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Pennsylvania: Highspire Mayor supports illegal gun control measure

Mayor John Hoerner is urging Highspire Borough Council to pass an ordinance to require gun owners to report a lost or stolen gun to police within 72 hours. But borough councilman Charles Dengler questioned the idea, saying state laws prohibited the borough from creating gun laws. "Right now the NRA [National Rifle Association] is suing Pittsburgh and other towns, because it was found to be illegal in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code," Dengler said.

Read About It: The Press and Journal (Middletown, Pa.)

Posted: 11/19/2009 10:10:21 AM

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