Gun control advocates from New York, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Pennsylvania in order to promote the Mike Bloomberg agenda & New York-style gun control in Tuesday’s elections. The good news is that NRA members spoke up and told him that we would not let him buy our...
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Oct 06, 10
Posted by EVC Bucks-Montco in Bernie O’Neill, Bob Godshall, Brendan Boyle, Dwight Evans, Former Candidates, Frank Farry, Gene DiGirolamo, John Galloway, John Sabatina, John Taylor, Josh Shapiro, Kate Harper, Kathy Watson, Lawrence Curry, Marcy Toepel, Marguerite Quinn, Mark Cohen, Matt Bradford, Michael O'Brien, Mike Gerber, Mike McGeehan, Paul Clymer, Rick Taylor, Scott Petri, State, Steve Santarsiero, Thomas Murt, Tony Payton
To the surprise of many gun owners, the battle to pass a simple self-defense law that allows you to defend yourself from attack on your own property was delayed for months by a small minority of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. This comes as even more of a shock if you only look at the story through the vote totals from...
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Jun 28, 10
Posted by EVC Bucks-Montco in Bill Shuster, Bob Casey, Charlie Dent, Daryl Metcalfe, Federal, Former Candidates, Glen Grell, Glenn Thompson, Jim Gerlach, Joe Pitts, Merle Phillips, Rob Kauffman, State, Tim Murphy, Tom Corbett
The Second Amendment is now incorporated to cover state and local governments according to today’s opinion released in McDonald vs. Chicago. According to SCOTUS Blog, the decision has been released today, and we’ll have more details as the opinion is shared with the public.
In the meantime, please take a few minutes to...
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In 1995, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a law that gave the Attorney General a duty to seek out reciprocity agreements with other states for concealed carry licenses provided that certain provisions are met. Many states actually have a more stringent process that requires many hours of training from a limited number of...
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In the next few months, you’re going to hear about how Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato is plenty pro-gun. But how much of that is really true?
Most in the media have made the assumption that Onorato is supportive of gun rights simply because he lives outside of the Philadelphia area. If you look at the...
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Gun owners in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District should give everything they can – whether that’s money, time, or word-of-mouth advertising – to make sure Brian Lentz goes down to stinging defeat this fall. Statements like this are part of the reason:
“So they essentially get a ‘get-out-of-jail...
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Many gun owners had their eyes on Harrisburg today when the House Judiciary Committee leadership forced three anti-gun bills up for a vote if they were going to be asked to vote on important self-defense reform through Castle Doctrine.
Among the worst of the three gun bills, HB 1044 would have ended preemption in Pennsylvania. ...
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(cross posted from PAFOA)
Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Castle Doctrine legislation – a move we’ve been waiting on since November 19 when they held a hearing! However, it comes at a price.
In addition to the vote on the important self-defense reforms, the committee is planning to vote on three...
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While not all anti-gun politicians are from Philadelphia, the largest metro area in the state does seem to harbor the most gun control advocates. We’ve captured just a few of their calls for more gun bans, government control over your speech and gun purchases, and ending statewide preemption of gun laws. Take a look so you...
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Here is video from two “cyber town halls” hosted by York’s Representative Eugene DePasquale where gun owners jumped in to ask him questions about an issue they feel strongly about in this legislative cycle – Castle Doctrine.
We previously covered how easy it is to engage lawmakers and help candidates through...
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