Firearm Legislation Action Alerts

We just received this alert about HB2258, the new preemption bill that would replace the now defunct act 192:

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet at 10 AM tomorrow (Tuesday, September 20th). We are asking everyone to call Judiciary Chair Representative Ron Marsico and request that he bring House Bill 2258 to a vote and that he support the bill. Additionally, we request that you call your Representative and ask that they support House Bill 2258.

House Bill 2258 would give membership organizations such as the NRA standing to sue municipalities over their unlawful gun ordinances and plaintiffs the ability to recover attorney's fees should they become involved in litigation.

This would strengthen Pennsylvania's preemption statute and help to discourage municipalities from passing unlawful ordinances.

Representative Ron Marsico

P: (717) 783-2014

Please take a few minutes to call and tell them to allow this to come to the floor for a vote!

As we reported in an alert yesterday news outlets were reporting on an anti-gun amendment that was to be added to a terrorism bill this week. At the beginning of the long holiday weekend, and probably hoping that no one would notice, that plan was scraped and the text was added to a terrorism bill that was then introduced.

The bill is now in committee and speaker Ryan has said it will come to the floor for a vote.

The bill is HR5611.

In section 5 of the bill the Attorney General would be allowed to stop anyone on the terrorist watch list and anyone suspected of terrorism in the previous 5 years from buying a firearm, ammunition or explosives. The AG would be allowed to stop the sale for up to 3 days and a court would then have to weigh the evidence (which may include redacted classified documents) against the person. The denied person must retain a lawyer at their own expense to fight the charges but would be reimbursed if they won.

This bill is unconstitutional on several levels. First of course is the denial of a person's 2nd amendment rights but secondly it denies them the right to due process guaranteed by the 14th amendment. Lastly is the horrifying fact that people can be denied subject to a secret government list, a list that only the government has access to.

The problems with this bill are simple:

1. Guilty until proven innocent

2. Secret lists would determine one's rights

3. Denied individual still fronts legal fees, which could be substantial

4. No provision for discovery making a legal defense difficult at best

5. No right for defense team to discovery

6. No right for defense to file emergency/expedited petition

Nothing in this bill would change what happened in Orlando, San Bernadino, Aurora, Sandy Hook or any of the other shootings over the past few years.

We need you to reach out to your representative and tell them the must vote no on this bill. Use our contact your legislators page found here or you can use the contact your reps link at the top of the bill details page. You should also call speaker Ryan's office and express your displeasure over this amendment. Speaker Ryan's phone number is (202) 225-0600 and his FAX number is (202) 225-5117.

This is nothing less than tyranny forced down the throats of law abiding citizens by the radical extremist liberals and it MUST be stopped!

After the nonsensical 'sit in' in the house last week Republican leadership, in cahoots with the NRA, caved and are planning on allowing a vote on an amendment to the anti-terrorism package currently under consideration.

This amendment would not only deny US citizens their 2nd amendment rights but would also strip their rights to due process guaranteed under the 14th amendment. These rights would be denied based on 100% secret government lists. No one but the government knows who is on them and why they were added to the lists.

This is intolerable and strikes at the very core of what this great nation was founded upon. Our founding fathers are rolling in their graves at this act of tyranny.

Please take a few moments to contact your US house representative and tell them you will not stand by and watch them erode your rights, that a yes vote on this amendment is no less than treason! You should also call speaker Ryan's office and express your displeasure over this amendment. Speaker Ryan's phone number is (202) 225-0600 and his FAX number is (202) 225-5117.

You can find your representative's contact information either here

As you may be aware SB1330 was introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate last week. This bill will restore the ability to sue local governments when they enact illegal firearm laws much as the now defunct act 192 did.

Yesterday, June 27, the bill was approved in committee by and 8-3 vote and now heads to the Senate floor for a vote.

Many cities have already stated they intend to enact or reenact firearm laws they removed from the books after act 192 was passed. This must not be allowed and passage of this bill would stop them once and for all.

Please take the time to call your senator and tell them to vote yes on SB1330. You can also use the 'contact your rep' link on the bill's detail page (note you must be logged in to use this feature) that will email them and allow you to download a PDF of the email that you can mail or fax.

Now is your chance to make a difference and it only takes a few minutes of your time.

Pennsylvania people heads up!

HB1770 has been pushed out of committee using a discharge resolution (forcing the bill out without a vote) and could come up for a vote in the house as early as today. This bill would make anyone on the terrorist watch list a prohibited person.

Pick up the phone and call, send emails and faxes to your house reps and tell them to vote no on this bill!

The US Senate will vote later today on 3 anti-gun amendments.

The first amendment is from California senator and rabid gun hater Diane Feinstein. Her amendment would ban anyone on the 'no-fly' list from buying a gun. Something that completely ignores the rule of law and due process.

The second amendment to be voted on is from Connecticut senator Chris Murphy. His amendment would expand background checks to all firearm sales.

The third amendment is from Texas senator John Cornyn and would 'delay' a firearm purchase for 72 hours if the person is on the terrorist watch list. Again a right delayed is a right denied.

While passage of these amendments is questionable you need to call your senator's office and demand they reject these amendments without question. Just one or two votes the wrong way could jeopardize your god-given rights.

Pennsylvania people today is THE day to push to get the PICS system eliminated!

If you want the PICS system gone you need to light up the phones of these undecided judiciary committee members and tell them to send it to the house floor!

This might be the last chance you get in a very long time to get rid of this mess.

This thing costs PA taxpayers almost 7 million a year and as many know it crashes constantly leaving your right to buy a firearm delayed. Lastly getting rid of PICS would eliminate the PSP illegal firearm database once and for all.

The committee vote is tomorrow.

Please take a few moments and call these legislators and tell them to vote yes on moving HB921 to the house floor, then if you have time send them a follow up email doubling down on your position:

Ronald Marsico (R) rmarsico@pahousegop.com; (717) 783-2014

Barry Jozwiak (R) bjozwiak@pahousegop.com; (717) 772-9940

Kate Klunk (R) kklunk@pahousegop.com; (717) 787-4790

Mike Regan (R) mregan@pahousegop.com; (717) 783-8783

Todd Stephens (R) tstephen@pahousegop.com; (717) 260-6163

Marcy Toepel (R) mtoepel@pahousegop.com; (717) 787-9501

Tarah Toohil (R) ttoohil@pahousegop.com; (717) 260-6136

Mike Vereb (R) mvereb@pahousegop.com; (717) 705-7164

Martina White (R) mwhite@pahousegop.com; (717) 787-6740

Bryan Barbin (D) bbarbin@pahouse.net; (717) 783-1491

Ryan Bizzarro (D) rbizzarro@pahouse.net; (717) 772-2297

Dom Costa (D) dcosta@pahouse.net; (717) 783-9114

Daniel Miller (D) repmiller@pahouse.net; (717) 783-1850

It doesn't matter if they are your rep or not, these are the people still undecided on which way to vote on the bill

Illinois people heads up!

Approval of legalizing suppressors in your state has passed the House but now must be re-approved by the Senate.

House amendment 2 was introduced by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps on May 29th adding in the section to amend hunting law to allow the use of suppressors for hunting. The amendment was adopted May 31 by the House.

The governor has said he will sign it if it makes it to his desk but it faces an uphill battle in the senate due to the fact it must get a 2/3 vote on the amendment to move on.

Get on the phone, send emails and letters to your senators and tell them to pass this thing!

Next Tuesday, June 7th, the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee will vote on whether to allow the PICS to NICS (HB921) bill to go for a vote. The bill has 80 sponsors from both sides of the aisle.

CeaseFire PA, along with the state police, are fighting this bill like mad, spouting lie after lie about how much safer you are because of the PICS system.

They are ignoring the constant problems with the system, the illegal database of gun owners the state police have, the harassment of legal business owners that happens on a regular basis and the fact that this outdated system is costing you millions in tax dollars every year.

We need two minutes of your time to light up the phones to Majority Chairman Marsico and tell him to let the bill out of committee for a vote on the house floor. His number in Harrisburg is 717-652-3721. Tell his people you demand they allow this bill to get a fair vote in the house and nothing less will do.

Bloomberg money coupled with other anti-gun groups are conspiring with YOUR state police to keep you tied into their costly and illegal system.

It's time to stand up and say ENOUGH!

Please take two minutes to stand up and be counted.

We have gotten word that apparently the gun grabbers have cooked up a plan to destroy NoVA Armory in Arlington Virginia.

According to information from the store, the county is holding a public hearing in an attempt to overturn the store's certificate of occupancy.

Neither Dennis Pratte nor his landlord were notified of this public hearing.

According to an appeal filed by gun-grabbing Julie Young, Emily Hughes, Bernadette Brennan, Grace Chan, and Nathan Guerrero, because the store advertised 'wholesale prices' it operates as a wholesaler, vice a retailer, and therefore, its application as a 'retail space' contains false information, and therefore its certificate of occupancy should be revoked.

Please don't let that happen!

Please attend the hearing if you're in Virginia and let your voice be heard.

WHAT: Board of Zoning Appeals meeting to revoke NOVA Armory's Certificate of Occupancy (CO)

WHEN: Tonight, Wednesday, May 11th at 7:00pm

WHERE: Arlington Department of Community Planning, Housing, and Development, Room 307, 2100 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201

The Florida Senate will vote on campus carry tomorrow Friday March 11th. The bill has already passed the house and if approved by the Senate will move onto the governor's desk to be signed. It is imperative that you make phone calls, send emails and faxes to your senator tonight and first thing tomorrow morning telling them to vote yes on this bill.

Your actions could make all the difference in getting this bill passed!

As you know, the gun-controllers are intent on preventing the opening of new gun shops and ranges and working very hard to shut down existing gun shops and ranges.

The anti-gunners will be bringing this effort to the Champaign area next week. Top leaders from state and national "gun reform" groups will be in town to hold recruitment and planning meetings to set the stage for shutting down gun shops in central Illinois - including your favorite shops.

It's very important that you meet this threat head-on so that you may continue to enjoy your right to keep and bear arms and preserve that right for future generations.

Senate Democrats are planning to force a series of gun control votes on Thursday in response to this week's deadly shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.

Democrats will propose measures to expand background checks for guns purchased online and at gun shows and to prevent people on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Both measures will be introduced as amendments to an Obamacare repeal package currently being debated in the Senate.

The votes are happening today! Call your senators and tell them to vote no on any anti-gun amendment!

Pennsylvania people ... we need all hands on deck today!

We learned late last night that a conglomeration of anti-gun groups intend to converge on Harrisburg today. The groups include Moms Demand, CeaseFire Pa, coupled with PETA and several other smaller groups. Their intention is to do anything they can to sabotage HB80 (preemption) while pushing through HB1750 (pigeon shoot ban). They may also be bringing in some 'heavy hitters' to help (rumors of Jesse Jackson have been floating around)

How they intend to do this is to lobby the house rules committee to push out HB1750 clean while suspending the rules and adding several anti-gun amendments to HB80. Any changes to HB80 at this point would likely kill it in the house and all it needs to pass at this point is a simple concurrence vote.

Kim Stolfer (Firearm Owners Against Crime) and several other groups are in Harrisburg at this very second in an effort to stop these people, but they need your support. Everyone needs to call their representative AND the following members of the rules committee:

Majority (Republicans):

Matthew Baker - (717) 772-5371

Jim Christiana - (717) 260-6144

Brian Ellis - (717) 787-7686

Mauree Gingrich - (717) 783-1815

Robert Godshall - (717) 783-6428

Seth Grove - (717) 783-2655

Ron Marsico - (717) 783-2014

Kurt Masser - (717) 260-6134

Mark Mustio - (717) 787-6651

Tina Pickett - (717) 783-8238

Mike Reese - (717) 783-9311

Stan Saylor - (717) 783-6426

Mario Scavello - (717) 787-7732

Samuel Smith - (717) 787-3845

Minority (Democrats)

Dom Costa - (717) 783-9114

Neal Goodman - (717) 787-2798

Michael Hanna - (717) 772-2283

Deberah Kula - (717) 772-1858

Joseph Markosek - (717) 783-1540

Robert Matzie - (717) 787-4444

Brandon Neuman - (717) 783-4834

Tell them you want HB80 to be passed out of committee with no amendments and HB1740 killed or the language that bans pigeon shoots (and certain types of dog training) removed.

This is the last chance to get this through. If these anti-gun groups succeed today we are probably dead in the water.

Gun rights advocates are trying to get the language from HB2011 amended to HB1796 which is up for 3rd consideration in the Senate but they are getting a lot of backlash from the Democrats.

We also know MAIG, Moms Demand Action and Ceasefire PA are in Harrisburg right now fighting this and they are WINNING.

Lastly the animal rights people are trying to get a pigeon ban amendment attached to the bill. That is being driven by Senator John Yudichack.

First off call your senator, then call these people that can make a difference:

1.Senator Joseph B. Scarnati III (717) 787-7084

2. Senator Dominic F. Pileggi (717) 787-4712

3. Senator John C. Rafferty Jr (717) 787-1398

Tell them you want the preemption amendment added to the bill and the bill voted on and returned to the house today.

Lastly call Senator John Yudichak at (717) 787-7105 and tell him to NOT push this pigeon shoot amendment.

This need to happen and happen today or the preemption language will never happen.

Please call now!

Heads up Pennsylvania people. There is movement on HB1243.

We just got a report from Harrisburg, Senator Farneze is attempting to amend the language of HB1091 to this bill. If he is successful the bill would have to go back to the house and there is no time for that.

Secondly the judiciary committee will hold an 'off floor' meeting about the bill today. Greenleaf has NEVER held this type of meeting for a gun-related bill so something is afoot.

Besides calling your senators there's one man that can move this bill and move it fast, that's senator Pileggi.

Emails are ineffective at this time, we need phone calls and we need lots of them to get this bill going.

When calling please tell his staff you want HB1243 moved to the floor for a vote and voted on CLEAN (no amendments)

Today's the day please pick up the phone and call or fax his office now.

Senator Dominic F. Pileggi

Party: Republican

Legislative District: 9

Phone: (717) 787-4712

FAX: (717) 783-7490

PA HB1243 (preemption) passed the house today by an overwhelming margin BUT CeaseFire PA is making a major push to stop it in the Senate.

We have been told that phone calls to Harrisburg are 3-1 anti-gun and against this bill. That doesn't sit well for getting this thing through the Senate with only 4 days left in the session.

If you want this bill on the governor's desk this year you need to make a lot of noise in Harrisburg!

There are only a few days left in the legislative year for Pennsylvania and key leaders are trying to let HB1243 (preemption and mental health checks) die in the house.

Please use this link to a petition demanding your legislators move this bill before the year ends.

From our friends at Firearm Owners Against Crime:

Please help us push much needed changes to statewide firearm law preemption over the top by contacting your legislator and ALL PA legislators.

Tomorrow (the 23rd), on the floor of the PA House, a pro-gun amendment [A07845-Rep. Keller] will be offered to HB 1243 containing the language from HB 2011 that anti-gun groups are deathly afraid of. There are several other worthy pro-gun amendments to also support and are listed below by groups (Support v. Oppose):

[Support these] Pro-gun amendments: A06276 - A06283 - A06439 - A07037 - A07556 - A07845

[Oppose ALL of these] Anti-gun amendments: A06142 - A06284 - A09264 - A09265 - A09266

The attempt to amend HB 1243 is, admittedly, a last attempt to finally move long overdue legislation that would put teeth into PA preemption law and allow us to challenge local laws. To date, dozens upon dozens of PA boroughs, townships and counties have enacted, or continue to maintain, illegal local gun control ordinances including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, City of Erie, Lancaster, Reading and the state capital of Harrisburg as well as Allegheny County, Philadelphia County, etc. It is time to end these flagrant violations of law before more gun owners are victimized!

Anti-gun state lawmakers in Harrisburg are dancing like marionettes at the beck and call of CeaseFire PA and attempting to kill or stall this crucial legislation. The anti-gun amendment [A06142], filed by state Representative Steven Santarsiero (D-31), would end the private sales of long guns [rifles and shotguns] and put in place the mechanism to register ALL firearms in this state. Even the U.S. Department of Justice, stated that "universal" background checks will not work without implementing a gun owner registration system. In fact, the use of both rifles and shotguns in crime has fallen by 50% despite the most recent (blatant) lies, on Tuesday the 16th, of CeaseFire PA in the Capitol Rotunda.

We all know that criminals, by definition, violate the law and obtain firearms illegally. Anti-gun groups are actually encouraging PA communities to violate PA law by supporting local gun laws and opposing pre-emption reform AND attempting to grow government scrutiny of the firearms law-abiding citizens own based on lies!

PLEASE help to ensure that firearms preemption [A07845 and the other pro-gun amendments] is amended into HB 1243, without any anti-gun amendments. It is critical that you contact your state Representative TODAY and urge him or her to support the Keller, Stephens, Saccone and Grove amendments to HB 1243 and reject any amendments mandating so-called "universal" background checks.

CeaseFirePa is Harrisburg at this very minute with hundreds of supporters trying to stop HB2011. There are pictures of them on our Facebook page a group.

You MUST get on the phone and start yelling at your reps NOW ... they are trying to delay the bill until next week when there will only be a few days left in the session

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AL Bill Number: HB23

Title: Firearms, to require permit to carry assault weapons in vehicles or on one's person or to acquire such.

Description: Firearms, to require permit to carry assault weapons in vehicles or on one's person or to acquire such.

Last Action: Pending House Judiciary

Last Action Date: Feb 4, 2025

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