bearingarms.com By Cam Edwards
Several dozen gun owners and Second Amendment supporters gathered in defense of their right to keep and bear arms at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Monday, undeterred by rainy weather and undaunted by the slim legislative majorities that are keeping further infringements of their 2A rights at bay.
The annual Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally wasn’t as widely attended as I’ve seen in years past, but those who showed up to be counted let it be known that they don’t believe criminalizing their right to self-defense is going to make the Keystone State a safer place.
The rally was held by Second Amendment Caucus, chaired by Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson County, and Rep. Abby Major, R-Armstrong County, which advocates for the rights afforded to citizens under Article 1, Section 21 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which says the right to bear arms “shall not be questioned.”
“During the past several months, Governor Shapiro, the mayor of Philadelphia and many other gun-grabbing Democrats have been blaming violent inner city crime rates on the people’s legislature’s failure to act on so-called ‘common-sense’ gun laws,” Dush said at the rally. “I maintain that infringing on any constitutional right is not common-sense…
