The same Philadelphia City Council members who have challenged the state's supremacy on gun laws introduced two new gun-control bills yesterday, one aimed at closing what critics say is a big loophole in the secondhand gun market...Can you imagine what the men who once risked everything, to forge a Republic conceived in Liberty, would have thought of these wretched petty tyrants? Right after you told them Independence Hall would one day be a UN World Heritage site?
The other bill introduced yesterday would raise the city penalty for carrying a gun illegally from $300 to $1,900 and would allow police to confiscate a car driven by someone illegally carrying a gun - regardless of ownership of the car.
Friday, October 17, 2008