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Pennsylvania Bullet Serialization (Registration) Bill Referred to House Judiciary Committee!

Friday, February 08, 2008

Please Contact the House Judiciary Committee Today!

On Tuesday, February 5, the Pennsylvania State House referred House Bill 2228, sponsored by State Representative John Myers (D-201), to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration. HB 2228, would require all handgun ammunition manufactured or sold in Pennsylvania to be coded with a serialization number, and entered into a statewide database at the time of sale. Encoded ammunition would be registered to the purchaser and would include the date of the transaction, the purchaser’s name, date of birth, driver’s license number, and the serial number of the ammunition. This bill would also impose a retail tax of five cents per round that would finance the State Police Encoded Ammunition Database Fund. The possession or sale of non-coded/serialized ammunition would be prohibited.

If passed, this legislation would have dire consequences for our Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Pennsylvania. Please contact the members of the House Judiciary Committee and respectfully urge them to protect the Second Amendment rights of Pennsylvania’s law-abiding gun owners by opposing HB 2228.

Members of the House Judiciary Committee are listed below:

State Representative Thomas R. Caltagirone (D-127), Majority Chairman
(717) 787-3525

tcaltagi@pahouse.net

State Representative Daylin Leach (D-149), Secretary
(717) 783-9114

dleach@pahouse.net

State Representative Kathy Manderino (D-194)
(717) 787-1254

kmanderi@pahouse.net

State Representative John E. Pallone (D-54)
(717) 783-1819

jpallone@pahouse.net

State Representative Don Walko (D-20)
(717) 787-5470

dwalko@pahouse.net

State Representative Ron Marsico (R-105), Minority Chairman
(717) 783-2014