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The same can be said about PA.
1. Your state voted for Gore in the last election.
2. It is illegal to hunt with an AR15 in PA.
3. It is illegal to load more than 3 rounds in your AR15 magazine at your state ranges.
4. Your State police have been keeping an illegal registry of gunowners since the 1930's.
California is bad, but PA is just as bad.
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1) I wouldn't say PA is just as bad... Yeah, Pittsburg and Philly metro area are pretty liberal, but the rest of the state is mostly conservative and gun friendly.
2) True, you can't hunt with semi-autos in PA, which does suck, but I don't think we're the only state to disallow this. I'd love to put together a varmit AR, but being I can't use it, it would be somewhat pointless ;).
3) I don't believe it is "illegal" to load more than 3 rounds at a state game commission range, but it is against their rules. These are free ranges that the state provides free of charge - you don't like their rules, go buy some land or get a membership at a private range. Seems simple to me.
4) As opposed to the legal registry of "assault weapons" in CA? While PA does restrict the private sale of handguns, long guns are still allowed so you can mostly remain "off the books". Up until the instant check requirement, you could also use your CCW permit for firearm purchases, which I believe would also mostly keep you off their records. I believe the problem is that we use PICS (state version of NICS) here instead of NICS, and they do keep the PICS records indefinitely. I'd like this to end just as much as anyone else here, but I honestly think anyone who thinks the feds aren't keeping records are just kidding themselves...
On top of this, PA is class III friendly, is a shall issue CCW (I got mine in 24 hours, though it varies from county to county), has reciprocity of such with FL and KY, issues non-resident permits to anyone who has a permit in their home state, and has a state preemption clause. In general, once you get outside the two major metro areas, PA is very gun friendly.
Rocko