PA Assault Weapons Ban

[chemist308]

I was just re-reading PA's new attempt at an "assault weapon" ban. The bill is HB030, and I didn't catch this on the first read but it requires gun registration of grandfathered guns, and allows the state police to charge a fee--like HB760!

An excerpt from HB030

27 (2) Unless the person is prohibited by law from
28 possessing a firearm, immediately registers the assault
29 weapon with the Pennsylvania State Police pursuant to
30 regulations adopted for such purpose by the commissioner.
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1 (3) Safely and securely stores the assault weapon
2 pursuant to regulations adopted for such purpose by the
3 commissioner.
4 (4) Annually renews both the registration and the
5 background check.
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1 The Pennsylvania State Police may charge a fee for each
2 registration and for each registration renewal ...

Anyone else here starting to dislike this bill as much as PA's nearly defeated HB760?

 

[Glockman17366]

Can you link to the bill?

 

[N3HCP]

Here's the link:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2007&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0030&pn=0055
The bill also allows the State Police to come to your home once a year to inspect your guns and can charge you for the privilege!

I have contacted my rep about this bill and, in all likelihood, it will never make it out of committee.

 

[chemist308]

If the federal AWB (HR1022) makes it through, you can bet this has a chance. With the recent shooting in MO, I'm not sure what will happen.