This was brought to my attention in another forum.
The text of the bill from legis.state.pa.us House Bill 2228 - Bill Information
From the NRA-ILA. -->> NRA-ILA Legislation
A similar bill MD politicians tried to push through. MD residents--- HB-517
This bill is almost exactly the same as the bill for Maryland.
HB-517 is the most important, most threatening bill this year. It would impose a 5 cent per round tax on ammunition, create and keep a database of who bought what ammo, and impose a $1000 fine for having ANY un-encoded ammo (historic, old stock, or reloaded) ... all reloading would be banned. At this point there is no manufacturer of ammo that is set up to do any encoding. Few, if any, manufacturers would be willing to retool just to service Maryland. This could very well be a ban on all ammo, period.
If you ever want to shoot, this affects you.
If we let this bill pass here it will make it easier for it to pass in other states around the country. We need to stop it here.
Please contact members of the Judiciary Committee (since it's been referred to the Judiciary) as well as your Pennsylvania State Senators and Reps.
