[Tackdriver]

I sent the following email text to the entire list. Having grown up in California, these measures seem rather bland to me considering what has happened in my home state, so I can understand some feelings of "this won't happen", or "this is the only legislation".

THIS IS NOT THE CASE! I can tell you. Virtually my entire gun collection is now illegal in California! and you can rest assured that PA will follow California if things like this get into law. We never ever thought the semi ugly duckling rifle ban would pass in CA - yet it did! and expanded! In any case, this is the text of what I wrote:

'House Bill 18, sponsored by State Representative Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia),
House Bill 22: "one-gun-a-month" legislation, sponsored by State Representative John Myers (D-Philadelphia)
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.

Please vote NO on these bills as they constitute a serious infringement on my personal right to own a firearm, and are totally and completely 'feel good' measures that will have zero impact on crime in Pennsylvania.

The solution to crime issues is to actively prosecute criminals instead of creating ineffective beaurocracy and villification of law abiding gun owners. I vote and I remember, and most importantly, I am influential and trusted by a great many people and you can guarantee if these nonsense measures go anywhere my friends will know who to vote out of office. As legislators, you work for the voter (me) not political special interests who disregard the constitution, crime victims, and law abiding citizens.

Thank You for Your Consideration in this email. Please govern our great state by eliminating, rather than perpetuating these wasteful, needless, feel good proposals.

God Bless America,