****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25

[Berncly]

A reminder to all our 2A people.
Have cell phones at the ready to record, or leave your recording on the entire time if you can.

We expect the Bloomberg drones to be bused in today, if they cause trouble we want it on video to post all over the internet.
I will personally donate a 6 pack of beer to anyone that films Shira Goodman and her minions being escorted into the Capitol without going through security.

Hearing starts today at 1:00pm.
We want 2A people to be early so the Bloomberg drones don't crowd us out of the hearing room.

September 25, 2019 Pennsylvania Capitol anti gun hearings information:
Pennsylvania Capitol Building, 501 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120
Wednesday September 25, 2019 **1:00pm-4:00pm** (please arrive 2 hours early to attend the hearings)

[Thetor88]

I really wished I could be their today but cant because work denied my request off.

[cruzans]

Parking and getting ready to walk to Fountain. If anyone didn’t get their shirt yesterday I’ve got them!

[cruzans]

Starting to grow!

[Justin///M]

I'm inside. I'll be updating the Facebook event again. Of someone wants to grab the updates and post them here that would be great.

[R L Suehr]

If anyone wants to to post a video stream, let me know. I'm still out of state, but I might be able to post on my YouTube to here from an outside source.

[LifeInPa]

Well, anger fresh in my veins and a big Cuban sandwich still in my belly, I just fired off this book to Senator Lisa Baker, copying my Senator Mike Regan, also on the Committee today.


Good evening, Senator Baker.

First, thank you for the your willingness to lead an open discussion on the issues of mental health and the Second Amendment.

I was in attendance today for the first hearing seated in a front row and was interested in hearing how you and the rest of the committee would approach the calls for gun control. Of course in our form of Government, it is important to hear both sides of every issue to make an informed decision for the good of the whole. However, that's where I am very concerned about how today's hearing was organized and run. We were able to hear extensively from many speakers in the fields of medicine, law enforcement and the courts. The speakers from the Philadelphia hospitals in particular, were given an enormous allotment of time despite their speeches being full of emotion with little substance or solutions. When it was time for the representatives of the people, the pro-Second Amendment speakers, there was suddenly no interest by the committee in hearing their words. Three-quarters of the Committee members filed out and the remaining three, including yourself, were not focused on their content, but on the clock.

I, and the rest of the public in attendance noticed. We felt slighted by our representatives who pushed our views and the speakers representing us aside. While the gentleman in the back of the room who shouted for fairness at the end of the meeting may have broken Senate decorum, he was exactly right and said what the rest of of were thinking...our lawmakers need to give us equal time and a chance to stand up for our rights as they come under attack. You must realize that many gun control laws do very little to actually affect crime, because the simple fact that's ignored by proponents of gun control and the legislators who vote for it is...criminals will never follow laws. Any and all gun control will only affect law-abiding gun owners, not those committing crimes.

As we listened to the Senator representing Philadelphia and the doctors from his city go back and forth about "good guys with a gun" and all of the shootings they see in their city, they failed to acknowledge or admit that their city's shootings are not because of our freedoms to bear arms, but they are due to the broken homes and cultural issues in city, like most urban areas with crime problems. It's a problem that sadly carries on from generation to generation but isn't the result of firearms being owned in our country, but a lack of respect for human life and disregard for laws. As we've seen in London and other areas that managed to completely ban guns, the attacks will continue with other means. Now London is trying to ban knives. Acid attacks have become commonplace there too. Guns are NOT the problem, but ARE a means for the good people of America to protect themselves and their children from those who break laws and seek to kill.

In May, Senator Baker, I personally sat in your office and joined in a discussion with you and representatives from GOA after our annual 2A rally in the rotunda. You had assured us that you've used guns in your lifetime, supported our rights and you had no intentions of considering any gun control "at that time". This statement still is on the minds of many of us in attendance today, as we are hopeful that through the pressure of these testimonies we're hearing, that you will stand strong and stay true to what you had told us that day. Your Oath of Office should be kept in mind whenever considering a law that would strip or restrict the freedom of the people who chose you to serve and represent them. I truly hope that freedom and the important of maintaining it will overcome those who wish to restrict it. Without our freedoms, especially the 2A, our nation will cease to be free.

We will be in attendance tomorrow and do hope that both sides get a fair chance to speak and be heard. That was the most disheartening part of the Tuesday hearings...that anti-gun proponents received preferential treatment and near unanimity in the timeshare. Ten minutes at the end, to a quarter of the committee, for those needing to defend our freedoms was honestly a farce.

Thank you for your time.

Concerned PA resident and Second Amendment supporter.

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CC: My Senator, Mike Regan

Very well said, thanks for joining me when we talked with Baker back in May, rep inbound.

[ar15_shooter]

I'm in the hall, anyone know how many pro vs anti in the room?

[Justin///M]

I'm standing by the brown cabinet. The antis are behind me.

[Justin///M]