PRINTER'S NO. 3050
No. 238 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY HASAY, WEIDNER, POLITE, McGINNIS, KUSSE, NOYE,
BITTLE, KLINGAMAN, STAHL, CUMBERLAND, HALVERSON AND
A. C. FOSTER, MARCH 31, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 31, 1976
In the House of Representatives, March 31, 1976
1 WHEREAS, It is not a gun that kills people, but the
2 individual who pulls the trigger; and
3 WHEREAS, The second amendment of the Constitution of the
4 United States prohibits infringement upon the right of the
5 people to keep and bear arms; and
6 WHEREAS, History has shown us that in Germany in 1936, Adolph
7 Hilter required all guns to be registered and in 1938 he had
8 them confiscated; and
9 WHEREAS, Without gun control, Switzerland has the lowest
10 crime rate per capita; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
12 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of
13 the United States to refrain from passage of any further type of
14 gun control legislation, and to eliminate the present
15 restrictive purchasing procedures from ammunition; and be it
16 further
17 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
1 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
2 each house of the Congress of the United States and to each
3 Senator and Representative from Pennsylvania in the Congress of
4 the United States.
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