Pennsylvania Gun Rights

Yesterday was the deadline for candidates to file petitions for the May 18 primary ballot. Don't think things have calmed down - there are already dropouts & unexpected additions.

Gun rights will not likely play a major theme with unrest in the electorate on taxes and spending. This could impact our issue with friendly incumbents being challenged and unfriendly lawmakers possibly booted.

Members of Congress are lining up to write a pro-rights brief in the history-making McDonald v. Chicago. Will the PA delegation join in? Here is the latest news.

Vital legislation to reform ATF regulations is pending in both the US House & Senate. Your phone calls are needed to get Pennsylvania's Senators & members of Congress on board.

Traditionally, the U.S. House & Senate take the entire month of August off as district work period. It is a chance to meet with your Representative, Senator, or staff members.

In recent months, I have notified many of the NRA members on my contact list of a few priority time-sensitive action items. In restarting this website, it’s time to update all of you on those issues: Washington, DC Gun Rights After months of pulling every promise and tactic out of their hat, anti-gun activists appear to [...]

Last week, we secured a major victory in favor of an amendment that would repeal Washington DC’s draconian gun laws. Now that bill moves to the House, and Nancy Pelosi is trying to twist the arm of Cong. Patrick Murphy to vote against it.

Overall, NRA-endorsed candidates won more than they lost, and we seemingly may have picked up a couple of potentially positive seats here in Pennsylvania's 8th District.

The Philadelphia Inquirer quoted New Jersey anti-gun advocate Bryan Miller who is upset that donations to Patrick Murphy haven't paid off nearly as much as they would have hoped.

Pennsylvania's Congressman Patrick Murphy has refused to co-sponsor a bill and sign a petition requiring action to lift DC's draconian gun laws post-Heller. The bipartisan bill currently has 249 sponsors, including 13 from Pennsylvania.

Recently, Congressman Patrick Murphy signed on to sponsor legislation which would outlaw hundreds of commonly owned guns here in the Commonwealth. The ban makes no exceptions, not even for law-abiding owners who use them for competitions, hunting, or defense of the home every day in Pennsylvania. Similar to the 1994 ban on semi-automatic firearms pushed [...]