PA Bill Number: HB1472
Title: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contributions ...
Description: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contrib ...
Last Action: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT
Last Action Date: Apr 22, 2024
FOAC LTE: I brought sound application of fact and logic to a meeting about guns :: 10/01/2016
I am responding to Kelsy Frank’s Sept. 24 letter (“A Shocking Meeting”), wherein she took significant liberties with the truth in relation to a meeting between state Rep. Jason Ortitay, her and me on Aug. 23 regarding the efficacy of gun control laws.
The meeting with Rep. Ortitay was initially scheduled between Rep. Ortitay and another individual with Ms. Franks attending as a guest. I was asked to attend the meeting as I am a constituent of Rep. Ortitay and to provide a counterpoint for the other side. This is what legislators, responsible ones like Rep. Ortitay, do to hear from “both” sides on issues.
It was clear from the beginning of the meeting that Ms. Franks was blissfully ignorant of what gun laws actually exist and even rejected a copy of the commonwealth’s publication “Laws Relating to Guns.” Ms. Franks provided nothing to support her positions and even stated that this constitutional issue should be decided on emotion and not facts!
My reputation with legislators and the media is based on sound application of authoritative fact and logic. To expect a representative to support one’s position on a complicated issue such as the Second Amendment and how it is impacted by gun control without the slightest shred of proof is disrespectful, at best. Throwing around pejoratives like a bludgeon because a representative refuses to bow to worn-out rhetoric about “commonsense gun laws” is the height of arrogance.
To quote a famous movie line, Ms. Franks “can’t handle the truth” so she resorts to attacking the messengers instead of dealing with the reality of the failure of gun control at stopping violent criminals.
KIM STOLFER
McDonald
The writer is president of Firearms Owners Against Crime.
