Castle Doctrine - House Bill 40

[pemslie]

Help give law-abiding Pennsylvanians the right to defend their families and property in the face of physical threat.
The PA House Judiciary Committee held an informational hearing on Rep Perry's HB 40, the Castle Doctrine Bill, back on Nov 19, 2009, but no action taken. The bill would protect a gun-owners' right to stand your ground in the face of imminent physical threat. It removes the duty to retreat on your own land or in your own car, or on the property of someone else who wants you there, or on the street if threatened. Current law imposes a duty to retreat into your house if, in the armchair judgement of the court, it could have been done safely. In your car or on the street, you have to retreat in all circumstances, and the perp must actually physically attack you before you can respond with lethal force. The bill has 113 co-sponsors in the House out of 102 total members, but only 13 of the 26 members on the Judiciary committee where it is currently stalled. I just checked the committee schedule for February and the bill is not on the schedule. We need to flood the offices of the members of committee who aren't co-sponsors with calls letting them know Pennsylvania's armed citizens demand the right to protect themselves with no duty to retreat.

Here are the committee members and whether they've co-sponsored the bill.

Majority (Room 106 IOB)
No: Caltagirone, Thomas R. , Chairman (717) 787-3525
Yes: Kula, Deberah , Secretary (717) 772-1858
No: Manderino, Kathy, Subcommittee Chairman on Family Law (717) 787-1254
Yes: Pallone, John E., Subcommittee Chairman on Crime and Corrections (717) 783-1819
Yes: Petrarca, Joseph A., Subcommittee Chairman on Courts (717) 787-5142

Yes: Brennan, Joseph F. (717) 772-9902
Yes: Casorio, James E., Jr. (717) 783-3483
No: Costa, Dom (717) 783-9114
No: Drucker, Paul J. (717) 705-2003
No: Lentz, Bryan R. (717) 787-8574
No: Shapiro, Josh (717) 783-7619
No: Vitali, Greg (717) 787-7647
No: Wagner, Chelsa (717) 783-1582
No: Waters, Ronald G. (717) 772-9850
Yes: White, Jesse (717) 783-6437

Minority (Room 218 ROB)
No: Marsico, Ron , Chairman (717) 783-2014
No: Vereb, Mike , Secretary (717) 705-7164
Yes: Creighton, Tom C., Subcommittee Chairman on Courts (717) 772-5290
No: Gabig, Will, Subcommittee Chairman on Crime and Corrections (717) 772-2280
Yes: Stevenson, Richard R., Subcommittee Chairman on Family Law (717) 783-6438

Yes: Grell, Glen R. (717) 783-2063
Yes: Harper, Kate (717) 787-2801
Yes: Krieger, Tim (717) 260-6146
No: O'Neill, Bernie (717) 705-7170
Yes: Rock, Todd (717) 783-5218
Yes: True, Katie (717) 705-7161


Paul Emslie
PA Concealed Carry licensee and father of five

[thetruepyromaniak]

good post, curious bout this tho,

Quote:PA Concealed Carry licensee and father of five

The License says nothing about Concealed Carry

[MJFletcher]

(02-04-2010 01:59 PM)pemslie Wrote:  The bill has 113 co-sponsors in the House out of 102 total members,

Please fix, according to the state house website there are 200 members total.

[shooter357]

(02-08-2010 11:41 PM)MJFletcher Wrote:  

(02-04-2010 01:59 PM)pemslie Wrote:  The bill has 113 co-sponsors in the House out of 102 total members,

Please fix, according to the state house website there are 200 members total.

If there are 102 total members, how can there be 113 co-sponsors?

[MJFletcher]

(02-09-2010 02:59 PM)shooter357 Wrote:  

(02-08-2010 11:41 PM)MJFletcher Wrote:  

(02-04-2010 01:59 PM)pemslie Wrote:  The bill has 113 co-sponsors in the House out of 102 total members,

Please fix, according to the state house website there are 200 members total.

If there are 102 total members, how can there be 113 co-sponsors?

I asked the same thing, it's why I counted the names listed on the state house website.

[Mark2528]

OK, here is a link to the proposed legislation (HB 40). Don't ask me to count names, since I am not going to. However; I agree with the other PAOC members, if you're going to post items on this forum try to be accurate and less confusing.

I can't believe you guys counted names. Way too much time on your hands.

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bill...=B&BN=0040

[Lazydog]

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