Dems gun control and the Governorship

[spacemanvic]

Dont let the stupid hoplophobes run and ruin this state:

Pennsylvania’s Candidates Speak Out on Gun Control
Pennsylvania’s Candidates Speak Out on Gun Control

Based on their 100% scores from Ceasefire PA, it appears that Allyson Schwartz and Katie McGinty haven’t met a gun control proposal they didn’t like. The “lowest” scoring Democrat on the ballot Tom Wolf who agreed with the gun control group almost 80% of the time. This marks a stark change from 2010 when the “lowest” scoring Democrat was against about half of the group’s policies.

I downloaded the report and will do a more thorough post on the exact issues the gubernatorial candidates want to see become the law of the land in Pennsylvania shortly. One of the delays in getting up a post about the top of the ticket statewide races has been watching the fallout after petitions went in. There have already been changes to the primary ballot with people dropping out, so I wanted to see what the playing field really looked like. Based on the quick look of the summary, pro-gun Democrats in the central part of the state need to start raising their voices – loudly – and start voting their gun rights if they don’t want to line up to turn them in, a serious policy proposal from a suburban Democrat in this state. This isn’t a “Philly” issue anymore. The anti-gun extremism is clearly spreading in Pennsylvania.

- http://www.pagunblog.com/2014/04/07/...n-gun-control/

Katie McGinty and Allyson Schwartz scored the highest ratings in candidate ratings released Monday by gun-control advocacy group CeaseFire Pennsylvania, while Tom Wolf came in last.

The group rated the candidates on their support for policies including:

Expanding the state background check system to cover the private sale of long guns
Requiring background checks for ammunition sales
Requiring firearms dealers to tell the police when a customer fails a background check

McGinty and Schwartz scored 100 percent by agreeing with every CeaseFire Pennsylvania stance. McCord and Wolf lost points for some answers, with McCord scoring 84 percent (supporting 16 of 19 proposals) and Wolf 79 percent (supporting 15 of 19.)

Neither Gov. Tom Corbett nor Bob Guzzardi, whose spot on the primary ballot is being challenged by petitioners represented by the state GOP's general counsel, responded to the survey.

"By unequivocally supporting every proposal, Katie McGinty and Allyson Schwartz demonstrated broader support for a comprehensive attack on gun violence," the group states in its voters' guide.

"McCord and Wolf each raised questions or hesitated to give full support for a few important policy proposals, but each still demonstrated strong support for measures to prevent gun violence."

The full report can be downloaded here.

- http://earlyreturns.post-gazette.com...ontrol-ratings