This was an e-mail to me today from the NRA.
Now that the Democrats are in control of the House, many states are being targeted for gun control measures.
We, as sportsmen need to contact our State Rep. offices and make our voices known.
THESE LINKS ARE ACTIVE...USE THEM.
Pennsylvania Gun Registration Legislation Introduced!
Please Contact Your State Legislators Today!
The Gun Registration Act of 2007, House Bill No. 760, sponsored by State Representatives Angel Cruz (D-180), Rosita Youngblood (D-198), Cherelle Parker (D-200), Jake Wheatley (D-19), Lisa Bennington (D-21), and Lawrence Curry (D-154)
has been introduced in Harrisburg.
This misguided proposal would require
every gun in Pennsylvania to be registered with the state, and each firearm would have to be re-registered annually. The registration would cost law-abiding gun owners $10 per gun each year.
Of course, criminals won’t pay anything BECAUSE CRIMINALS DON'T REGISTER GUNS! In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in
Haynes v.
U.S. (309 U.S. 85 (1968)) that since felons are prohibited from owning firearms, compelling them to register them would violate their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination.However, if a law-abiding gun owner fails to register it, he or she will be jailed and lose his or her rights
FOREVER.
Themeasure would require each gun owner submit to fingerprinting, have a background check, and to include passport-style photos for the registration cards. The registration card for each gun would then have to be carried with that gun at all times. To make matters worse, if the state should reject your application for any reason,
YOUR GUNS WILL BE CONFISCATED!
Please call your State Representative today at (717) 787-2372 and your State Senator at (717) 787-5920 and ask them to oppose HB760!
Enough is enough!
It's time for all Pennsylvania NRA members’ voices to be heard!
To find further contact information or help identifying your legislators
please use the
"Write Your Representative" feature found at
www.NRAILA.org.
HERE'S A LINK FOR AN ON LINE PETITION:
http://www.reprohrer.com/?sectionid=73&sectiontree=73
Only takes 15 seconds.
Send it to everyone you know.