717) 783-8238 tpickett@pahousegop.com State Representative Todd Rock (R-90) (717) 783-5218 trock@pahousegop.com State Representative Katie True (R-41) (717) 705-7161 ktrue@pahousegop.com |
Source: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3285
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