The Castle Doctrine

Bill would enhance right to use lethal force if threatened
BROCK PARKER The York Dispatch
Posted: 04/23/2009 10:48:53 AM EDT

Alloway State Sen. Richard Alloway is preparing to introduce a bill that would enhance a person's right to use lethal force to defend themselves if they are threatened by an attacker at their home or in their car.
Alloway, R-Franklin County, said the bill would establish the Castle Doctrine in Pennsylvania and would protect gun owners who act in self-defense.

Pennsylvania does have laws on the books protecting people who use force to defend themselves in their homes or place of work.

But Alloway said his proposal would remove a clause from Pennsylvania Title 18 that states a person has a "duty to retreat" if possible instead of using force against an attacker.

Under Alloway's bill, homeowners would still need to demonstrate that they believed they were in imminent danger when they used lethal force.

Alloway said his bill would also add a person's vehicle as a place where people have a right to be and use force to defend themselves.

A member of the National Rifle Association, Alloway said he learned only recently that Pennsylvania did not have the Castle Doctrine in place.

"I was actually shocked," he said.

He said he is currently circulating the text of his bill to gather co-sponsors.

The bill would also seek to protect individuals from being sued in civil court for using force to protect themselves in their homes, places of work or vehicles.

Alloway said current state laws do not "necessarily" protect homeowners from being sued in civil court.

Twenty-three
other states have already established the Castle Doctrine, including the neighboring states of Ohio and West Virginia.
Alloway announced his legislation Tuesday at the Fourth Annual Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally at the state capital.

-- Reach Brock Parker at 505-5434 or bparke r@yorkdispatch.com.

Pittsburgh End the Fed! Rally II

April 25th
Sat 12:00 PM Location
Pittsburgh Federal Reserve
717 Grant St
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Nationwide protest against the Federal Reserve Banks and System and for sound money.

The Federal Reserve is NOT a government entity and is responsible for the nation's economic boom and bust cycle (e.g. the housing market bubble followed by it's collapse), for inflation which is essentially a tax on the poor and middle classes, for funding unconstitutional and unjust wars, and for the current economic crisis.

YOUR hard-earned federal income tax dollars go to pay the interest on the federal government's debt to a PRIVATELY owned bank (the Fed!), which then PROFITS from YOUR loss.

Please join us in front of the Pittsburgh Federal Reserve Building Downtown to educate the public about the Fed and gain support for Texas Rep. Ron Paul's HR 1207: The Federal Reserve Transparency Act to audit the Fed (Senate version is S 604: The Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009, introduced by VT Sen. Bernie Sanders) and Rep. Paul's HR 833: The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act.

Participants can meet up at the Fed at Noon, or alternatively, meet at 11:30AM at St Stanislaus Kostka Church in The Strip, Pittsburgh's historic shopping district, where parking space is cheaper and more plentiful than in Downtown, and then march to the Fed Bldg to meet others, while distributing literature about the Federal Reserve and information on HR 1207/S 604 and HR 833 to shoppers. See: http://www.meetup.com...

Some ideas for sign slogans:

"The Federal Reserve is the problem, not the solution"
"The Federal Reserve causes the boom and bust economy"
"The Federal Reserve causes the recession/depressions"
"The Fed in NOT part of the Federal government"
"No more Bailouts"
"No More Bailouts for Bankers"
"The Fed = Debt"
"The Fed = Personal AND National Debt"
"The Fed = Financial Slavery"
"End the Fed, End War"
"Fed Inflation = Worthless Money"
"Inflation = Taxation"
"Fed Money is Debt"
"Paper is Paper, Gold is Money"
"End Monetized Debt"
"Audit the Fed, Support HR 1207-Call Your Congressman NOW!"
"Repeal the Fed, Support HR 833 -Call Your Congressman NOW!"
"Abort the Fed, Support Prosperity"
"Abort the Fed, Support Liberty"
"Your Children Will Pay the Price!"

Helpful site for instructions on making protest rally signs: http://www.csua.berke...


Thank you and let's have a great day!!