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I wish I had better news for Pennsylvania, but it looks like the PA House is set to force a radical, anti-gun agenda in 2023.<\/p>\n
Currently, the chamber has a slight Republican majority (101-99) but that will change as soon as the special elections are finished for three, vacant Allegheny County seats in heavily<\/p>\n
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Democratic districts. If the courts reject the legal challenge brought by current Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-100), that means the House will flip to a razor-thin Democratic majority on February 7th.<\/p>\n
The new Speaker will likely be anti-gun, Philadelphia Democrat Representative Joanna McClinton (D-191). McClinton will attempt to run a slate of draconian gun control bills such as Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders, semi-automatic weapons bans, mandatory licensing, and universal background check registration schemes (just to name a few).<\/strong><\/p>\n In fact, GOA is already tracking over 40 pieces of gun-related legislation and most of these are anti-gun bills filed by Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Democrats<\/p>\n The silver lining in this cloud is that the PA Senate is still in Republican control. The firewall will be Senator Lisa Baker (R-20) who chairs the crucial Senate Judiciary Committee where virtually all these House bills would land.<\/p>\n But with a razor-thin Democratic majority, we can kill gun control in the House by turning just one or two votes in our favor.<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s why I need you to send a message right away to your State Representative, urging them to defeat gun control. Let them know that Pennsylvania gun owners expect the Democrat-controlled House to back off and stop the assault on our constitutionally-protected rights.<\/p>\n So, please <\/strong>send a message<\/strong> to your State Representative immediately by using the form above. Tell them to stop gun control and, instead, support Rep. Aaron Bernstine\u2019s Constitutional Carry bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n