{"id":107350,"date":"2019-03-19T14:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=107350"},"modified":"2019-03-19T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:31:59","slug":"firearms-registry-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/firearms-registry-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"State Firearms Registry Being Considered in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_107352\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cruz.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-registry-pennsylvania\" title=\"State Firearms Registry Being Considered in Pennsylvania\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107352\" title=\"One-Handed Shooting: Let It Tilt 10 O\u2019Clock High\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cruz-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"One-Handed Shooting: Let It Tilt 10 O\u2019Clock High\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cruz-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cruz-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cruz.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-107352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PA State Rep. Angel Cruz is the bill&#8217;s primary sponsor. (<em>Photo: PAHouse.com<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A bill making its way through the Pennsylvania General Assembly would require gun owners to register their firearms, notify the state police of any firearms transfer, and impose a yearly fee to renew a valid firearms registration card.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/CFDOCS\/Legis\/PN\/Public\/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&amp;sessYr=2019&amp;sessInd=0&amp;billBody=H&amp;billTyp=B&amp;billNbr=0768&amp;pn=0818\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-registry-pennsylvania\" title=\"State Firearms Registry Being Considered in Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB768<\/a>, was introduced last week and has been referred to the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee. The Firearms Registration Act would force anyone who controls, transfers, offers for sale, sells, gives, delivers or accepts a firearm to obtain a \u201cregistration certificate\u201d and renew that certificate for each firearm on an annual basis for a fee of $10 per firearm.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also requires the Pennsylvania State Police to keep a permanent, updated record of all firearms registered in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the act as it is proposed is quite dangerous,\u201d Alan Bernardi, a firearms instructor for the Harrisburg Hunters and Anglers Sports Club, told <a href=\"https:\/\/wjactv.com\/news\/local\/proposed-legislation-calls-for-a-firearms-registry-in-pennsylvania-03-15-2019\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-registry-pennsylvania\" title=\"State Firearms Registry Being Considered in Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local media<\/a>. \u201cIt leads to total gun confiscation. \u201cIn my opinion, it serves no good purpose. It accomplishes absolutely nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does it make you feel safer? Because you know who has a gun?,\u201d Bernardi continued. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean anything because the criminal, the violent person, isn\u2019t going to comply with the law anyways.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/pennsylvania-ban-semi-automatic\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-registry-pennsylvania\" title=\"State Firearms Registry Being Considered in Pennsylvania\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pennsylvania Governor Calls for Total Ban on all Semi-Automatic Weapons<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In order to obtain a registration certificate, applicants must provide their name, home and business address, telephone number, date of birth, Social Security number, age, sex and citizenship, along with two photographs taken within 30 days immediately prior to the date of filing the application showing the full face, head and shoulders of the applicant in a \u201cclear and distinguishing manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the applicant must provide the name of the manufacturer, the caliber or gauge, model, type and serial number of each firearm to be registered.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, each applicant must submit fingerprinting to the Pennsylvania State Police and pass a criminal background check.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would add to the list of Americans prohibited from owning a firearm by disqualifying anyone who has been convicted of any violent crime (as opposed to just felonies) and anyone convicted in the previous five years of a crime related to the \u201cuse, possession or sale of a narcotic or dangerous drug.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/exclusive-public-records-prove-california-gun-registration-was-a-total-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-registry-pennsylvania\" title=\"State Firearms Registry Being Considered in Pennsylvania\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exclusive: Public Records Prove California Gun Registration Was a Total Disaster<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Any registration certificate holder must notify the State Police within 48 hours if the registered firearm has been stolen, lost, destroyed, sold or transferred.<\/p>\n<p>The new law also sneaks in a safe storage requirement by forcing registered gun owners to keep their firearms \u201cunloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock, gun safe or similar device\u201d unless in the owner\u2019s immediate possession.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who violates the registration requirement would be charged with a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacode.com\/secure\/data\/101\/chapter15\/s15.66.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"firearms-registry-pennsylvania\" title=\"State Firearms Registry Being Considered in Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summary offense<\/a>,\u201d which is the most minor type of criminal offense in Pennsylvania and usually comes with a fine but could result in up to 90 days in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans control both the House and the Senate in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill making its way through the Pennsylvania General Assembly would require gun owners to register their firearms, notify the state police of any firearms transfer, and impose a yearly fee to renew a valid firearms registration card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":107352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,593,240],"tags":[132,469,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-107350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-jordan-michaels","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-gun-control","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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