House Bill 1701 - No firearms in State Capitol

[NoHackrLtd]

Unless, of course, you're a LEO.

Cruz, Kirkland and the other Philly (Antigun) Phanatics are at it again. Why are they so afraid of the people that they serve? Could it be because they keep trying to take the rights away of the law abiding citizen and give more of that cesspool called Philadelphia more welfare monies?

<sigh>

Call your representative tomorrow and state your STRONG opposition to this nonsense.

PRINTER'S NO. 2251


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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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HOUSE BILL
No. 1701 Session of 2007


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INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, M. O'BRIEN, KIRKLAND,
BLACKWELL, JOSEPHS, MURT, LEVDANSKY, McGEEHAN, W. KELLER,
HERSHEY, SWANGER, WATERS, MYERS AND CARROLL, JULY 6, 2007


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REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 6, 2007


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AN ACT

1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of carrying
3 a firearm in the Capitol.

4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 6108.1. Carrying firearms in the Capitol.
9 (a) Offense defined.--No person shall carry a firearm, rifle
10 or shotgun at any time in the Main Capitol, East Wing of the
11 Capitol, the Speaker Matthew J. Ryan Legislative Office Building
12 or the Speaker K. Leroy Irvis Office Building in the City of
13 Harrisburg unless:
14 (1) Such person is a member of the Pennsylvania State
15 Police.
16 (2) Such person is a member of the Capitol Police.
17 (3) Such person is a member of Legislative Protective
18 Services with the Senate or the House of Representatives.


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1 (b) Grading.--A person who violates this section commits a
2 summary offense.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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[KeithPA]

Cruz needs to be removed from office permanently. Cruz is out of control, a mini Hitler in the making. All he seems to care about is keeping firearms from people. He needs to be replaced in the next election. Curious, is he a Philly rep?

[Siobhra]

He is from Philly and a section that is a heavy crime area. It is also all most all Spanish. He has a strong need to get the public's mindset to blame the gun and not look closer to what is really wrong.

[Brick]

You beat me to it!

[General Geoff]

This bill's got a snowball's chance in hell of passing, just like the rest of his bills.


If he keeps this up, he just might find himself evicted from office come next election.

[ChamberedRound]

If he keeps this up, he just might find himself evicted from office come next election.

He's just trying to find any way possible to enact some kind of gun control, so that he doesn't have to go back to his constituency with his tail tucked between his legs.

I'd like to think he won't get re-elected, but I'm sure he will. He can just continue to cry to his constituency, "I tried, but the rest of the state doesn't care about YOU". By deflecting the real cause of the problem, he'll actually embolden his district to vote him back in to "keep up the fight".

It's always easier to blame an inanimate object (or someone else) for all of one's problems than to take responsibility. Why should a community take responsibility for itself when it can blame someone else and expect the government to play nanny?

[MarcS]

I couldn't carry in the captol last time i was in harrisburg. The capitol building also contains a courthouse

[ChamberedRound]

I couldn't carry in the captol last time i was in harrisburg. The capitol building also contains a courthouse

Interesting. So Rep Cruz and his band of merry men are basically trying to pass a law where a law already just to maintain the illusion of "doing something" about guns. Amazing... what a monumental waste of time and our tax dollars.

[crazyyankee]

Rep Cruz is nothing more then a little dictator.... I only wish the sheeple in his district would see this or at least wake up and deal with the real problems.

I know it's a fantasy.

[knight0334]

I think that bill is reason enough why people SHOULD carry there.

Our ownership of firearms isn't for hunting, self-defense, or other recreational sports - its to keep tyrants in check.