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Gun Rights in PA’s 8th District

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.

Cong. Patrick Murphy Disappoints Gun Controllers, Gun Owners

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.

Murphy Refuses to Sign DC Gun Ban Brief, Round 2 Heads to Court

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.

Congressman Patrick Murphy Takes Lead on Gun Ban

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 [...]