We’re going to profile a different pro-gun campaign around Pennsylvania that could use your financial support each week. Giving just $10 is about the price of two lunches a week. Surely our rights are worth brown-bagging it for two days? Week 4 Jim Gerlach Congressman Jim Gerlach has been targeted by many groups to try…
All three GOP candidates seeking the opportunity to run against F-rated Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz were asked about their position on the right to keep and bear arms. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YIpOLsGFLM[/youtube] None of the candidates have grades at this time. NRA has sent the candidates their questionnaires, and it is now up to the campaigns to return them…
Scholar David Kopel reviews names that have been dropped as potential Supreme Court nominees to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens through the lens of the Second Amendment in a post at the Volokh Conspiracy. Â From his report: In order from worst to not-all-bad: Strongly-ideological, highly-committed gun prohibitionist:Â Harold Koh. Extensive record of anti-Second Amendment leadership:…
The Allentown Morning Call‘s John Micek has secured all six gubernatorial candidates for live lunchtime chats on his blog, Capitol Ideas. This is your chance to ask the candidate questions important you consider important before you head to the polls in May and November. The first chat is scheduled for Monday with Representative Sam Rohrer…
If you have participated in the pro-gun new media for very long, you’ve probably seen an inside joke tossed around about Reasoned Discourseâ„¢. This stems from the fact that early anti-gun blogs were quickly discovered by pro-gun activists who refuted lies, half-truths, and misstatements in nearly every post. Upon discovering that they could not defend…
We regularly post the social media homes of candidates and current politicians, and there’s a reason for that tradition. There’s no better example of why it is important to engage with candidates than the experience of our colleague in PA-19. Jason, the NRA-EVC for York and Adams Counties, with part of Cumberland County, found out…
If you want to keep up with what all of the candidates for Governor are saying to try and win votes, keep up them on social media outlets. It’s a great way to catch semi-candid comments about issues of the day, and sometimes that includes the Second Amendment. Republicans Tom Corbett Twitter: @CorbettForGov Facebook Sam…
Yesterday, we launched the brand new PAGunRights YouTube channel to profile videos relevant to Pennsylvania’s gun owners. Our first video is from the January Progressive Summit where all of the Democratic candidates at the time endorsed various forms of gun control. Whether it is government control over how many guns you buy, making your carry…
We’re going to profile a different pro-gun campaign around Pennsylvania that could use your financial support each week. Giving just $10 is about the price of two lunches a week. Surely our rights are worth brown-bagging it for two days? Week 3 Jim Wansacz With a six-way Democratic primary in an overwhelmingly Democratic district, we…
As you may have noticed, we’ve updated the website design for PAGunRights.com. If you have any concerns about the new site, find errors, or have suggestions for content, please let us know with a note for the administrator. We’d also like to let you know that the full candidate page will be updated in coming…
In light of Heller, there are some in this country who would like to repeal the Second Amendment rather than acknowledge the fundamental individual right to self-defense. In the arguments for the McDonald case last month, Chicago’s attorney sure came off as trying to re-argue the concept of individual protections for civil rights. Though those…
In an exclusive examination of IRS filings, Pennsylvania gun owners can breathe a little easier in news that fewer people are willing to buy what anti-gun organizations are trying to sell. Reviewing the financial reports of The Brady Campaign and The Brady Center (the legislative & foundation divisions of the national anti-gun organization, respectively), it…
Going on the air with the first commercial in the campaign to replace John Murtha, Tim Burns emphasized gun rights. But this isn’t the first time guns have been mentioned in this highly watched race.