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GUN-CRAZY
IT'S HARDER to get lawmakers in Harrisburg to put their positions on the mandatory reporting of lost handguns on the record than to disarm dangerous felons.
Case in point: Nineteen busloads of concerned citizens and law-enforcement officials made the pilgrimage to the state Capitol to demand action on a bill that would simply require handgun owners to report their weapons missing or stolen. The bill is meant to reduce straw purchases by people who buy guns for felons or others who are prohibited from buying them.
But Rep. Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, raised a constitutional question this week: Would suspects' rights be violated if they're asked where they got their guns? That was enough to table the measure until after the Easter break. We'll be tracking this one. Someone up there should care as much about us citizens as they do about "suspects' rights." *
