Just got this from SAS.
pa-sas@yahoogroups.com
Pay attention to what i Highlited in red. Dan you are getting some press here
Fellow defenders of the Second Amendment:
The Allegheny County Sportsmens League is organizing a Pro-Gun rally
at the State Capitol on Tuesday, April 24th - 9:00am to 11:00am.
Shamelessly taken from their website (
www.acslpa.org), here's the text
of the announcement. Please help spread the word at your local gun
shops, gun clubs and other shooting ranges. We need to have as many
law-abiding gun owners there to show Harrisburg that we're tired of
the "feel-good" do-nothing legislation that paints us in the same
brush as the common criminal.
From the acslpa.org website:
Pro-Gun News Conference to be Held In Harrisburg—April 24th
We all knew the challenges we would face after last year's election
and our darkest fears are being realized. The only way to defeat this
is to join together once again and show those who would take our
freedoms that we will not yield.
We will join together for an early preemptive strike on our issues by
having a lobbying and education day, focusing on freshmen legislators,
and connect that with launching our pro-gun agenda, as we did last
year. Members of the Pennsylvania grassroots and gun owner's
coalition, which has been so successful for us on other issues, met
with Representative Daryl Metcalfe in early December to devise a
strategy for the upcoming session so that we would be prepared to deal
with these issues. The date we have agreed upon is April 24th and we
will combine our meeting and lobbying with another Pro-Gun Press
conference to introduce our pro-gun/pro-sportsmen agenda of
legislation. We can also use this opportunity to excoriate the
anti-gun forces, legislators and issues.
The pro-gun/pro-sportsmen legislation introduced last session (minus
HB 2563, 2134 & 1717 which passed) is listed below along with previous
sponsors.
SB 1156 – End Gun Registration (Pippy)
HB 2946 – Emergency CCW License for Domestic Violence Victims (Metcalfe)
HB 2789 – Hunting Rights & Due Process (Petrarca)
HB 2536 – End Gun Registration (Metcalfe)
HB 2231 – Castle Doctrine (Cappelli)
HB 1181 – PA Employees & CCW (Forcier)
HB 544 – Election Code Changes (Stevenson)
There are four additional legislative concepts that we are considering
for inclusion to the list above:
Turnover of PA Instant Check Responsibilities to the National Instant
Check System Legislation that would protect gun owners and prohibit
seizure of firearms during a crisis or emergency like what happened in
New Orleans.
Alaska style (two-tiered) Concealed Carry of Firearms System.
Eliminate redundant background checks for firearms purchased by
individuals licensed to carry a firearm.
If there are any additional thoughts on legislation we welcome your
thoughts.
We are deeply concerned, borne out by recent events, that with control
shifting in the House that the anti-gun forces would perceive this
session as their best opportunity to pass legislation which was
soundly rejected during the committee of the whole last year. Rep.
Dwight Evans and his anti-gun coalition are proving our concerns to be
well founded.
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There are other groups that are trying to get more gun owners to head
to the Capitol on the 24th. Please join us there!
Also, consider joining the Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association -
www.pafoa.org . All things for firearms in Pennsylvania -
discussions, legal issues / legislative issues, group meets and other
information. Stop by www.pafoa.org for a look around and join the
debate about our Section 21 and Second Amendment Rights in Pennsylvania.
Thanks for taking the time to read this - sorry it was so long.
Hope to see many, many of you at Harrisburg on the 24th!
--Cindy