Pennsylvania Republicans Push Bill to Make Gun Owners a 'Protected Class'

[74_dart_sport]

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Pennsylvania Republicans Push Bill to Make Gun Owners a ‘Protected Class’
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by AWR HAWKINS
2 Jun 2017
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Twenty-four Republican Representatives and one Democrat are pushing legislation that would make Pennsylvania gun owners a “protected class.”
Gun owners would be protected from discrimination by having their right to keep and bear arms firmly ensconced in the Pennsylvania Human Rights Act (PHRA).



According to the Pennsylvania Record, the legislation–House Bill 38–“is currently in committee,” but would protect gun-owning employees from employers who want to ban firearms on workplace property. For example, HB 38 would bar such employers from preventing gun owners from keeping firearms in their cars that could be retrieved for self-defense.

CeaseFirePA’s Shira Goodman opposes the proposed protections for Pennsylvania gun owners, saying, “The Second Amendment right is not overly burdened here, and so why (gun carriers) need to be in a protected class is just a little bit mind-boggling.” She added, “It’s very easy to get a gun here. We’re an open-carry state, except for Philadelphia. It’s not very hard to get a concealed carry license. We don’t have waiting periods. We don’t have registration and license.”


Goodman made clear that employers ought to be able to ban law-abiding employees from keeping guns for self-defense, intimating that such bans can prevent “workplace violence” and “domestic instances spilling over into workplaces.”

She did not address the fact that businesses, elementary schools, and universities around the country have witnessed horrendous attacks wherein the law-abiding citizens were sitting ducks; rendered defenseless by anti-gun employers and/or school administrators or boards of regents.

[74_dart_sport]

This showed up on my news feed on my phone . So figured I'd post and get everyone's opinion on it

[ungawa]

I don't approve of protected classes. What are we, fucking India? We have a caste system here? Yes, we do. But I have come to understand that many of the things the government does that I don't approve of are not going away any time soon. Since 99.9% of it is against us, it is time to fight fire with fire until we can manage to restore order.

[Pilot321]

I don't like "protected classes" either. I thought we were all created equal??? However, we need a mechanism to roll back on the infringements of our right to carry a firearm. At least these legislators are going on the offensive for a change. They are giving the libs a dose of their own medicine. Shira Goodman makes me sick.

[FUBO]

As a state employee i have to ask, why don't these same politicians allow us to carry at work?

[Sgt.K]

As a state employee i have to ask, why don't these same politicians allow us to carry at work?

Oh, you don't need to. You're protected by working in a Gun Free Zone. See, that means that the bad guys can't come in with guns...

[Defender]

I don't like "protected classes" either. I thought we were all created equal??? However, we need a mechanism to roll back on the infringements of our right to carry a firearm. At least these legislators are going on the offensive for a change. They are giving the libs a dose of their own medicine. Shira Goodman makes me sick.

I agree with you, we should all be treated equally in this country. This concept is turned on it's head with "Hate Crimes" legislation and other laws that say a cops life or a congress critters life is worth more than yours or mine.

[knight0334]

I don't like "protected classes" either. I thought we were all created equal??? However, we need a mechanism to roll back on the infringements of our right to carry a firearm. At least these legislators are going on the offensive for a change. They are giving the libs a dose of their own medicine. Shira Goodman makes me sick.

The problem is that some people allow personal beliefs to affect how they treat others, which is the reason why "protected classes" needs to be in law.

There really is little difference in refusing to rent a motel room to a black person because he/she is black than there is from refusing to rent a motel room to a person who lawfully owns/carries a firearm.

There will always be some folks who are more equal than others. Money will often be the deciding factor. If every person in the USA only had $1 to their name, and no other personal attributes played a factor - the person who found the last remaining penny on a sidewalk would instantly become "more equal" than all others in the nation.

The anti-gun folks have been trying to kill our rights by death of a thousand cuts for well over 100 years. Any step taken to regain our rights, or to protect them, is a step in the right direction. And if given the chance to treat gun owners as lessor citizens, the anti-gun folks would take it.

[RenoV8]

Constitutional Carry is the only class we need. You can't elevate our rights any more than that...

[Yellowfin]

I don't approve of protected classes. What are we, fucking India? We have a caste system here? Yes, we do. But I have come to understand that many of the things the government does that I don't approve of are not going away any time soon. Since 99.9% of it is against us, it is time to fight fire with fire until we can manage to restore order.

My thoughts exactly. It so happens that we are in fact discriminated against in much the same way that the other "protected" statuses are or were, such as in employment and access to public venues, so the same remedy currently provided under law should apply. If we are to be told that we must be accommodating, then so must they.