Posted June 18, 2015 11:42 am by Comments

By Justin Stakes

Pennsylvania Capitol Building
Pennsylvania Capitol Building
NRA - Institute for Legislative Action
NRA – Institute for Legislative Action

Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- At the State Capitol in Harrisburg, the National Rifle Association was pleased to join State Rep. Frank Farina, D-Lackawanna, and Rep. Robert Godshall, R-Montgomery, for a press conference announcing the introduction of legislation to expand Sunday hunting opportunities in Pennsylvania.

“Expanding Sunday hunting allows those who spend the week working, attending school, caring for their family or volunteering in the community to enjoy more time in the great outdoors,” said Chris Cox, NRA-ILA executive director. “America has an important hunting heritage and Pennsylvania’s sportsmen and women deserve to have the same opportunities as hunters in other states.”

Only two groups of hunters in Pennsylvania are currently allowed to hunt on Sunday; those who hunt varmints and those who own large tracts of land. This new legislation would give the authority to the Pennsylvania Game Commission to extend those rights to every hunter in the Keystone State.

Affording citizens the opportunity to hunt on Sundays does not mandate anyone to participate. This legislation simply would expand Sunday hunting opportunities and give the wildlife experts at the Pennsylvania Game Commission the authority to regulate the …read more

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