So CeasefirePA is going to publicly endorse Lentz on Monday

[anonymouse]

http://votelentz.com/index.php?view=...ntent&Itemid=8

Media Advisory: CeaseFirePA, 7th District Mothers to Endorse Bryan Lentz at Press Conference on Monday


Springfield, PA, October 22 – Bryan Lentz, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, announced today that he would be endorsed by Pennsylvania’s leading illegal handgun violence prevention organization, CeaseFire PA on Monday at the Montgomery County Court House. Lentz and CeaseFirePA will be joined by concerned mothers from around the 7th District.

Lentz has led efforts in the state legislature to keep violent criminals from using a loophole in state law to legally carry concealed weapons in Pennsylvania. Lentz’s bill has won the support of law enforcement officials around the state, including the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania Sheriff’s Association, and the superintendent of the Upper Darby Township Police Department.

CeaseFirePA is Pennsylvania’s leading gun violence prevention organization. It is dedicated to reducing and preventing gun violence through education and advocacy in communities across the state.

In spite of news reports documenting how criminals are turning to out-of-state permits to legally carry concealed weapons in Pennsylvania, including a man who committed a homicide in September in Philadelphia, Lentz’s opponent Pat Meehan continues to reject calls for changing the state’s law. Meehan is quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer news story today as saying “sufficient checks and balances were already in place”.



Who: Bryan Lentz, Democratic nominee for Congress PA-7; Joe Grace, Executive Director, CeaseFirePA, mothers from the 7th Congressional District

What: CeaseFirePA to endorse Bryan Lentz for Congress
When: Monday, October 25, 2010, 11:30 AM
Where: Montgomery County Court House, 2 East Airy Street, Norristown, PA


A former Airborne Ranger, criminal prosecutor and Iraq War veteran, Bryan Lentz currently serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Delaware County. He was awarded both the Bronze Star for Service and the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for his military service. He lives in Swarthmore with his wife Jennifer and their son Thomas.

Anyone have Monday off?

[Brick]

See that, it's proof positive! You CAN pick up a turd by the clean end!

[donm]

Word on the street is that they're going to tap a keg of Kool-Aid, hold hands, and sing "Kumbayah." I'm sure the press will be all over it.

[GunLawyer001]

Hey, as long as they don't say anything untrue....

[redeye202]

Monday I will be endorsing Alfred E Neuman for the same position as Lentz,my endorsement means crap and so does CeasefirePa's.

Carry on.

[anonymouse]

http://timesherald.com/articles/2010...7820391453.txt

CeaseFirePA endorses state Rep. Bryan Lentz
Published: Monday, October 25, 2010
By KEITH PHUCAS
Times Herald Staff

COURTHOUSE — Democratic state Rep. Bryan Lentz, D-161st Dist., who is competing against Republican Pat Meehan in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, was endorsed Monday by a group working to prevent gun violence.

CeaseFirePA’s Executive Director Joe Grace said Lentz has been a leader on the gun violence issue as a state lawmaker and is "the best candidate in Pennsylvania this year in a state or a federal race when the issue is illegal guns in criminal hands."

The group advocates closing a loophole that allows a person denied a permit to carry a concealed gun in this state to legally obtain one online from Florida.

Grace said the National Rifle Association, which opposes proposed legislation that would close the loophole, exerts undue influence on U.S. and state legislators.

"We need fighters who represent the people in their districts, and not extreme gun lobbyists in Washington and Harrisburg," he said.

Lentz, a former Philadelphia prosecutor, said Meehan opposes closing the loophole and supports right-to-carry laws.

"My opponent not only opposes closing the Florida loophole, he supports a national right-to-carry law," Lentz said. "He’s been endorsed by the NRA, and applauded for saying he would support a law at the federal level that says if you get a permit issued anywhere, you can carry a gun everywhere."

The candidate cited a fatal shooting in Philadelphia where a gunman, who was banned from having a Pennsylvania permit, received a Florida gun license.

Lentz was asked how changing the loophole would matter in Norristown, where the majority of people convicted of shooting and killing others over the years had no gun permit of any kind.

"People that are able to carry guns legally have a get-out-of-jail-free card," he said. "As I said, law enforcement does not find out who is relying on these permits until they’ve had contact with them."

On Saturday, Meehan’s campaign decried "misleading" political advertisements, approved by Lentz, on gun crime, and called on the state lawmaker to condemn the ad.

According to a press release from Bryan Kendro, Meehan’s campaign manager, as U.S. Attorney, Meehan used "every law at his disposal to prosecute violent criminals, and no one fought harder to combat gun violence."

Lentz claimed "all of the relevant" law enforcement officials locally support closing the loophole, including "Pennsylvania district attorneys," yet earlier this month Montgomery County DA Risa Vetri Ferman, Chester County DA Joseph W. Carroll and Delaware County DA Michael Green all appeared at the Montgomery County Court House to endorse Meehan, who is also a former Delaware County DA.

According to Meehan’s campaign, at least 130 homicides were solved directly because of his work as U.S. Attorney with local police using federal gun laws, and he prosecuted hundreds of straw purchases of guns for convicted criminals.

As DA, he set up the Special Victims Unit for Domestic Violence in Delaware County and established the U.S. Department of Justice’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Lentz, a former Army Airborne Ranger who served with 82nd Airborne Division in the Middle East and Bosnia, was awarded a War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Bronze Star for Service.

CeaseFirePA endorsed several Democratic state legislators last week at the county courthouse.

"People that are able to carry guns legally have a get-out-of-jail-free card"

Lentz thinks people should go to jail for carrying guns.

[Statkowski]

And, on a related note:

A visit by Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden, who was to stump for Democratic congressional candidate Bryan Lentz on Wednesday at Radnor High School, has reportedly been cancelled by the Radnor School District because of negative reactions to the visit.

http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/art...0115909627.txt

[anonymouse]

http://www.timesherald.com/articles/...7820391453.txt

There's a video with Lentz explaining how people with licenses have a "get out of jail free card"

[shook0002]

Nothing pisses me off more than reciprocal agreement being called a loophole. It shows people believe anything the media spoonfeeds them. Voters need to wake up and actually see the media for what it actually is, an organization with unlimited money and the power of broadcast to get the liberal message through to sway public opinion any way they want. If anyone lives in the Philly area I'm sure you've seen the commercial with the UZI being explained as a "assault weapon, made only to kill" also mentioning the "loophole". What a crock of shit.

[anonymouse]

Saw this on YouTube



Margo Davidson, candidate for the 164th district accepting CeasefirePA's endorsement.

(wasn't quite sure where to put it)