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Allegheny County Sportsmen's League Legislative Committee Report Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League Legislative Committee Report May 2010 Issue 187 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 it be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic ? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws -- the first growing out of the last. ... A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government." -- Alexander Hamilton, Essay in the American Daily Advertiser, 1794 Gun Club Legislation: Pennsylvania Preemption Law Freedom to Shoot Act (SB 1349 & Victories CONTINUE - May Update Rep. Conklin proposal) Coming close on the heels of the victories in southwestern Pennsylvania municipalities by gun owners in blocking the A well intentioned Orwellian cease-fire agenda of enacting local ordinances on the Nightmare & Timebomb mandatory reporting of lost or stolen firearms comes the repeal The legislation establishes a “Task Force” to “study” lead of the "no guns" ordinance in Westmoreland County. management and remediation at firing ranges consists of one Spearheaded by a local gunowners, this effort resulted in a agency that has, arguably, a secondary interest in shooting unanimous decision by the Westmoreland County ranges, and three agencies that have no interest in whether or commissioners to repeal a decade’s old ordinance prohibiting how shooting ranges continue to operate in Pennsylvania.. individuals from possessing firearms on county parks. Remediation is “to correct a fault or deficiency”, “to correct or An interesting side note to this is that cease-fire PA and the improve a deficiency or problem”, “to set straight or right”. Brady campaign sent representatives to this hearing to try and The very concept of “lead remediation at firing ranges”, as intercede from having the ordinance repealed. Of course they used in the bill, implies that the presence of lead is a violation trotted out all the old arguments such as kids play in the park that needs to be corrected, which is incorrect and entirely and how the mere presence of firearms would terrorize visitors inconsistent with the existing EPA/DEP guidance. to the park. They even tried to convince police to stop and The facts are that EPA, DEP, and case law all agree that investigate each firearms owner without probable cause just lead from shooting is not a “hazardous” waste and that lead at because they possessed a firearm. The police wisely refused. shooting ranges can be managed in a sound manner using This is yet another example of the hypocrisy of these well-established procedures. Additionally, there is no account organizations which claim to support a citizen's right to self- of a public shooting range anywhere that has ever caused defense and yet they argue against it at every turn behind the environmental degradation to the degree intimated in this scenes where most gunowners don't get a chance to see exactly legislation or approaching the need for intervention by the how radical they really are. ‘Task Force’. Westmoreland County activist and gunowner, Chris Smith, The well-intentioned reasoning behind this legislation is to brought these issues to the attention of the commissioners in a address the issues raised in the Phillipsburg Rod and gun club successful effort that should be an example for all to follow! situation where DCNR closed the club to shooting four years ago. Despite the best efforts and financially costly testing done Pennsylvania Preemption Law by the club DCNR continues to refuse to allow shooting operations to continue. Violations CONTINUE - May Update We strongly recommend that every gun club consider Cease-Fire PA continues to push their failed philosophies getting a copy of the EPA manual on best practices for on local communities with the latest being Wilson Borough , shooting ranges and begin implementation of the which enacted, unanimously, and ordinance requiring the recommended procedures regarding lead from shooting mandatory reporting of lost or stolen firearms. This is yet activities! another example of the manipulation of the political process by an organization, Cease-Fire PA, which will stoop to any level Page 2 including violating the Constitution and statutory law if it Editorial : The deadliness of gun laws helps them stigmatize gun ownership and make it more difficult for citizens to defend themselves. For a long time, it was an almost comic ritual of reality denial among liberals and journalists. Typical Investigation: Cease-Fire PA was The Associated Press' June 27, 2003 headline: "States face growing prison population despite drop Funding—Unions & Political Favors in crime rate." Liberals refused to acknowledge cause In our continuing investigation of this organization and and effect — good things happen when bad people exactly who they represent we focused today on the political action committee and the source of their revenue. are put away for long stretches — largely because of Of the reports on file with the election bureau at the state their general disdain for prisons but also their desire level is clearly apparent that the bulk of the money for the to see the wholesale release of inmates on the off political side of their operation comes from either political chance a few were wrongly convicted. Slowly, insiders, unions, or a very small group of Philadelphia area however, they're beginning to accept facts. Time citizens. magazine connected the dots in its Feb. 22 issue. "Go The largest donations come from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ($10,000-we wonder if the back half a century: As sentencing became more average union worker knows how their money is being spent), lenient in the 1960s and '70s, the crime rate started to Philadelphia Mayor Nutter (another $10,000) and the rise. When lawmakers responded to the crime wave Memorial for Ryan Hacke by way of Marybeth Hacke ($10,000 by building prisons and mandating tough sentences, more). the number of prisoners increased and the number of This is not exactly a ringing endorsement for the statements by Executive Director Joe Grace when he says that all crimes fell." It really isn't much more complicated Pennsylvanians support greater regulation of firearms! If that than that. were true you would think they would be flooded with This liberal cognitive defect came to mind when donations from average citizens when in reality they are being MSNBC posted an article on its Web site lamenting propped up by the Philadelphia power elite and by union how a record number of Americans are "licensed to member’s money. pack heat." Blared the incredulous headline: th "Firearms deaths fall as millions obtain permits to Harrisburg 5 Annual Gun Rights carry concealed guns." As the article vividly Rally-Another Success demonstrated, lefties and many other Americans take The Fifth Annual 2 nd Amendment Rally has come and it on faith that guns kill, so they believe when more gone and once again gunowners from around the state have people have guns, more people are killed. Conversely, shown legislators that they are willing to stand strong for our they believe the way to a safer society is to restrict or freedoms. Hundreds of gunowners packed the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, supported by over 100 members of forbid gun ownership. the House of Representatives, and were captivated by the Except that in the real world, the opposite is headline speaker-Suzanna Gratia Hupp when she related the true . Only law-abiding citizens obey gun laws, and true facts of the situation of the mass shooting where her when they do, they become easy targets for criminals, parents were killed in Luby's cafeteria in 1991. who can get the tools of their trade no matter how Once the rally was completed in gunowners broke up into illegal governments make them. For 31 years, teams to visit with every state legislator's office to reinforce their determination that our right to bear arms must be Washington, D.C., had some of the toughest gun- protected. The dedication of these gunowners that sacrificed control laws in America and annually was among the their time and, in many cases, their own money to travel to nation's leaders in gun crimes. In 2008, the Supreme Harrisburg is deeply appreciated by all of the organizers of this Court struck down D.C.'s handgun ban. According to rally and we commend them! liberal orthodoxy, this should have led to all manner The winners of the prizes for attendees are as follows: 1. Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22-Howard Bullock of murder and mayhem; instead, gun crimes 2. Brownell's signature series leather range back- plummeted 25 percent. Why? Because criminals no John Jordan longer could be sure their intended victims were 3. Brownell's signature series range back-Ray Kern unarmed, and D.C. residents once again were allowed Jr. to brandish handguns in self-defense. 4. Cabelas gift card ($100)-James Darney Other cities, the United States as a whole and Our congratulations to the winners of this year's prizes! nations as far-flung as Australia have had similar Page 3 experiences with gun laws. Now the Centers for The Associated Press story reporting on the Disease Control and Prevention, as MSNBC decision indicated that the court have invalidated a grudgingly reported, says Americans "overall are ban on "videos that show graphic violence against far less likely to be killed with a firearm than they animals." The report cited the concerns of the SPCA were when it was much more difficult to obtain a and the anti-hunting Humane Society (HSUS) of the concealed-weapons permit ...
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