Metcalfe's gun rights rally draws hundreds to capitol
HARRISBURG — State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, of Cranberry Township brough a few hundred gun rights activists to the state capitol today.
He organized the 10th annual Second Amendment Action Day. The Cranberry Township Republican is among the Legislature’s most ardent advocates for the rights of gun owners.
These gun rights activists urged lawmakers today to protect their right to keep and own firearms and to widen legal protections.
The crowd rally reacted strongly to warnings about threats to gun rights, as speakers peppered their remarks with references to northeastern states, President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“I feel that they’re trying to take my gun rights away from us,” said Harry Norton, a retired over-the-road trucker from New Brighton. “I’m here to kind of protect that.”
Connie Moniot, who came to the rally from her home in Butler, held up a sign that read: “OUR GUNS TODAY/OUR BIBLE NEXT.”
Kim Stolfer with Firearm Owners Against Crime called gun control an abridgment of freedom that makes people less safe. He said some local leaders need to be replaced.
“Some need to go to jail,” Stolfer said. “The law is the law.”
Rally participants fanned out across the Capitol to make the case directly to state lawmakers, several dozen of whom joined them during the hourlong rally.
