Allegheny County Sportsmen's League Legislative Committee Report
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Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League Legislative Committee Report November 2010 Issue 193 ALLEGHENY COUNTY SPORTSMEN LEAGUE ON THE INTERNET http://www.acslpa.org Contacts: Legislative Committee Chairman, Kim Stolfer (412.221.3346) - [email protected] Legislative Committee Vice-Chairman, Mike Christeson - [email protected] Founding Fathers: "If a man neglects to enforce his rights, he cannot complain if, after a while, the law follows his example."--Oliver Wendell Holmes On Monday (November 15) House leadership will Allegheny County decide if Castle will be reconsidered or allowed to die Sportsmen's League, Inc. when the session ends. November 12, 2010 **Didn't Castle Doctrine already pass in Harrisburg? ***CRITICAL LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT*** Yes, Castle Doctrine passed both the State House and Senate and would have been on Rendell's desk for Issue: Concurrence Vote – House – Floor signature BEFORE the election. However, at the last Action –House Bill 1926 (as amended with minute, an NRA employee fell for a trick. Castle Doctrine) Southeastern Pennsylvania Senate Republican leadership convinced the NRA employee to overrule On Monday November 15, Castle Doctrine (HB grass roots strategy and run Castle in the Senate as an 1926) might be voted on or allowed to die. Pro-self amendment to another bill (HB 1926) - rather than run defense legislators are asking Pennsylvanians to it exactly as it passed the House. 42 self-defense quickly deluge the Pennsylvania State House with volunteer activists were present in the Senate that day phone calls and e-mails and visits in support of Castle and lobbied from 8:30 am until 8:30 pm. Trustworthy Doctrine. legislators and staffers warned us that the NRA employee was considering falling for a trick – that You can get your State House Members email House leadership did not plan to reconvene - thus address and phone numbers at the end of this message killing Castle. We passed these warnings to the NRA and even more information at the ACSL employee, but he went for the trick anyway. www.acslpa.org or FOAC www.foac-pac.org websites. If you are not sure of your STATE House When House leadership formally announced that Members name, you can use this website they would NOT reconvene (and thus kill http://www.legis.state.pa.us/ to find it. (If these links Castle), these activists got angry at the NRA. The don't work, you need to copy and past them onto your NRA countered by claiming that the activists were browser) second guessing the NRA liaison – even though these 42 activists were ‘actually’ present and all of them **Please email them before Monday morning and watched the (ACSL, PSA) call the shots correctly in phone in or visit on Monday morning. real time. If you act quickly, you can help us fix the mistake of the NRA employee and get you the protections of Page 2 Castle Doctrine-civilian and law enforcement alike. 118 Mike Carroll Emails, phone calls and personal visits on Monday are [email protected] D 56 James E. Casorio critical to getting Castle back on track while there is [email protected] D still time. We will also be in the Capitol building 77 H. Scott Conklin at the South entrance at noon Monday (Nov. 15) to [email protected] D rally activists to lobby legislators in support of (HB 21 Dom Costa 1926) and a concurrence vote on it. [email protected] D (717) 7839114 34 Paul Costa We thank you in advance for your help with this critical [email protected] D (717) and time sensitive step forward for our Freedoms and we will do 7831914 our BEST to keep you informed on the developments ahead! 154 Lawrence Curry [email protected] D (717) Respectfully, 7831079 49 Peter J. Daley Kim Stolfer Harry [email protected] (717) Schneider Legislative Committee, Chairman Legislative 7839333 Committee, Chairman 27 Daniel Deasy Allegheny County Sportsmen's League Pennsylvania [email protected] D Sportsmen's Association 32 Tony DeLuca [email protected] D E-Mail -- [email protected] [email protected] 95 Eugene DePasquale [email protected] D Website -- www.acslpa.org 33 Frank Dermody [email protected] D Members of the House below are arranged 50 H. William DeWeese by specific groups i.e. Last name, party of [email protected] D 116 Todd A. Eachus registration, District represented, etc. (Please [email protected] D focus on ‘your own legislator’ and Pro-gun 2 Florindo J. Fabrizio House members once again) and their e-mail [email protected] D 74 Camille "Bud" George addresses are next to their names as well as [email protected] D their Harrisburg phone numbers: 35 Marc J. Gergely [email protected] D 10 Jaret Gibbons **Representatives listed below voted [email protected] D FOR Castle Doctrine in House: 123 Neal P. Goodman [email protected] D District First Name Last Name E-Mail 137 Richard Grucela Address Party H-Burg-Phone [email protected] D 71 Bryan Barbin 73 Gary Haluska [email protected] D (717)7831491 [email protected] D 107 Robert E. Belfanti 76 Michael K. Hanna [email protected] D (717)7875780 [email protected] D 170 Brendan F. Boyle [email protected] (717) 58 R. Ted Harhai 7873055 [email protected] D 183 Julie Harhart 70 Matthew Bradford [email protected] D [email protected] D (717)7722572 133 JosephF. Brennan 1 Patrick J Harkins [email protected] [email protected] (717)7729902 D 72 Frank Burns 13 Tom Houghton [email protected] D (717) [email protected] D 7728056 130 David R. Kessler [email protected] R 103 Ronald I. Buxton [email protected] D38 Bill (717)7839342 Kortz [email protected] D (717) 127 Thomas R. Caltagirone 7878175 [email protected] D (717)7873525 Page 3 45 Nick Kotik 46 Jesse White [email protected] D (717) [email protected] D (717) 7833780 7836437 52 Deberah Kula 119 John T. Yudichak [email protected] D (717) [email protected] D 7721858 165 William F. Adolph 7 Mark Longietti [email protected] R [email protected] D68 MatthewE. (717)7724035 Baker 51 Tim Mahoney [email protected] R [email protected] D160 Stephen (717)7722174 Barrar 25 JosephF. Markosek [email protected] R [email protected] D97 John (717)7831012 C. Bear 16 Robert Matzie [email protected] R [email protected] D171 Kerry (717)7874444 A. Benninghoff 122 Keith R. McCall [email protected] R [email protected] D131 Karen (717)7831375 Beyer 83 Richard Mirabito [email protected] R [email protected] D117 Karen (717)7721314 Boback 113 Kevin Murphy [email protected] R [email protected] D43 Scott (717)7878981 W. Boyd 54 John E. Pallone [email protected] R [email protected] D17 Michele (717)7831819 Brooks 121 Eddie Day Pashinski [email protected] R [email protected] D67 Martin (717)7830686 T. Causer 55 Joseph A. Petrarca [email protected] R [email protected] D15 Jim (717)7875142 Christiana 20 Adam Ravenstahl [email protected] R [email protected] D145 Paul (717)7875470I. Clymer 36 Harry A. Readshaw [email protected] R [email protected] D129 Jim (717)7830411 Cox 9 Chris Sainato [email protected] R [email protected] D37 Thomas (717)7722436 C. Creighton 126 Dante Santoni [email protected] R [email protected] D100 Bryan (717)7833290 Cutler 125 Tim Seip [email protected] R [email protected] D (717) 187 Gary Day 7725771 [email protected] R 153 Josh Shapiro 88 Sheryl Delozier [email protected] [email protected] (717)7837619 R 189 John Siptroth 99 Gordon Denlinger [email protected] [email protected] (717)7876492 R 112 Ken Smith 18 Gene DiGirolamo [email protected] (717) [email protected] R 7831359 11 Brian L. Ellis 42 Matthew Smith [email protected] R [email protected] D5 John (717)7831850 R. Evans 48 Timothy Solobay [email protected] R [email protected] D84 Garth (717)7871188 D Everett 115 Edward G. Staback [email protected] R [email protected] D85 Russ (717)7835043 H Fairchild 96 P. Michael Sturla [email protected] R [email protected] D142 FrankA (717)7873555 Farry 22 Chelsa Wagner [email protected] R [email protected] D81 Mike (717)7831582 Fleck 114 Jim Wansacz [email protected] R [email protected] D199 Will (717)7876194 Gabig 19 Jake Wheatley [email protected] R [email protected] D75 Matt (717)7833783 Gabler [email protected] R Page 4 79 Richard A. Geist 91 Dan Moul [email protected] [email protected] (717)7876419 R 47 Keith J. Gillespie 152 Thomas P Murt [email protected] [email protected] (717)7057167 R 101 Mauree A. Gingrich 44 T. Mark Mustio [email protected] [email protected] (717)7831815 R 53 Robert W. Godshall 63 Donna Oberlander [email protected] [email protected] (717)7836428 R 87 Glen R. Grell 29 Bernard T. O'Neill [email protected] [email protected] (717)7832063 R 196 Seth M Grove 106 John D. Payne [email protected] [email protected] (717)7832655 R 138 Marcia M. Hahn 139 Michael Peifer [email protected] [email protected] (717)7838573 R 61 Kate Harper 92 Scott Perry [email protected] [email protected] (717)7872801 R 82 C. Adam Harris 178 Scott A. Petri [email protected] [email protected] (717)7837830 R 104 Susan C. "Sue" Helm 108 Merle H. Phillips [email protected] [email protected] (717)7871230 R 26 Tim Hennessey 110 Tina Pickett [email protected] [email protected] (717)7873431 R 78 Dick L. Hess 60 Jeffrey P. Pyle [email protected] [email protected] (717)7877076 R 98 David S.