NRA-ILA | Pennsylvania: Erie City Council Passes “Lost or Stolen” Ordinance

Pennsylvania: Erie City Council Passes “Lost or Stolen” Ordinance

Friday, August 7, 2009

Yesterday morning, by a 7 to 0 vote, the Erie City Council passed a proposal that would require gun owners to report a lost or stolen firearm within a 72-hour period or face fines and possible imprisonment. This law not only violates Pennsylvania’s state preemption laws, but will turn law-abiding gun-owners who already been victimized by theft, into criminals. It’s simply a way to penalize gun-owners for the acts of criminals.

Please contact Mayor Joseph Sinnott and the Erie City Council and respectfully voice your disapproval with the passage of this unjust, unwarranted, and illegal legislation. The Mayor can be reached by phone at (814) 870-1200 or via fax at (814) 870-1208. Contact information for the City Council can be found below.

Joseph Schember, Council President
814-455-9621
[email protected]

Curtis Jones, Jr.
814-456-0497
[email protected]

Rubye Jenkins-Husband
814-899-0776
[email protected]

James N. Thompson
814-454-5211
[email protected]

Patrick Cappabianca
814-864-4229
[email protected]

Jessica Horan-Kunco
814-454-0587
[email protected]

Mark Aleksandrowicz
814-455-8611
[email protected]

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