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This is what I did.

Senator Rafferty;
I am writing to express how deeply concerned I am at your being a cosponsor of Senate Bill 701, “Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of sale or transfer of firearms; providing for the offense of straw purchases; establishing penalties; and providing for the powers and duties of the Pennsylvania State Police relating to straw purchases.” While I heartily support any effort to remove these criminals from our streets, the verbiage of this bill is distressing to say the least. As it is currently written it would make it illegal for me to purchase a firearm for one of my parents or my children as a gift even though it would be completely legal for them to own the weapon in question. I would ask that you remove your name from sponsorship of this bill until or unless the wording is changed to allow these perfectly legal transfers to continue as they do today.


ETA: Followed up with a phone call. Hopefully he'll pull his support.