Corrupt organizations....Pagans?

[Marinevet26]

Can a full member of the Pagans get a LTCF ? Can they buy a Firearm in PA ?

[Exbiker]

Merely a social club aka fraternity that enjoys motorcycles. Why shouldn't they be able as long as they meet the current standards.

[thefirstndsecond]

Merely a social club aka fraternity that enjoys motorcycles. Why shouldn't they be able as long as they meet the current standards.

Well the gov. may have a different perspective given their historical criminal activity. The word GANG comes to mind.

[mpan72]

Alot of the members that I know or knew in the past would have had no problem getting their ltcf.
Being a part of an orginazation dosen't automaticly perclude you from getting one.

[Arrdy]

Alot of the members that I know or knew in the past would have had no problem getting their ltcf.
Being a part of an orginazation dosen't automaticly perclude you from getting one.

The ones that I knew got 15 to 20 in a federal pen for trafficing in firearms, which is one of their well known money makers.

[Marinevet26]

Merely a social club aka fraternity that enjoys motorcycles. Why shouldn't they be able as long as they meet the current standards.

A social club like MS-13 or the Gambinos ? The question is are the Pagans considered a corrupt organization under PA law.

[mpan72]

A social club like MS-13 or the Gambinos ? The question is are the Pagans considered a corrupt organization under PA law.

A question for a different area of the internet maybe? This is a gun forum.

[gnbrotz]

A social club like MS-13 or the Gambinos ? The question is are the Pagans considered a corrupt organization under PA law.

Can you please cite the statutory definition of "corrupt organization" in PA, as well as citing how being a known member of such an organization is a disqualifier for owning and/or possessing/carrying firearms?

[streaker69]

Can you please cite the statutory definition of "corrupt organization" in PA, as well as citing how being a known member of such an organization is a disqualifier for owning and/or possessing/carrying firearms?

I'm not sure about the statutory definition of a corrupt organization, but you know how the sheriffs are, if they knew you were a member, they could disqualify you on the reputation clause.

[unclejumbo]

Ask and you shall receive.

§ 911. Corrupt organizations.
(a) Findings of fact.--The General Assembly finds that:
(1) organized crime is a highly sophisticated,
diversified, and widespread phenomenon which annually drains
billions of dollars from the national economy by various
patterns of unlawful conduct including the illegal use of
force, fraud, and corruption;
(2) organized crime exists on a large scale within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, engaging in the same patterns
of unlawful conduct which characterize its activities
nationally;
(3) the vast amounts of money and power accumulated by
organized crime are increasingly used to infiltrate and
corrupt legitimate businesses operating within the
Commonwealth, together with all of the techniques of
violence, intimidation, and other forms of unlawful conduct
through which such money and power are derived;
(4) in furtherance of such infiltration and corruption,
organized crime utilizes and applies to its unlawful purposes
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conferring and
relating to the privilege of engaging in various types of
business and designed to insure that such businesses are
conducted in furtherance of the public interest and the
general economic welfare of the Commonwealth;
(5) such infiltration and corruption provide an outlet
for illegally obtained capital, harm innocent investors,
entrepreneurs, merchants and consumers, interfere with free
competition, and thereby constitute a substantial danger to
the economic and general welfare of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania; and
(6) in order to successfully resist and eliminate this
situation, it is necessary to provide new remedies and
procedures.
(b) Prohibited activities.--
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person who has received
any income derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of
racketeering activity in which such person participated as a
principal, to use or invest, directly or indirectly, any part
of such income, or the proceeds of such income, in the
acquisition of any interest in, or the establishment or
operation of, any enterprise: Provided, however, That a
purchase of securities on the open market for purposes of
investment, and without the intention of controlling or
participating in the control of the issuer, or of assisting
another to do so, shall not be unlawful under this subsection
if the securities of the issue held by the purchaser, the
members of his immediate family, and his or their accomplices
in any pattern of racketeering activity after such purchase,
do not amount in the aggregate to 1% of the outstanding
securities of any one class, and do not confer, either in law
or in fact, the power to elect one or more directors of the
issuer: Provided, further, That if, in any proceeding
involving an alleged investment in violation of this
subsection, it is established that over half of the
defendant's aggregate income for a period of two or more
years immediately preceding such investment was derived from
a pattern of racketeering activity, a rebuttable presumption
shall arise that such investment included income derived from
such pattern of racketeering activity.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person through a
pattern of racketeering activity to acquire or maintain,
directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any
enterprise.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or
associated with any enterprise to conduct or participate,
directly or indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise's
affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity.
(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire to
violate any of the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) or (3)
of this subsection.
(c) Grading.--Whoever violates any provision of subsection
(b) of this section is guilty of a felony of the first degree. A
violation of this subsection shall be deemed to continue so long
as the person who committed the violation continues to receive
any benefit from the violation.
(d) Civil remedies.--
(1) The several courts of common pleas, and the
Commonwealth Court, shall have jurisdiction to prevent and
restrain violations of subsection (b) of this section by
issuing appropriate orders, including but not limited to:
(i) ordering any person to divest himself of any
interest direct or indirect, in the enterprise; imposing
reasonable restrictions on the future activities or
investments of any person, including but not limited to,
prohibiting any person from engaging in the same type of
endeavor as the enterprise engaged in; and
(ii) making due provision for the rights of innocent
persons, ordering the dissolution of the enterprise,
ordering the denial, suspension or revocation of charters
of domestic corporations, certificates of authority
authorizing foreign corporations to do business within
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, licenses, permits, or
prior approval granted to any enterprise by any
department or agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
or prohibiting the enterprise from engaging in any
business.
(2) In any proceeding under this subsection, the court
shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and
determination thereof. Pending final determination, the court
may enter preliminary or special injunctions, or take such
other actions, including the acceptance of satisfactory
performance bonds, as it may deem proper.
(3) A final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in any criminal proceeding under
this section shall estop the defendant from denying the
essential allegations of the criminal offense in any
subsequent civil proceeding under this subsection.
(4) Proceedings under this subsection, at pretrial,
trial and appellate levels, shall be governed by the
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and all other rules and
procedures relating to civil actions, except to the extent
inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
(e) Enforcement.--
(1) The Attorney General shall have the power and duty
to enforce the provisions of this section, including the
authority to issue civil investigative demands pursuant to
subsection (f), institute proceedings under subsection (d),
and to take such actions as may be necessary to ascertain and
investigate alleged violations of this section.
(2) The Attorney General and the district attorneys of
the several counties shall have concurrent authority to
institute criminal proceedings under the provisions of this
section.
(3) Nothing contained in this subsection shall be
construed to limit the regulatory or investigative authority
of any department or agency of the Commonwealth whose
functions might relate to persons, enterprises, or matters
falling within the scope of this section.
(f) Civil investigative demand.--
(1) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe
that any person or enterprise may be in possession, custody,
or control of any documentary material relevant to a
racketeering investigation, he may issue in writing, and
cause to be served upon such person or enterprise, a civil
investigative demand requiring the production of such
material for examination.
(2) Each such demand shall:
(i) state the nature of the conduct constituting the
alleged racketeering violation which is under
investigation, the provision of law applicable thereto
and the connection between the documentary material
demanded and the conduct under investigation;
(ii) describe the class or classes of documentary
material to be produced thereunder with such definiteness
and certainty as to permit such material to be fairly
identified;
(iii) state that the demand is returnable forthwith
or prescribe a return date which will provide a
reasonable period of time within which the material so
demanded may be assembled and made available for
inspection and copying or reproduction;
(iv) identify a racketeering investigator to whom
such material shall be made available; and
(v) contain the following statement printed
conspicuously at the top of the demand: "You have the
right to seek the assistance of any attorney and he may
represent you in all phases of the racketeering
investigation of which this civil investigative demand is
a part."
(3) No such demand shall:
(i) contain any requirement which would be held to
be unreasonable if contained in a subpoena duces tecum
issued by any court in connection with a grand jury
investigation of such alleged racketeering violation; or
(ii) require the production of any documentary
evidence which would be privileged from disclosure if
demanded by a subpoena duces tecum issued by any court in
connection with a grand jury investigation of such
alleged racketeering violation.
(4) Service of any such demand or any petition filed
under this subsection shall be made in the manner prescribed
by the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure for service of
writs and complaints.