PA ASSEMBLY HR 760

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PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE, I CAN"T STRESS THIS ENOUGH.
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS BILL, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. WE NEED TO STAY UNITED ON THIS, GUYS AND GALS!! OF COURSE 4 OF THE REPS REPS THAT SPONSORED THIS ARE FROM PHILLY AND THE OTHER 3 ARE FROM PITTSBURGH...BIG SURPRISE HUH?

I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM THE OWNER OF A GUNSTORE I VISTIED THE OTHER DAY. HE TOLD ME THE PERSON THAT CALLED HIM SAID THAT THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL ARE TRYING TO KEEP A TIGHT LID ON THIS, THEY SUBMITTED THE BILL WITHOUT MUCH MEDIA FANFARE. LET"S BLOW IT WIDE OPEN...LETTERS, EMAILS, AND PHONE CALLS TO REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS...GETTING TO HARRISBURG WOULD BE EXCELLENT IF ANYONE CAN DO THAT. LET'S GET THE WORD OUT AND FIGHT THIS!! ALERT ANY AND ALL SPORTSMAN'S CLUBS, GUNSTORES, EVERYONE. THANKS FOR THE HELP!!


Here is the link: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2007&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0760&pn=0881


THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL [align=center] [size="+3"]
N[/size][size="+2"]o.[/size][size="+3"] 760[/size] Session of 2007 [/align]

INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, PARKER, WHEATLEY, BENNINGTON AND
CURRY, MARCH 19, 2007
AN ACT

1 Relating to firearm registration; providing for duties of the
2 Pennsylvania State Police; and imposing penalties.

3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Firearm
7 Registration Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Antique firearm." Includes:
13 (1) Any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock,
14 flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system,
15 manufactured in or before 1898.
16 (2) Any replica of any firearm described in paragraph
17 (1) if the replica:

1 the firearm. No person within this Commonwealth may possess,
2 harbor, have under the person's control, transfer, offer for
3 sale, sell, deliver or accept any firearm which is
4 unregisterable under this act.
5 (b) Nonapplicability.--This section shall not apply to:
6 (1) Firearms owned or under the direct control or
7 custody of any Federal, State or local governmental authority
8 maintained in the course of its official duties.
9 (2) Duty-related firearms owned and possessed by law
10 enforcement officers who are not residents of this
11 Commonwealth.
12 (3) Duty-related firearms owned and possessed by
13 corrections officers who are not residents of this
14 Commonwealth.
15 (4) Firearms owned, manufactured or processed by
16 licensed manufacturers of firearms, bulk transporters or
17 licensed sellers of firearms at wholesale or retail, provided
18 that such persons have all licenses required by law.
19 (5) Any nonresident of this Commonwealth participating
20 in any lawful recreational firearm-related activity in this
21 Commonwealth, or on the way to or from the firearm-related
22 activity in another jurisdiction, provided that the
23 possession or control of the firearm is lawful in the
24 jurisdiction in which the individual resides and that the
25 weapon is either:
26 (i) Broken down in a nonfunctioning state.
27 (ii) Unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm-
28 carrying box, shipping box or other container.
29 (6) Private security personnel who possess or control
30 any firearm or ammunition within this Commonwealth. Firearms
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1 (5) Additional information as the Pennsylvania State
2 Police may deem necessary to process the application.
3 (c) Fingerprinting.--The applicant or registrant shall
4 submit to fingerprinting by the Pennsylvania State Police in
5 accordance with procedures and regulations prescribed by the
6 Pennsylvania State Police.
7 (d) Records.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall cause to
8 be kept an accurate record of each application received and
9 acted upon together with all other information and data
10 pertaining to the application on all applications for owner's
11 registration certificates issued or denied under this act.
12 Applications for owner's registration certificates shall be
13 numbered in consecutive numbers as filed, and each certificate
14 issued shall be identified with the duplicate number of the
15 application upon which it was issued and shall expire
16 automatically one year from the date of issuance.
17 (e) Background check.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall
18 conduct a criminal background check on the applicant to ensure
19 compliance with this section. No application may be approved
20 until and unless a criminal background check is completed.
21 (f) Procedure.--Within 30 days of receipt of an application,
22 the Pennsylvania State Police, after consideration of the
23 application for an owner's registration certificate and all
24 information obtained relative to the application, shall either
25 approve or deny the application and notify the applicant in
26 writing of the determination.
27 (g) Approval.--In the event the application is approved, the
28 Pennsylvania State Police shall issue to the applicant an
29 owner's registration certificate which shall contain the
30 applicant's name, residence, date of birth, photograph and other
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1 (iii) The sale, transfer or other disposition of the
2 firearm not less than 48 hours prior to delivery.
3 (2) Return to the Pennsylvania State Police the
4 registrant's copy of the registration certificate for any
5 firearm which is lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise
6 disposed of within 48 hours.
7 (3) Keep any firearm in the registrant's possession
8 unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock, gun
9 safe or similar device unless the firearm is in the
10 registrant's immediate possession and control while at the
11 registrant's place of residence or business or while being
12 used for lawful recreational purposes within this
13 Commonwealth. This paragraph shall not apply to law
14 enforcement personnel or security personnel while in the
15 course of their employment.
16 Section 6. Application fee.
17 A nonrefundable fee of $10 per firearm shall accompany each
18 application for registration of a firearm and renewal of
19 registration of a firearm.
20 Section 7. Penalty.
21 A person who violates this act commits a summary offense.
22 Section 8. Regulations.
23 The Pennsylvania State Police shall promulgate rules and
24 regulations for the implementation of this act.
25 Section 9. Acquisition or possession prohibited by law.
26 Nothing in this act shall make lawful the acquisition or
27 possession of firearms or firearm accessories which is otherwise
28 prohibited by law.
29 Section 10. Effective date.
30 This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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And the bill commands SSN disclosure in violation of Section 7 of the Federal Privacy Act.

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I knew you were going to jump on that!!... and rightly so!!

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I scanned through it quickly.

It looks like it would erase concealed carry reciprocity between PA and VA. They make no provision for CC permit holders from other states to CC. We just got reciprocity recently. January, if I recall.

Also, if I understand it, PA already requires a license to own a firearm in the first place. I got this idea from the PA State Police website, I think, whilehelping a relative in PA apply for a permit for a concealed handgun. If true, they would then register the owner to own agun, and then thegun itself.

This needs to be knocked down hard. I'll call my relative.

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PA absolutely and positively DOES NOT require a license or permit to purchase or own a firearm. Please see PA UNIFORM FIREARMS ACT...

http://www.acslpa.org/pa_uniform_firearms_act.htm

Also the PA state constitution reads:

The right of the citizens to bear arms in defence of themselves and the State shall not be questioned. Art. 1, § 21 (enacted 1790, art. IX, § 21).

This could not be more crystal clear, but some PA reps think they can simply shred our state constituion like the Feds have already done to the US constituion.

WE ALL NEED TO FIGHT THIS.

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My e-mail to the traitors that introduced this bill:

I will not use any honorifics since you appear unworthy of any.

The lot of you recently introduced House Bill 760 calling for the registration and taxation of all firearms in the Commonwealth.

You have foresaken your sworn duty to uphold the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in doing so.

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the document?

Section 21 of Article 1 of the Constitution, reads as follows:

"The right of the citizens to bear arms in defence of themselves and the State shall not be questioned." [Emphasis added.]

Yes, every citizen of Pennsylvania hasa right, not a privilege, to own a firearm. A "right" cannot be taxed by the state, nor can a right cannot be limited by the state.

Your thug and gang-banger constituents, who do not know how to behave in a civilized manner, apparently are driving your agenda.

Perhaps you should look to our neighbor to the north, Canada, to see what firearms registration has accomplished.

• It has resulted in massive cost over-runs, costing the taxpayers billions of dollars.
• It has resulted in countless citizens becoming felons because they refuse to submit to an unconscionable law.
• It has failed to solve one crime.

Rather than focus your energies on the honest, law-abiding citizens of Pennsylvania, perhaps you should focus your energies on those commiting crimes with firearms. Inanimate objects such as guns or knives don't commit criminal acts, people do.



Henry Statkowski

Cherry Tree, Pa.