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Oppose Pennsylvania House Bill 1744
-- the "Gun Shop Closure Act" threatens all dealers

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

Monday, November 12, 2007


There's more than one way to shut down the second amendment.
Pennsylvania has lost over 9,000 gun dealers in the last twelve years
to regulations and bureaucratic interference -- leaving less than
2,500 active dealers.

Now the anti-gunners in Harrisburg have just come up with a new idea:
send gun dealers to prison if they fail to notify EVERY customer of
the anti-gun handgun provisions of Pennsylvania... using language
created by the PA State Police as prescribed, verbatim, by the state
legislature.

There once was a time when requiring a gun dealer to parrot the
state's anti-gun rhetoric would have been viewed as a violation of
the First and Second Amendments. But, under House Bill 1744, if a gun
dealer deviates ONE WORD from what the state instructs him to tell
his customers, he is in violation of the law.

IED (Idiotic Education Deception) Pennsylvania Style: This bill also
provides a big chunk of taxpayer funds for firearms education in
schools, which could go either to NRA or to Sarah Brady's virulently
anti-gun "star" program. Guess which option the city fathers of
Philadelphia, among other cities, will chose.

In addition schools will be able, and are in fact compelled, to go to
"other" funding sources such as non-profit corporations to
carry out
this firearm education. This opportunity opens up the minds of our
children to the skillful manipulation of institutions like the Joyce
Foundation (which pours $-millions into the anti-gun agenda) and
others that are virulently anti-gun.

ACTION: There is little time to lose, as a vote is expected this
week. Please contact your state representative and insist that he or
she oppose HB 1744, the Gun Shop Closure Act.

A pre-written message and a House contact roster are provided below
for your covenience. If you do not know who your representative is,
you can go to http://www.legis.state.pa.us and look him or her up via
zip code or county.

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Pre-written letter to copy/paste into e-mails

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Dear Representative:

There's more than one way to shut down the second amendment. HB 1744,
which has been dubbed the "Gun Shop Closure Act," threatens every
law-biding gun dealer in the Commonwealth. It should be opposed in
the strongest possible terms.

The bill would make criminals out of gun dealers if they deviate even
ONE WORD in parroting Pennsylvania's myriad handgun law provisions to
EACH AND EVERY customer.

As if that weren't enough, HB 1744 also threatens to turn our schools
into anti-gun indoctrination centers, and uses taxpayer money to do
it. Stating that responsible pro-gun firearms safety initiatives such
as the NRA's Eddie Eagle program may be taught isn't enough.

Because, you see, "any other educational program approved by the
office of the Attorney General" can be funded as well... and choosing
which one to teach is up to the bureaucrats running the schools.

Further, the schools are mandated to seek funding from outside
sources such as the anti-gun Joyce Foundation and to "engage pro-bono
services from individuals and other entities" in this regard.

That opens the door for anyone to be invited to walk into our schools
and spread the propaganda of citizen disarmament, under the cozy
umbrella of "firearm safety education."

Please oppose HB 1744.

Sincerely,

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PA House Roster

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Dis Name E-mail

01 Harkins pharkins@pahouse.net
02 Fabrizio ffabrizi@pahouse.net
03 Hornaman jhornama@pahouse.net
04 Sonney csonney@pahousegop.com
05 Evans jevans@pahousegop.com
06 Roae broae@pahousegop.com
07 Longietti mlongiet@pahouse.net
08 Stevenson rstevens@pahousegop.com
09 Sainato csainato@pahouse.net
10 Gibbons jgibbons@pahouse.net
11 Ellis bellis@pahousegop.com
12 Metcalfe dmetcalf@pahousegop.com
13 Hershey ahershey@pahousegop.com
14 Marshall Jmarshall@pahousegop.com
15 Biancucci vbiancuc@pahouse.net
16 Ramaley sramaley@pahouse.net
17 Brooks mbrooks@pahousegop.com
18 DiGirolamo gdigirol@pahousegop.com
19 Wheatley jwheatley@pahouse.net
20 Walko dwalko@pahouse.net
21 Bennington lbenning@pahouse.net
22 Wagner cwagner@pahouse.net
23 Frankel dfrankel@pahouse.net
24 Preston jpreston@pahouse.net
25 Markosek jmarkose@pahouse.net
26 Hennessey thenness@pahousegop.com
27 Petrone tpetrone@pahouse.net
28 Turzai mturzai@pahousegop.com
29 O'Neill boneill@pahousegop.com
30 Vulakovich rvulakov@pahousegop.com
31 Steil dsteil@pahousegop.com
32 Deluca tdeluca@pahouse.net
33 Dermody fdermody@pahouse.net
34 Costa pcosta@pahouse.net
35 Gergely mgergely@pahouse.net
36 Readshaw hreadsha@pahouse.net
37 Creighton tcreight@pahousegop.com
38 Kortz bkortz@pahouse.net
39 Levdansky dlevdans@pahouse.net
40 Maher jmaher@pahousegop.com
41 True ktrue@pahousegop.com
42 Smith mhsmith@pahouse.net
43 Boyd sboyd@pahousegop.com
44 Mustio mmustio@pahousegop.com
45 Kotik nkotik@pahouse.net
46 White jwhite@pahouse.net
47 Gillespie kgillesp@pahousegop.com
48 Solobay tsolobay@pahouse.net
49 Daley pdaley@pahouse.net
50 Deweese wdeweese@pahouse.net
51 Mahoney tmahoney@pahouse.net
52 Kula dkula@pahouse.net
53 Godshall rgodshal@pahousegop.com
54 Pallone jpallone@pahouse.net
55 Petrarca jpetrarc@pahouse.net
56 Casorio jcasorio@pahouse.net
57 Tangretti ttangret@pahouse.net
58 Harhai tharhai@pahouse.net
59 Stairs jstairs@pahousegop.com
60 Pyle jpyle@pahousegop.com
61 Harper kharper@pahousegop.com
62 Reed dreed@pahousegop.com
63 McIlhattan fmcilhat@pahousegop.com
64 Hutchinson shutchin@pahousegop.com
65 Rapp klrapp@pahousegop.com
66 Smith shsmith@pahousegop.com
67 Causer mcauser@pahousegop.com
68 Baker mbaker@pahousegop.com
69 Bastian bbastian@pahousegop.com
70 Moyer jmoyer@pahousegop.com
71 Wojnaroski ewojnaro@pahouse.net
72 Yewcic tyewcic@pahouse.net
73 Haluska ghaluska@pahouse.net
74 George cgeorge@pahouse.net
75 Surra dsurra@pahouse.net
76 Hanna mhanna@pahouse.net
77 Conklin sconklin@pahouse.net
78 Hess dhess@pahousegop.com
79 Geist rgeist@pahousegop.com
80 Stern jstern@pahousegop.com
81 Fleck mfleck@pahousegop.com
82 Harris aharris@pahousegop.com
83 Cappelli scappell@pahousegop.com
84 Everett geverett@pahousegop.com
85 Fairchild rfairchi@pahousegop.com
86 Keller mkeller@pahousegop.com
87 Grell ggrell@pahousegop.com
88 Nailor jnailor@pahousegop.com
89 Kauffman rkauffma@pahousegop.com
90 Rock trock@pahousegop.com
91 Moul dmoul@pahousegop.com
92 Perry sperry@pahousegop.com
93 Miller rmiller@pahousegop.com
94 Saylor ssaylor@pahousegop.com
95 DePasquale edepasqu@pahouse.net
96 Sturla msturla@pahouse.net
97 Bear jbear@pahousegop.com
98 Hickernell dhickern@pahousegop.com
99 Denlinger gdenling@pahousegop.com
100 Cutler bcutler@pahousegop.com
101 Gingrich mgingric@pahousegop.com
102 Swanger rswanger@pahousegop.com
103 Buxton rbuxton@pahouse.net
104 Helm shelm@pahousegop.com
105 Marisco rmarsico@pahousegop.com
106 Payne jpayne@pahousegop.com
107 Belfanti rbelfant@pahouse.net
108 Phillips mphillip@pahousegop.com
109 Millard dmillard@pahousegop.com
110 Pickett tpickett@pahousegop.com
111 Major smajor@pahousegop.com
112 Smith ksmith@pahouse.net
113 Shimkus Fshimkus@pahouse.net
114 Wansacz jwansacz@pahouse.net
115 Staback estaback@pahouse.net
116 Eachus teachus@pahouse.net
117 Boback kboback@pahousegop.com
118 Carroll mcarroll@pahouse.net
119 Yudichak jyudicha@pahouse.net
120 Mundy pmundy@pahouse.net
121 Pashinski epashins@pahouse.net
122 McCall kmccall@pahouse.net
123 Goodman ngoodman@pahouse.net
124 Argall dargall@pahousegop.com
125 Seip tseip@pahouse.net
126 Santoni dsantoni@pahouse.net
127 Caltagirone tcaltagi@pahouse.net
128 Rohrer srohrer@pahousegop.com
129 Cox jcox@pahousegop.com
130 Kessler dkessler@pahouse.net
131 Beyer kbeyer@pahousegop.com
132 Mann jmann@pahouse.net
133 Brennan jbrennan@pahouse.net
134 Reichley dreichle@pahousegop.com
135 Samuelson ssamuels@pahouse.net
136 Freeman rfreeman@pahouse.net
137 Grucela rgrucela@pahouse.net
138 Dally cdally@pahousegop.com
139 Peifer mpeifer@pahousegop.com
140 Galloway jgallowa@pahouse.net
141 Melio amelio@pahouse.net
142 King cking@pahouse.net
143 Quinn mquinn@pahousegop.com
144 Watson kwatson@pahousegop.com
145 Clymer pclymer@pahousegop.com
146 Quigley tquigley@pahousegop.com
147 Mensch bmensch@pahousegop.com
148 Gerber repgerber@pahouse.net
149 Leach dleach@pahouse.net
150 Vereb mvereb@pahousegop.com
151 Taylor rtaylor@pahouse.net
152 Murt tmurt@pahousegop.com
153 Shapiro jshapiro@pahouse.net
154 Curry lcurry@pahouse.net
155 Schroder cschrode@pahousegop.com
156 Smith bsmith@pahouse.net
157 Rubley crubley@pahousegop.com
158 Ross cross@pahousegop.com
159 Kirkland tkirklan@pahouse.net
160 Barrar parep160@aol.com
161 Lentz blentz@pahouse.net
162 Raymond rraymond@pahousegop.com
163 Micozzie nmicozzi@pahousegop.com
164 Civera mcivera@pahousegop.com
165 Adolph Wadolph@pahousegop.com
166 Vitali gvitali@pahouse.net
167 Milne dmilne@pahousegop.com
168 Killion tkillion@pahousegop.com
169 O'Brien dobrien@pahousegop.com
170 Kenney gkenney@pahousegop.com
171 Benninghoff kbenning@pahousegop.com
172 Perzel jmp@pahousegop.com
173 McGeehan mmcgeeha@pahouse.net
174 Sabatina jsabatin@pahouse.net
175 O'Brien mobrien@pahouse.net
176 Scavello mscavell@pahousegop.com
177 Taylor jtaylor@pahousegop.com
178 Petri spetri@pahousegop.com
179 Payton tpayton@pahouse.net
180 Cruz acruz@pahouse.net
181 Thomas cthomas@pahouse.net
182 Josephs bjosephs@pahouse.net
183 Harhart jharhart@pahousegop.com
184 Keller wkeller@pahouse.net
185 Donatucci rdonatuc@pahouse.net
186 James hjames@pahouse.net
187 Mantz cmantz@pahousegop.com
188 Roebuck jroebuck@pahouse.net
189 Siptroth jsiptrot@pahouse.net
190 Blackwell tblackwe@pahouse.net
191 Waters rwaters@pahouse.net
192 Bishop lwbishop@pahouse.net
193 Nickol snickol@pahousegop.com
194 Manderino kmanderi@pahouse.net
195 Oliver foliver@pahouse.net
196 Mackereth bmackere@pahousegop.com
197 Williams jwilliam@pahouse.net
198 Youngblood ryoungbl@pahouse.net
199 Gabig wgabig@pahousegop.com
200 Parker cparker@pahouse.net
201 Myers jmyers@pahouse.net
202 Cohen mcohen@pahouse.net
203 Evans devans@hacd.net

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