Tag: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Nosedive, Oh, Oh, Oh*

The House Judiciary committee passed four bills on Monday. One would institute red flag laws, which allow law enforcement to temporarily seize people’s firearms if a judge rules them a likely danger to themself or others. The others would ban devices that convert semi-automatic guns to automatic fire, require background checks for long gun purchases, and ban weapons that can avoid magnetometer detection, like 3D printed “ghost guns.” [More]

Well, let’s take a look at the state’s “big gun,” PAFOA. They still maintain a blog on their old site that hasn’t been updated since 2010.

I find nothing on Guidestar in terms of tax filings to show what they’re registered as or how much money they have. (C3? C4?)

They either have an old unused and unfollowed Twitter account or none at all.

Their last press release was four months ago? Or see any thing about their chairman in Google’s “News” feed?

Meanwhile, the anti-gunners/Democrats have well-oiled/organized/financed ground games and propaganda machines throughout the Keystone State.

Tell me I’m wrong, Pennsylvania gun owners. Tell me I’m missing a site that will alleviate my fears. I hope there is. I hope I’m missing a big gaping hole you can drive a trick through. But if it’s this hard for me to find, what about your average Pennsylvania gun owner– speaking of which, how much financial and manpower support do they provide?

And why should this latest subversion from Harrisburg be a surprise to anyone?

* And I do apologize. But you come up with titles all day.

[Via Jess]

The Fudd Queen

In a big win for sportsmen and working families, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a bill to fully repeal the state’s long-standing ban on Sunday hunting. House Bill 1431, introduced by Rep. Mandy Steele (D-Allegheny), cleared the chamber in a strong bipartisan vote of 131-72 and now heads to the Senate. [More]

Oh, look:

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund is also announcing new endorsements for candidates in key battleground legislative seats:… Mandy Steele, State Representative, District 33…

Throw the Fudds a bone and they’ll happily throw the rest of us under the bus.

Hey, you don’t need an AR-15 to hunt deer…

Also endorsed by AFL-CIO… There’s a shocker.

Guest Privileges Exchanged

Pennsylvania and Virginia Sign Mutual Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreement [More]

I get what the “legal” advantages are from “permits,” but I can’t help conjuring up the image of a slave bragging “Look what fine chains my master gave me to wear!”

Sorry, not sorry to all the apologists painting this as a “huge win!!!”

[Via Jess]

From the Jaws of Victory

Brian Fitzpatrick raised $1.22 million this quarter as Democrats plan to target his Pa. district in the 2026 midterms [More]

It doesn’t matter if you vote like a Democrat, they’ll just use you and then trash you. If Republicans lose the majority it will be their fault for offering weasel enemies within like this we’d be better off without.

No matter who wins, are you going to surrender your guns? Hey, we’re not going to avoid a showdown forever.

[Via Andy M]

Points/Counterpoints

I see some comments on my new piece on Brian Fitzpatrick that I’m going to address here. I rarely add comments over at AmmoLand because I’ve had my say, it’s the readers’ turn, and I just don’t have the time to get drawn into debates. That and I can better handle things here when trolls attempt to disrupt and redirect by going off topic, or hijacking the conversation I’m inviting completely with insulting squabbles (see “Comment House Rules” in right sidebar).

Bucks county is the burbs of Philly, lots of wealthy liberal democrats. Getting a pro 2a to run much less win in that area is practically impossible.

The reality is, and I included a link in my article, Fitzpatrick won 56+% to 43+%. Republicans will win there. This defeatist presumption presupposes, without evidence to back up the assertion, that such Republicans must be overt gun-grabbers, spreads a “there’s nothing we can do about it” attitude that several readers upvoted and agreed with, and signals the GOP that Lee (“Who else are they going to vote for?”) Atwater was right and it can continue to ignore and even sabotage gun owner interests.

This is not the way we fight to win. But the Democrats love it.

https://foac-pac.org/ is the only 2A group I know of in PA. Residents should be a member.

2A is about more than “crime,” they only have 570 x.com followers and haven’t posted to it since 2023. They do somewhat better with 14K Facebook followers, which is still a head-scratcher considering the number of gun owners in PA (and is not the same as active organization membership), and haven’t posted anything this year but a “Happy New Year” message, with nothing about what is going on at the municpal, state, and federal level.

You could come up with similar dismal analyses for Pennsylvania Gun Rights, GOA-Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Firearms Association, leading me to ask in my piece, “And for that matter, why is it so hard to find any information on any Pennsylvania pro-2A groups alerting their members to mobilize against Fitzpatrick?”

In fairness, such groups can only do so much with most gun owners not picking one and supporting it, and with (generously) 10% of the members doing 90% of the work.

Back to the first comment: It’s not that there’s nothing PA gun owners can do about it. Of course there is. It’s just that most won’t try.

My greatest failure as an armed citizens advocate is I’ve never figured out what to do about that.

In This We Can Agree

“People violate laws anytime they want. So, for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention. There’s nothing more important than counting votes.” [More]

Unfortunately, the court can’t pay proper attention until charges are brought against her.

So Much for Holding These Truths to Be Self-Evident…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a challenge to a Pennsylvania law barring people 18- to 20-years-old from carrying guns back to the lower courts for another look in light of last term’s decision in United States v. Rahimi, in which the justices attempted to provide guidance for courts reviewing Second Amendment challenges to restrictions on gun rights. [More]

I know the wheels of justice grind slowly and we have procedures for a reason, but come on...

[Via Jess]

Meanwhile, Over at the Harris for President Campaign

“The Committee seeks to determine whether the Biden-Harris Administration attempted to use a foreign leader to benefit Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign and, if so, necessarily committed an abuse of power,” Comer wrote. [More]

Of course it did. On both counts. And promises were made in exchange for the endorsement.

You gonna do something', or just stand there and bleed?

An Age-Old Question

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s prohibition against allowing young adults aged 18 to 20 from acquiring a license to carry a firearm (LTCF) for personal protection. The case is known as Brown v. Paris. [More]

If nothing else, it’s a mockery of U.S. Code:

The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age…

Drilling down further, anyone see anything in here about a license? Yeah, I know, increments. Just sayin’…

Beria Trap*

Someone does not need a license to carry, according to the law, “in his place of abode or fixed place of business.” Yakaitis owned the home Powanda attempted to burglarize. The catch: He didn’t live there—it reportedly had no tenants at the time of the crime—opening a window for law enforcement to charge him essentially on a technicality. [More]

It’s awful hard to make the swine harassing him live in infamy if we’re not told his name.

[Via Michael G]

* Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.

An Age-Old Question

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has handed a significant victory to the Second Amendment Foundation and young adults in the 18-20-year age group, allowing them to apply for concealed carry licenses in the state, while enjoining the state from arresting any law-abiding citizens in that age group for openly carrying firearms during a state of emergency. [More]

If we’re going to go with text, history, and tradition, Pennsylvanian Tench Coxe would have gone down to 16… and no permit needed.

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