Following a conversation with a good friend, on PA House Bill 760, which if passed would require the registration of all firearms in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, my somewhat warped mind started working overtime and I came up with some outrageous but not far-fetched scenarios. Consider the following: A person is beaten to death with a baseball bat, or a golf club, do we then need legislation to control baseball bats and golf clubs? As ludicrous as that scenario sounds it's not so hard to envision. How about this one--a wife kills her husband with a rolling-pin, do we then pass legislation to control rolling-pins? It is as if society is saying that the baseball bat, golf club and rolling pin can kill someone without a human person on the other end to swing it. Well in case you haven't noticed, the same is being said about the firearms, and that argument is equally unfounded.
Thomas Jefferson once said: "the strongest reason for the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort to protect themselves against the tyranny in government." How soon we forget the wisdom of our Founding Fathers when it is inconvenient or doesn't fit some preconceived agenda.
Needless to say the tremendous tragedy at Virginia Tech will have the liberals in both the United States Congress and State Legislatures clamoring for more restrictions on the availability of firearms. This is not now, nor will it be the answer, nor will it prevent another tragedy from occurring in the future.
Let's be clear--GUNS CANNOT KILL ANYONE UNLESS A PERSON USES THEM FOR VIOLENT PURPOSES!!! Passing more and more restrictions on firearms will not deter the criminal from obtaining his weapon. The only person who will ultimately be harmed through the passage of more gun control laws is the law-abiding citizen/sportsmen.
It is essential that every citizen of Pennsylvania, whether you own a firearm or not contact your State Representative, as soon as possible, and urge him/her to OPPOSE House Bill 760, and to stand up for our Second Amendment Rights to keep and bear arms.
Thomas Jefferson once said: "the strongest reason for the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort to protect themselves against the tyranny in government." How soon we forget the wisdom of our Founding Fathers when it is inconvenient or doesn't fit some preconceived agenda.
Needless to say the tremendous tragedy at Virginia Tech will have the liberals in both the United States Congress and State Legislatures clamoring for more restrictions on the availability of firearms. This is not now, nor will it be the answer, nor will it prevent another tragedy from occurring in the future.
Let's be clear--GUNS CANNOT KILL ANYONE UNLESS A PERSON USES THEM FOR VIOLENT PURPOSES!!! Passing more and more restrictions on firearms will not deter the criminal from obtaining his weapon. The only person who will ultimately be harmed through the passage of more gun control laws is the law-abiding citizen/sportsmen.
It is essential that every citizen of Pennsylvania, whether you own a firearm or not contact your State Representative, as soon as possible, and urge him/her to OPPOSE House Bill 760, and to stand up for our Second Amendment Rights to keep and bear arms.
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