Breaking News DA.s oppose your rights to self defense

[PocketProtector]

What can you expect from the Liars guild? Their business is lawbreakers, we're breaking their rice bowl.
I called most of the democrats to ask for their support of this bill.
Does anyone out there know how the vote went?

Yep they've all been through the State run indoctrina...I mean education centers and few if any come out unbrainwashed ..except for Gunlawyer of course....

[WhiteFeather]

There is LOTS of information in this thread with everyones written testimony, both Pro and anti-gun about HB 40.

It took some time to get, gather them up, scan them, along with getting them posted on PAFOA for your use. Still can't post Kim Stolfer's total 59 pages PDF that was submitted to support changing the law.

PLEASE TAKE EXTRA THE TIME TO READ THEM so you FULLY UNDERSTAND what we face..... to keep our rights.... what we fight to keep them from being taken.... DO YOUR PART, get educated about the law and your rights

[WhiteFeather]

Here is the Dec 2009 Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League Legislative Committee Report on the heaings

Pennsylvania House Judiciary committee holds hearing on Castle doctrine

On November 19 the Pennsylvania House Judiciary committee held a hearing on House Bill 40, the current version of Castle doctrine. This hearing was a circus that would've made the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus proud. Every element was present accept the truth from those opposed this commonsense measure from prearranged and orchestrated testimony to the canned responses and the proselytizing of cease-fire PA about the concept of lost or stolen firearm reporting.

What Chairman Caltagirone was probably not counting on was the depth and breadth of supporters for this legislation and the wide ranging testimony that contradicted virtually every aspect of what cease-fire PA, the District attorneys Association, and even the Pennsylvania State police led legislators to believe.

In a remarkable development House Bill 40 was receiving additional cosponsors even during the course of the Judiciary Committee hearing which clearly indicates that the weight of testimony was on the side of gun owners and law abiding citizens.

At this time the number of cosponsors on this legislation stands at 120 House members from both sides of the aisle and all indications are that we will receive a vote on this legislation in the very near future.

As part of this effort for this hearing we once again conducted a grassroots lobbying day that was attended by nearly 30 gunowners. This effort was meant to introduce gunowners to the methods by which we use to provide information to and to educate legislators on the issue of gun control, gun ownership, violent crime and our Constitution. This effort complemented our attendance and testimony before the House Judiciary committee.

Please stay tuned to rapid developments on this legislation and for a list of cosponsors please see the Allegheny County Sportsmen's League website.

http://acslpa.org/n-legislative/n-le...ee_reports.htm

LOTS of other recent info of what is happening in PA and around the country with firearm rights.

READ ATTACHMENTS IN THIS THREAD

[renegadephoenix]

this thread needs STICKIED!!!!!

too much great info for it to be lost in the countless pages.

[WhiteFeather]

this thread needs STICKIED!!!!!

too much great info for it to be lost in the countless pages.

I agree, powers only granted to people above my pay grade to complete the requested task.

[renegadephoenix]

bumping this back up....

MODS, Please STICKY!!!! too much good info to be lost.

[gnbrotz]

bumping this back up....

MODS, Please STICKY!!!! too much good info to be lost.

Done......

[renegadephoenix]

Thanks!!!!

[WhiteFeather]

Here is the transcript of the testimony by everyone that spoke at hearing on HB 40 Judiciary Committee Nov 19, 2009

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...2009_0205T.pdf

Please take the time to read ALL of DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARSICO testimony:

Here is the part I really like, also reading the rest of the DA comments you will note his remarks on PA needing more gun control laws.

I have had situations where I have not charged drug dealers with homicide because I legitimately believe they were acting in self-defense and are self -- and had no opportunity to retreat with complete safety.

We had a case in Harrisburg where a guy was robbing another drug dealer, was pistol whipping him to the point that he was bloody, had a broken nose, was threatening to shoot him. The guy pulled out his gun, shot and killed his assailant. We didn't charge him with the homicide. He had no ability to retreat. He was backed up against a wall.

Charged him with violating the Uniform Firearms Act. Contrary to previous testimony here, we try to strictly enforce drug violence – gun violence crimes here when there's illegal carriers of firearms, and I think most of my colleagues do the same.

A review of news section you will find numerous stories on PAFOA of offenders names and pass criminals records and the lack of aggressively prosecuting repeat violators , along with the common practice of pleading away of gun charges by some DA’s in PA.

I personally know two different DA’s in western PA counties that don’t routinely plea bargain firearms charges they lock up them up and prosecute the bad guys.


here is two written statements that were entered into the record that did not testify or attend, that supported HB 40. One from an attorney and the other from a president of a sportsmen club, there may be more, this was all that was listed on web site.


http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...021_TSTMNY.pdf


http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...022_TSTMNY.pdf

[Chipgun]

I'm new to the forum and don't know how to post yet other than to reply. Hope this info is comforting.

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