May 11, Pro 2nd Amendment Rally a Success

Women, children and men from a number of Pro 2nd Amendment (2A) groups across southeastern Pennsylvania rallied along the banks of the Delaware River on Saturday to protect their rights and liberties to keep and bear arms. The crowd peacefully gathered by the "Trenton Makes Bridge" to hear from speakers Larry Pratt (Gun Owners of America), Charles Heller (Jews for Preservation of Firearms Ownership), Tracy Scarpulla and Sgt Robert Mansfield. The crowd was carrying a multitude of signs asserting their second amendment rights. Many women proudly displayed signs such as "Hands of my 2A Rights" and "Moms Demand Firearms for Protection". Multiple counts put the pro 2A patriots put the count at between 140 and 150.

Upon completion, there was a march to Williamson Park where the anti-gun/anti-liberty event by the so called "Coalition for Peace" was underway. There were only 25 to 30 present from their side representing Pennsylvania based on multiple counts. Their numbers were significantly overshadowed by the Pro 2A/Pro Liberty patriots. Towards the very end of their program, they did receive a group that marched from NJ to bolster their anemic numbers from Pennsylvania.

The anti-liberty folks harped on their desire for Universal Background Checks (UBC), despite that fact that even democrats in Washington conceded such checks would not have stopped the shooting in Sandy Hook or Aurora. The UBC is being used as a first step in an "incrementalism" strategy by the left to chip away to 2nd Amendment rights. The failed UBC bill would have lead to firearm registration as a measure for implementation and ultimately confiscation. The real goals of these groups are firearm and magazine confiscation as declared goal of Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) who is Coalition ally and money behind the the UBC effort. See MAIG's own website... the fourth bullet under their own principles. The Coalition and their allies clearly can't be trusted, and they can't hide behind the seemingly innocuous title of their group to perpetuate their assault on the Constitution and law abiding Americans.

As Pro 2A groups promised, our rally was peaceful and responsible, and the march by ant-gun/anti-liberty folks from NJ late in the day was totally unchallenged. There was no need for police intervention at any point throughout the day. The Peace Coalition spoiled the day for the kids and unnecessarily took Pennsylvania's s finest (State Police and Morrisville Police) away from their more critical police duties and their also families.

Pro 2A groups demonstrated that we will protect our liberties in Pennsylvania, and that any assault on our rights will not go unchallenged.The line in the sand is the Delaware just as it was at the Battle of Trenton in 1776. As it says in the Pennsylvania Constitution, the right to keep and bear arms "shall not be questioned"

We would again like to thank our speakers, the Delaware River Bridge Commission, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Morrisville Police.

For more coverage and pictures from our event, go to our Facebook page.

Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware

Pace of Decline Slows in Past Decade

by D’Vera Cohn, Paul Taylor, Mark Hugo Lopez, Catherine A. Gallagher, Kim Parker and Kevin T. Maass

Overview

National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Beneath the long-term trend, though, are big differences by decade: Violence plunged through the 1990s, but has declined less dramatically since 2000.

Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homicides, the firearm homicide rate was 49% lower in 2010, and there were fewer deaths, even though the nation’s population grew. The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and sex crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades.
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CONCERNED GUN OWNERS WANT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN NOW

Concerned Gun Owners of Bucks County advocates a comprehensive plan for immediate protection of our school children from deranged killers who have become a part of our society. We must take immediate common sense measures to protect our school children from a threat that is not going away.

The goal of the plan is to provide immediate protection for every schoolchild in America at minimal cost to, and maximum control by the local community.

Protection for our school children will be modeled after security programs that many wealthy people’s and politicians’ children receive – schools with armed personnel.

The School Children Protection Plan can be government funded but locally administered and run at the county level as an extension of the sheriff’s office. Armed personnel in school will be Deputies.

Armed individuals can be a volunteer, hired, or an extension role of an existing school position.

Individuals to be armed undergo a standard training program that is already in existence today in the US in all states.

The local school board determines what works best for their jurisdiction by selecting from a number of different options that are individually configured for each communities needs.

Schools are now protected zones which will serve to function as a deterrent for deranged killers knowing that they will encounter armed protection of our children.