Mauree Gingrich's Palmyra Gun Ban
Gingrich: Second Amendment Protector or Pretender?
Mauree Gingrich takes a look around at a gun rights rally in Harrisburg on 4/7/08.
Perhaps she was checking to see if anyone noticed her inappropriate presence there.
Gingrich's (and Pennsylvania's) Dilemma- PA Constitution; Article I Section 21 A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.- U.S. Constitution; Second Amendment No county, municipality or township may in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms, ammunition or ammunition components when carried or transported for purposes not prohibited by the laws of this Commonwealth.- Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act; Title 18, Section 6120(a) Despite these clear provisions of our constitutions and the law, Palmyra Borough Council passed a resolution prohibiting firearms in Palmyra parks in 1994. Incumbent state representative Mauree Gingrich was Council President at the time and affixed her signature to the gun ban, leaving law-abiding citizens unable to defend themselves or their families. Under the Gingrich Gun Ban, anyone convicted of exercising their constitutionally-guaranteed right to keep and bear arms in a Palmyra park could be fined up to $300 or thrown in prison for up to 5 days! Considering this, how likely is it that Gingrich might just go along with Philadelphia liberals and abridge the rights of Pennsylvanians in the interest of some imagined safety? Worse yet, how soon will it be before some Philadelphia Democrat rises on the floor of the House of Representatives to proclaim that all Philadelphia wants to do is what Mauree Gingrich, a REPUBLICAN, already did in Palmyra? Her 1994 actions certainly indicate a willingness to allow municipalities to write their own gun laws, creating a hodgepodge of confusion across the Commonwealth and the destruction of one of the most crucial individual American rights. "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin, November 11, 1755 |