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Breaking: Harrisburg Republicans pulling a "gut and switch" on guns bill.
Harrisburg Republicans pulling a "gut and switch" on guns bill.
Breaking: Harrisburg Republicans pulling a "gut and switch" on guns bill.
State Republican legislators are orchestrating a "gut and switch" legislative move to ram through the legislature a bill that would penalize municipalities who've attempted even modest gun control measures, according to anti-gun violence group CeaseFire PA.
Max Nacheman, director of CeaseFire PA, says he learned last night that House Republicans (specifically State Rep Timothy Krieger) are in the midst of a midnight legislative move that would all but prevent public input or open debate on the measure. House Republicans have re-introduced a long-dead bill, Senate Bill 273, which is identical (or nearly so) to House Bill 40, which passed instead last summer as the so-called "Castle Doctrine," which affords increased protection to individuals who shoot someone on their property.
(Becausethis is moving so fast, we have limited information — that's the point — so click here to read updates from CeaseFire PA, which is following closely; we can't confirm or endorse their information).
The only purpose of reintroducing that bill, Nacheman contends, is as a "vehicle" for another law, that would penalize municipalities that have passed laws cracking down on illegal gun trafficking and straw purchasing — laws that have so far held up in court, but which could conceivably be struck down later. Should that happen, this new law would require those municipalities to award extra damages to anyone affected. The idea, gun reform activists say, is to intimidate municipalities considering similar measures.
The House Judiciary Committee apparently just passed an amendment that would, essentially, erase all of the language in the "vehicle" SB273 and replace it with this new law. It could then be voted out of the state House this afternoon.
The "gut and switch" maneuver has a long, if not exactly venerable tradition in Harrisburg. Act 71, the bill that legalized casino gambling in Pennsylvania, was passed in a similar manner, allowing the passage of law with virtually no opportunity for debate or public input.
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