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GOVERNORS VOTER GUIDE

GOVERNORS VOTER GUIDE

Tuesday, November 8th General Election Voter Guide — PA Governor — Mastriano vs. Shapiro
The PA Governor’s race will decide how Pennsylvania deals with energy costs, parental rights, and much more

SENATE VOTERS GUIDE

SENATE VOTERS GUIDE

Tuesday, November 8th General Election Voter Guide — United States Senate — Oz vs Fetterman
This Senate race could decide who controls the U.S. Senate and America’s future

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT PA 17TH

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT PA 17TH

Tuesday, November 8th General Election Voter Guide — Congressional District PA 17th — Shaffer vs. Deluzio
This Congressional race could decide who controls the U.S. Congress and America’s future

Second Amendment  Supporter

The House Judiciary Committee has ADVANCED a ban on so-called “assault weapons” for a full floor vote in Pelosi’s House. HR-1808   The more Representatives who vote against it in the House, the greater the chances this bill quickly DIES in the Senate… 

But if this bill gets strong bipartisan support in the House, Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn could give it serious consideration in the Senate.

That’s why I’m urging you to tell your representative to VOTE NO on HR-1808, banning some of the most commonly owned firearms in America. 

Please add your name to our pre-written letter to Congress to STOP the ban on so-called “assault weapons.”   add your name to our pre-written letter to Congress

Pelosi’s House has been holding televised, emotion-fueled hearings to instill fear in the American people and justify their crackdown on commonly-owned firearms.  We shouldn’t be surprised to learn that a bunch of people who use the term “assault weapons” turn out to know virtually nothing about guns.

Rep. Cicilline, the congressman who called the Constitution “bulls**t,” claimed that a stabilizing brace is a bump stock that turns a gun into a machine gun.  Rep. McBath doubled down on Cicilline’s absurdity. She stated that gun owners with disabilities like to claim that a stabilizing brace helps provide them with stability, but that they actually want to use the brace to turn their firearm into a machine gun!

And Rep. Hank Johnson – the congressman who once thought an island could capsize in the ocean if too many people stood on it – said that we can’t take “assault weapons” away from government bureaucrats, because bureaucrats need those weapons to protect themselves from “misfits.”

In other words: government leeches have a right to defend themselves, but you’re on your own, Robert.

YOUR God-given right to defend yourself is being decided by a bunch of taxpayer-funded politicians who have private security forces and know virtually NOTHING about guns. 

The Supreme Court’s recent Bruen decision reaffirmed that the right to keep and bear arms is not limited to those weapons that were only available in 1791.  Just as we have First Amendment protected speech on computers and cell phones, even though neither of those were around during the ratification of the Bill of Rights, we have a constitutionally protected right to keep and bear modern-day sporting rifles. 

But unless we take action, a new “assault weapons” ban could make it through the House and Senate, and land on Joe Biden’s desk.

That’s why we urgently need your help alerting the House to VOTE NO on HR-1808

The fewer votes this “assault weapons” ban gets in the House, the easier it will be to DEFEAT it in the Senate. 

In Liberty,

Erich Pratt
Senior Vice President
Gun Owners of America

If you wish to call Congressman Lamb, here are his office numbers.

VOTE NO,  HR-1808
Congressman Conor Lamb
Washington DC Office (202) 225-2301
Pittsburgh Office (412) 344-5583
Monaca Office (724) 206-4860

Governor Tom Wolf consistently empowers criminals while actively restricting law-abiding Pennsylvanians. His dedication to this doctrine exposes either his true incapacity for logic and reason or the implementation of a grand plan to stifle individual rights and personal choice.

Governor Wolf proudly and defiantly vetoed SB565, “Constitutional Carry”, which recently passed through both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature.

In a statement regarding the veto, Governor Wolf stated, “this bill would make gun violence worse and would put law enforcement officers at greater risk of harm.” My question to him is “greater risk of harm from whom?” Law-abiding Pennsylvanians do not commit criminal acts, nor do they pose a threat to law enforcement. Law-abiding Pennsylvanians are just that; law-abiding.

Signing SB565 into law would only empower law-abiding Pennsylvanians to protect themselves from criminals, by carrying their tools of self-defense concealed, without needing to seek the approval of “The Government”.

Tom Wolf consistently shows that he believes his branch of the Government is the one that knows best. If his time in office has shown us anything, it is that in Tom Wolf’s world he believes only HE knows best how to manage your safety, your health, your money, your livelihood, and the education of your children; dismissing the legislature, the courts, the needs of parents and the wants of individuals. By restricting the law-abiding, Tom Wolf has by default, empowered the criminals who, by definition, do not follow the law.

In a press release on the Governor’s website it was said that, “From 2019 to 2020, the number of gun homicides in Pennsylvania increased by 48 percent.“ This statement is meant to mislead people into believing that the problem of violence stems from an increase of law-abiding citizens, purchasing record numbers of firearms. The fact remains, he does not acknowledge, while under his watch, his Attorney General, Democratic controlled local governments, and county district attorneys across the Commonwealth have failed to uphold the law. These “government officials” have a habit of releasing criminals into the public, “dealing” away weapons charges, restricting and defunding police, and failing to impose mandatory minimum sentences for violent offenders. Tom Wolf would rather hold law-abiding citizens to the standard of “the criminal” instead of holding “the criminal” to the standard of the law.

The Governor can celebrate all he wants. His veto was expected. The true victory of SB565 is Pennsylvanians now have a record of who is for and who is against an individual’s unrestricted right to self-defense. We now know which Democrat and Republican legislators voted against Constitutional Carry. We now know unequivocally which elected officials believe that it is better for “The Government” to have final say on who is allowed to protect themselves and their family.

Now, the only place these elected officials should fear law-abiding Pennsylvanians is at the polls on election day.

If an elected official is for the restriction of ANY individual’s right to defend themselves and those that they love, then that elect official does not deserve your vote!

PA Governor Tom Wolf
717-787-2500
717-787-5825
412-565-5700  Pittsburgh

Governor’s Correspondence Office
508 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Four ballot questions, including three proposed constitutional amendments, will appear on the May 18 Primary ballot in PA.

• The first two questions will add two amendments to the PA constitution, giving the PA Legislature more say and the governor less say in determining the extension or termination of disaster emergency declarations. These questions stem from the Legislature’s inability to curb Governor Tom Wolf’s COVID pandemic abuses. If approved by the voters, the two questions will amend the PA Constitution to give the legislature emergency declaration/termination authority that it currently does not have.
• The third question will add an amendment in the PA constitution guaranteeing that a person’s rights under the law cannot be denied because of race or ethnicity.  This question is restricted to race & ethnicity only.

Note: Attempts to include gender identity in this question were rejected during the
legislative process to place the question on the ballot.

• The 4th question will determine whether the state loan program for volunteer fire companies & emergency services will be expanded to include paidfire departments and emergency services.

        Paid fire departments and emergency services currently have income from taxes
and/or insurance & individual billing.  This is different from volunteer fire companies,
volunteer ambulance services and volunteer rescue squads in PA which raise their own
funds and have unpaid staff.

Note: Many paid emergency ambulance services are privately owned companies, even though they may carry a municipal name.

Ballot Question 1

Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to change existing law and increase the power of the General Assembly to unilaterally terminate or extend a disaster emergency declaration—and the powers of Commonwealth agencies to address the disaster regardless of its severity pursuant to that declaration—through passing a concurrent resolution by simple majority, thereby removing the existing check and balance of presenting a resolution to the Governor for approval or disapproval?

Ballot Question 2

Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to change existing law so that: a disaster emergency declaration will expire automatically after 21 days, regardless of the severity of the emergency, unless the General Assembly takes action to extend the disaster emergency; the Governor may not declare a new disaster emergency to respond to the dangers facing the Commonwealth unless the General Assembly passes a concurrent resolution; the General Assembly enacts new laws for disaster management?

Ballot Question 3

Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended by adding a new section providing that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged because of an individual’s race or ethnicity?

Ballot Question 4

Do you favor expanding the use of the indebtedness authorized under the referendum for loans to volunteer fire companies, volunteer ambulance services and volunteer rescue squads under 35 PA.C.S. §7378.1 (related to referendum for additional indebtedness) to include loans to municipal fire departments or companies that provide services through paid personnel and emergency medical services companies for the purpose of establishing and modernizing facilities to house apparatus equipment, ambulances and rescue vehicles, and for purchasing apparatus equipment, ambulances and rescue vehicles, protective and communications equipment and any other accessory equipment necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the fire companies and emergency medical services companies? 

Author’s Note:

A YES vote on the first two questions is recommended because Governor Wolf’s unchecked power caused extensive damage to PA’s economy during the COVID pandemic & demonstrates the failings of not having a check & balance in place for emergency declarations in state government.

The equality question is strictly defined to race & ethnicity; a YES vote is recommended.

A NO vote is recommended on the state loan expansion question.  Paid services are entirely different from volunteer services.  Taxpayer-funded loans should apply to services which have limited sources of income, not to supplement services with established revenue flow.

Independents, non-affiliated voters, and members of minor parties can only vote on the ballot questions in the primary election and are urged to do so. 

It is urgent that we, the voter, are informed & vote on these questions in the May 18th primary, or the parties will ultimately decide these issues for us.

See Americans for Prosperity for further discussion on Ballot Questions 1, 2, & 3

https://americansforprosperity.org/americans-for-prosperity-pennsylvania-launches-campaign-to-reduce-governors-emergency-powers-in-primary-election/