PFSC Resolutions
Voted on at the
Spring 2006 Convention
in State
College, PA March 10 – 12, 2006
#1)
PFSC CONSERVATION
RESOLUTION Approved
RECEIVED: 6/17/05
SUBMITTED BY: JOHNSTOWN RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB, INC
CLUB SECRETARY: JAMES GRECO, JOHNSTOWN,
PA
APPROVED
BY CAMBRIA COUNTY
– 6/8/05,
ROBERT W. PIPER, JR, SECRETARY
TITLE:
Permitted handgun Concealed Carry in U.S. National Parks and U.S.
National Park
Properties
WHEREAS: The
Johnstown Rifle and Pistol Club, having examined the U.S. National Park
Service regulation 36C.F.R 2.4 prohibiting lawful concealed carry of
firearms on National Park Service land and within National Park Service
properties, hereby declares the regulation to be in conflict with U.S.
Constitution Second Amendment and Pennsylvania Constitution Article 1,
Section 21 guarantees that citizens may bear arms in defense of themselves
and
WHEREAS: The Department of Justice has officially
affirmed the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to be an individual
right guaranteed to citizens and
WHEREAS: The
National Park Service may not legally infringe on the Constitutional rights
of citizens as a matter of policy and
WHEREAS: Pennsylvania
Constitution, Article 1, Section 21 affirms, “The right of the citizens to
bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned”
and
WHEREAS: The
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes contain no prohibition of lawful
concealed carry on National Park Service land and within National Park Service
properties, which reside within state geographic and legal boundaries and
WHEREAS: National
Park Service regulation 36 CR 2.4 restricts the rights of Commonwealth
citizens and citizens of state with which the Commonwealth has entered into
concealed carry reciprocity agreements and
WHEREAS: The
National Park Service regulatory prohibition of lawful concealed carry and,
thus, the lawful exercise of Constitutional rights is illegal and must be
amended immediately.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: The
Johnstown Rifle and Pistol Club seeks the support of the Pennsylvania
Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs to act on its behalf and on behalf of the
citizens of the Commonwealth, to undertake appropriate action and to seek
Congressional intervention to compel the National Park Service to
assimilate, and comply with, state laws regarding lawful concealed carry of
firearms
#2) PFSC
CONSERVATION RESOLUTION Failed
RECEIVED: 10/27/05
SUBMITTED
BY: MERCER
COUNTY COONHUNTERS
ASSOCIATION
CLUB SECRETARY: DANE MITCHELL, JAMESTOWN,
PA
APPROVED
BY MERCER COUNTY
– 8/27/05 –
CHERYL PEARCE, SECRETARY
TITLE: Eliminating All Classes of Furtaker Licenses
WHEREAS: We
wish to increase opportunity for sportsmen to harvest fur bearers as a
recreational activity
WHEREAS: The
price of furs are down and the number of furtakers is declining
WHEREAS: The
revenue generated to the Game Fund by sales of Furtaker Licenses amounts to
less then $500,000 per year, which if included in the General License fee
would only amount to less than one dollar per Hunting License to make up
the lost Game Fund revenue.
WHEREAS: The
Pennsylvania
Game Commission is currently looking for a fee increase. Combining the Furtaker back into the
General Hunting License would be a benefit/bonus to sportsmen and it may
add incentive for sportsmen to support an increase.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: We
would request that the PFSC present a position to PA Legislature and the PA
Game Commission to eliminate all categories of Furtaker License to any bargaining
position it takes on a General Hunting License fee increase proposal.
View
comments regarding Resolution #2 from PA Game Commission
View
comments regarding Resolution #2 from PA Trappers Association
