Interest in a PA-specific advocacy group?
The Silencer Shop ruling has been awesome, and it's prompted a huge number of people to actually read PA gun law for the first time. The law itself is clear as mud.
18 Pa.C.S. section 908 makes a "firearm specially made or specially adapted for concealment or silent discharge" a prohibited offensive weapon. "Silent discharge" is not defined anywhere (and is ludicrous). These items were allowed in PA as long as they were registered IAW NFA. With registration no longer required for a lot of people, what does "complied with the NFA" mean now? Which raises the question of whether we can legally have these items in PA at all. That's why we don't get to party as hard as our friends in free states like WV and Indiana are doing right now.
Also, since it always comes up: section 908 doesn't mention short-barreled rifles at all. Sawed-off shotguns under 18 inches are in there, SBRs are not. SBRs get caught by the section 6102 "firearm" definition instead, which is a different mess. And someone please tell me how adding a stock to a pistol makes it easier to conceal?
So we're in limbo until PA law changes, a PA court settles what that defense means now, or someone goes to court over this and wins. Any volunteers??
I want to see if anyone is interested in working together with the goal of getting these laws changed so we in PA can share some of that sweet freedom many other states are getting. The main effort is grassroots support and lobbying the right politicians to get this done. Sounds easy on paper, but it's a TON of work.
Would anybody actually put in some time and effort into helping?
If so, I'll start building the framework. Anyone with me?