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May 18, 2005

PA Gun Control Panel...

Governor Rendell’s commission on gun violence in the state -- formed after a rash of murders in Philadelphia earlier this year -- has issued its recommendations.

The task force recommends stiffer sentences for illegal possession of guns and trafficking in guns and recommends the continuation of existing crime prevention programs with track records of success.

But it does not include the proposal gun control advocates most wanted to see: one that would limit the legal sale of handguns to one per month.

Chairman Walter Phillips says the 26-member commission could not agree on that issue:

“That’s an issue there was not unanimity on, with respect to the subcommittee that looked at legislation, or with the entire commission. So we simply put that one handgun per month issue on the table to be further discussed.”

Likewise, there was no unanimity on another issue important to gun control advocates -- allowing Philadelphia and other municipalities to pass their own gun laws.

So sensibly, the committee made the proper recommendations; stronger punishments for the misuse of guns and going after the bad-guys. The gun-grabbers lose again.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at May 18, 2005 07:06 AM

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Thanks for the heads up on this. Everytime I hear this sort of thing, my faith in Pennsylvanians increases, and I thank god they've the good sense not to enact every piece of statist dog poop that comes down the pipe.

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Posted by: geekWithA.45 at May 18, 2005 09:42 AM

I don't like the idea of stiffer sentences for illegal possession -- possession shouldn't be illegal in the first place. Period. Stiffer sentences for using a firearm in commission of a (narrowly defined set) crime(s)? Okay, sure. But not possession.

Posted by: billy-jay at May 20, 2005 06:40 AM

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