EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT
Governor Rendell plans to take an unprecedented step and personally attend Tuesday's PA House Judiciary Committee meeting to attack gun owners and our constitutional freedoms by forcing bad legislation (HB 18, HB 22, and HB 29) out of committee. You need to act now!!!
Please contact members of the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee today and keep it up through Tuesday morning. ASK THE MEMBERS TO OPPOSE HB 22, HB 18 and HB 29. The Committee Votes are scheduled Tuesday November 20 at 10:00 AM. Phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses are at the end of this message. PLEASE USE THEM.
Kim Stolfer
Legislative Committee, Chairman
Allegheny County Sportsmen's League
[email protected] Allegheny County Sportsmen's League
Harry Schneider
Legislative Committee, Chairman
Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association
[email protected]
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. The package of bills include one-gun-a-month, a requirement for individuals to report lost or stolen firearms, and legislation that would overturn Pennsylvania's current preemption law.
House Bill 18, sponsored by State Representative Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia), would further provide for limitations on the regulation of firearms and ammunition by local municipalities. 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 a myriad of 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.
**For more in-depth information on these issues please go to this link -
Allegheny County Sportsmen's League Link RemovedThe following organizations are on record as opposing this legislation:
Allegheny County Sportsmen's League (ACSL), Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs (PFSC), Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association (PSA), National Rifle Association (NRA), Gun Owners of America (GOA), Second Amendment Sisters (SAS), Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association (PR&PA), Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Association (PGCA) Lehigh Valley Firearms Coalition, Philadelphia Federation of Sportsmen's Club, Pennsylvania Gun Owners Association (PGOA) Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania (Unified) National Association of Firearms Retailers (NAFR), Pennsylvania State Fish & Game Protective Association, The Pink Pistols OpenCarry.org Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association (PAFOA) National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSA) Western Pennsylvania 30 Caliber League, Inc
Firearms Owners Against Crime (FOAC) the largest gun owners Political Action Committee (PAC) in Pennsylvania will record any support for any of this legislation, now or in the future, as an anti-gun vote.
It is imperative that you contact the following members of the House Judiciary Committee TODAY through Tuesday to strongly encourage them to OPPOSE this package of anti-gun rights bills! PLEASE focus your efforts on the Committee Leaders and then the 'Uncommitted Group' and then the listed 'Pro-2nd Amendment' group.
**Representatives listed below are Committee Leadership
State Representative Thomas R. Caltagirone (D-127), Majority Chairman
106 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202127
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2127
(717) 787-3525
Fax: (717) 772-5401
[email protected]
State Representative Ron Marsico (R-105), Minority Chairman
218 Ryan Office Building
PO Box 202105
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2105
(717) 783-2014
Fax: (717) 705-2010
[email protected]
State Representative Daylin Leach (D-149), Secretary 109A East Wing PO Box
202149 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2149
(717) 783-9114
Fax: (717) 787-0861
[email protected]
**Representatives listed below are Pro 2nd Amendment
State Representative Deberah Kula (D-52) 104A East Wing PO Box 202052
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2052
(717) 772-1858
Fax: (717) 780-4784
[email protected]
State Representative Joseph A. Petrarca (D-55) 220 Irvis Office Building PO
Box 202055 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2055
(717) 787-5142
Fax: (717) 705-2014
[email protected]
State Representative Jesse White (D-46)
102B East Wing
PO Box 202046
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2046
(717) 783-6437
[email protected]
State Representative Tom C. Creighton (R-37) 400 Irvis Office Building PO
Box 202037 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2037
(717) 772-5290
Fax: (717) 783-1904
[email protected]
State Representative Craig A. Dally (R-138)
211 Ryan Office Building
PO Box 202138
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2138
(717) 783-8573
Fax: (717) 705-1849
[email protected]
State Representative John R. Evans (R-5)
B12 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202005
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2005
(717) 772-9940
Fax: (717) 772-7099
[email protected]
State Representative Will Gabig (R-199)
410 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202199
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2199
(717) 772-2280
Fax: (717) 705-2012
[email protected]
State Representative Glen R. Grell (R-87)
404 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202087
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2087
(717) 783-2063
Fax: (717) 772-8418
[email protected]
State Representative Kate Harper (R-61)
149A East Wing
PO Box 202061
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2061
(717) 787-2801
Fax: (717) 787-2022
[email protected]
State Representative Beverly Mackereth (R-196)
7 East Wing
PO Box 202196
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2196
(717) 783-2655
Fax: (717) 772-9869
[email protected]
State Representative Todd Rock (R-90)
162A East Wing
PO Box 202090
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2090
(717) 783-5218
Fax: (717) 260-6505
[email protected]
State Representative Katie True (R-41)
143A East Wing
PO Box 202041
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2041
(717) 705-7161
Fax: (717) 705-1946
[email protected]
State Representative Tina Pickett (R-110) 155A East Wing PO Box 202110
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2110
(717) 783-8238
Fax: (717) 705-1949
[email protected]
**Representatives listed below are Uncommitted on these issues
State Representative John E. Pallone (D-54)
325 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202054
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2054
(717) 783-1819
Fax: (717) 772-9984
[email protected]
State Representative Don Walko (D-20)
121 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202020
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2020
(717) 787-5470
Fax: (717) 783-0407
[email protected]
State Representative Sean M. Ramaley (D-16)
323 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202016
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2016
(717) 787-4444
[email protected]
State Representative Carl W. Mantz (R-187) 53B East Wing PO Box 202187
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2187
(717) 787-3017
Fax: (717) 772-9869
[email protected]
**Representatives listed below are dedicated Anti 2nd Amendment Fanatics
State Representative Kathy Manderino (D-194)
125 East Wing
PO Box 202194
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2194
(717) 787-1254
Fax: (717) 780-4770
[email protected]
State Representative Lisa Bennington (D-21)
6A East Wing
PO Box 202021
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2021
(717) 705-7011
Fax: (717) 780-4761
[email protected]
State Representative Dan Frankel (D-23)
217 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202023
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2023
(717) 705-1875
Fax: (717) 705-2034
[email protected]
State Representative Harold James (D-186)
317 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202186
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2186
(717) 787-9477
Fax: (717) 787-7517
[email protected]
State Representative Greg Vitali (D-16)
103B East Wing
PO Box 202166
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2166
(717) 787-7647
Fax: (717) 705-2089
[email protected]
State Representative Jewell Williams (D-197)
101 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202197
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2197
(717) 772-2004
Fax: (717) 787-2284
[email protected]
State Representative Bernie O'Neill (R-29)
B13 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202029
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2029
(717) 705-7170
Fax: (717) 783-3278
[email protected]
State Representative Chelsa Wagner (D-22)
109 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202022
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2022
(717) 783-1582
Fax: (717) 780-4755
[email protected]
State Representative Bryan R. Lentz (D-161)
106B East Wing
PO Box 202161
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2161
(717) 787-8574
Fax: (717) 780-4777
[email protected]
Governor Rendell plans to take an unprecedented step and personally attend Tuesday's PA House Judiciary Committee meeting to attack gun owners and our constitutional freedoms by forcing bad legislation (HB 18, HB 22, and HB 29) out of committee. You need to act now!!!
Please contact members of the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee today and keep it up through Tuesday morning. ASK THE MEMBERS TO OPPOSE HB 22, HB 18 and HB 29. The Committee Votes are scheduled Tuesday November 20 at 10:00 AM. Phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses are at the end of this message. PLEASE USE THEM.
Kim Stolfer
Legislative Committee, Chairman
Allegheny County Sportsmen's League
[email protected] Allegheny County Sportsmen's League
Harry Schneider
Legislative Committee, Chairman
Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association
[email protected]
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. The package of bills include one-gun-a-month, a requirement for individuals to report lost or stolen firearms, and legislation that would overturn Pennsylvania's current preemption law.
House Bill 18, sponsored by State Representative Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia), would further provide for limitations on the regulation of firearms and ammunition by local municipalities. 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 a myriad of 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.
**For more in-depth information on these issues please go to this link -
Allegheny County Sportsmen's League Link RemovedThe following organizations are on record as opposing this legislation:
Allegheny County Sportsmen's League (ACSL), Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs (PFSC), Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association (PSA), National Rifle Association (NRA), Gun Owners of America (GOA), Second Amendment Sisters (SAS), Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association (PR&PA), Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Association (PGCA) Lehigh Valley Firearms Coalition, Philadelphia Federation of Sportsmen's Club, Pennsylvania Gun Owners Association (PGOA) Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania (Unified) National Association of Firearms Retailers (NAFR), Pennsylvania State Fish & Game Protective Association, The Pink Pistols OpenCarry.org Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association (PAFOA) National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSA) Western Pennsylvania 30 Caliber League, Inc
Firearms Owners Against Crime (FOAC) the largest gun owners Political Action Committee (PAC) in Pennsylvania will record any support for any of this legislation, now or in the future, as an anti-gun vote.
It is imperative that you contact the following members of the House Judiciary Committee TODAY through Tuesday to strongly encourage them to OPPOSE this package of anti-gun rights bills! PLEASE focus your efforts on the Committee Leaders and then the 'Uncommitted Group' and then the listed 'Pro-2nd Amendment' group.
**Representatives listed below are Committee Leadership
State Representative Thomas R. Caltagirone (D-127), Majority Chairman
106 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202127
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2127
(717) 787-3525
Fax: (717) 772-5401
[email protected]
State Representative Ron Marsico (R-105), Minority Chairman
218 Ryan Office Building
PO Box 202105
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2105
(717) 783-2014
Fax: (717) 705-2010
[email protected]
State Representative Daylin Leach (D-149), Secretary 109A East Wing PO Box
202149 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2149
(717) 783-9114
Fax: (717) 787-0861
[email protected]
**Representatives listed below are Pro 2nd Amendment
State Representative Deberah Kula (D-52) 104A East Wing PO Box 202052
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2052
(717) 772-1858
Fax: (717) 780-4784
[email protected]
State Representative Joseph A. Petrarca (D-55) 220 Irvis Office Building PO
Box 202055 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2055
(717) 787-5142
Fax: (717) 705-2014
[email protected]
State Representative Jesse White (D-46)
102B East Wing
PO Box 202046
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2046
(717) 783-6437
[email protected]
State Representative Tom C. Creighton (R-37) 400 Irvis Office Building PO
Box 202037 Harrisburg, PA 17120-2037
(717) 772-5290
Fax: (717) 783-1904
[email protected]
State Representative Craig A. Dally (R-138)
211 Ryan Office Building
PO Box 202138
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2138
(717) 783-8573
Fax: (717) 705-1849
[email protected]
State Representative John R. Evans (R-5)
B12 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202005
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2005
(717) 772-9940
Fax: (717) 772-7099
[email protected]
State Representative Will Gabig (R-199)
410 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202199
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2199
(717) 772-2280
Fax: (717) 705-2012
[email protected]
State Representative Glen R. Grell (R-87)
404 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202087
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2087
(717) 783-2063
Fax: (717) 772-8418
[email protected]
State Representative Kate Harper (R-61)
149A East Wing
PO Box 202061
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2061
(717) 787-2801
Fax: (717) 787-2022
[email protected]
State Representative Beverly Mackereth (R-196)
7 East Wing
PO Box 202196
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2196
(717) 783-2655
Fax: (717) 772-9869
[email protected]
State Representative Todd Rock (R-90)
162A East Wing
PO Box 202090
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2090
(717) 783-5218
Fax: (717) 260-6505
[email protected]
State Representative Katie True (R-41)
143A East Wing
PO Box 202041
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2041
(717) 705-7161
Fax: (717) 705-1946
[email protected]
State Representative Tina Pickett (R-110) 155A East Wing PO Box 202110
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2110
(717) 783-8238
Fax: (717) 705-1949
[email protected]
**Representatives listed below are Uncommitted on these issues
State Representative John E. Pallone (D-54)
325 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202054
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2054
(717) 783-1819
Fax: (717) 772-9984
[email protected]
State Representative Don Walko (D-20)
121 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202020
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2020
(717) 787-5470
Fax: (717) 783-0407
[email protected]
State Representative Sean M. Ramaley (D-16)
323 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202016
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2016
(717) 787-4444
[email protected]
State Representative Carl W. Mantz (R-187) 53B East Wing PO Box 202187
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2187
(717) 787-3017
Fax: (717) 772-9869
[email protected]
**Representatives listed below are dedicated Anti 2nd Amendment Fanatics
State Representative Kathy Manderino (D-194)
125 East Wing
PO Box 202194
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2194
(717) 787-1254
Fax: (717) 780-4770
[email protected]
State Representative Lisa Bennington (D-21)
6A East Wing
PO Box 202021
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2021
(717) 705-7011
Fax: (717) 780-4761
[email protected]
State Representative Dan Frankel (D-23)
217 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202023
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2023
(717) 705-1875
Fax: (717) 705-2034
[email protected]
State Representative Harold James (D-186)
317 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202186
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2186
(717) 787-9477
Fax: (717) 787-7517
[email protected]
State Representative Greg Vitali (D-16)
103B East Wing
PO Box 202166
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2166
(717) 787-7647
Fax: (717) 705-2089
[email protected]
State Representative Jewell Williams (D-197)
101 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202197
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2197
(717) 772-2004
Fax: (717) 787-2284
[email protected]
State Representative Bernie O'Neill (R-29)
B13 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202029
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2029
(717) 705-7170
Fax: (717) 783-3278
[email protected]
State Representative Chelsa Wagner (D-22)
109 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202022
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2022
(717) 783-1582
Fax: (717) 780-4755
[email protected]
State Representative Bryan R. Lentz (D-161)
106B East Wing
PO Box 202161
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2161
(717) 787-8574
Fax: (717) 780-4777
[email protected]
