Well, due to the lack of a real job market in my area (and the lack of 'moving up' if you have one), I'm faced with some hard choices again. I've mentioned this in the past, and the situation has reared it's head again. For instance, a sibling is going back to a good job up there in less than three weeks. My town is dying a sad, slow death. Long story short, I may have to move back to New York City to make a living just to survive. Why NYC? Among the litany of reasons, I have MANY contacts up there. If this is indeed a go, my time frame is six to nine months from now. As you can imagine, I despise the anti 2A mindset and laws there. Owning (for me) was a nightmare.
 At this time, I can only think of two options. Move to NYC and give all of my firearms to my father. Or, move to an area not terribly far where I can own and commute to work. Last I remember, Pennsylvania was pro 2A in general. Anyone know if that changed over the past decade? I am going to perform some research (NRA-ILA, other sites, etc.) and see if it still is the case. Any other neighboring states? I remember New Jersey laws basically being like New York's.

...Damn. 

Thanks very much Raptor! Maybe I won't have to leave my tool set behind after all.

What's your skill set?  You could bunker up your guns and come up here and make a mint on the rigs.  Go home and retire.

Wow, that sounds great! 
 I've worked everything from 'white' to 'blue' collar and the space in between over the years. However, I don't know if performing certain types of work is in my future. A long list of injuries and some surgical procedures have placed me in an unknown time in my life. Especially as I type this. I'm still healing from my knee surgery, and it is not going well. My surgeon and I are going to have a very long talk in about a week at my post-op appointment.
 This episode threw a monkey wrench into plans I set in motion BTW. I was getting ready to go to school for Welding at the least. Medical field was my second choice. ...So that option is currently on hold.
      

Rev, I thought that declared emergencies were when the LTCF was not effective.  Did they change that?


Kaso

I highly recommend that any Pennsylvanian read the Uniform Firearms Act in its entirety. It is not long, and technically by law (18 Pa.C.S. § 6125 and 18 Pa.C.S. § 6111.1(d)), the highlights are supposed to be provided by the Pennsylvania State Police with the purchase of any firearm.

There are many actually quite interesting aspects of the law that do not seem to be common knowledge by the police and gun owners.

There are a lot of people who live in PA and commute to NYC.  Bucks, Northampton, Monroe, Philadelphia, and Lehigh counties.  We have very good mass transit into the city from lower/central Bucks and Philly via NJ Transit (Trenton and Princeton) and Amtrak (30th Street Station and Cornwells Heights, Bensalem, PA).  Further north; NY is a run up I-78 (Northampton & Lehigh) and I-80 (Monroe).

The NRA-ILA sight has the complete text of the state laws regarding firearms and printed copies can be found in most shops.  In general we are an extremely gun friendly and NFA friendly state.

Politically, the state's rather conservative... so long as you stay away from Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburg. Those are bastions of Socialist idiocracies.

  Allentown-Bethlehem isn't a conservative paradise by a long shot.  PA is a bit schizophrenic at times but out side of the above mentioned cities boarders on libertarian.  PA is very much Philly at one end Pittsburgh at the other with Kentucky int he middle.  Things have changed a bit as people have fled NJ's and NY's, politics, corruption, taxes, etc. and then demanded we change to be more like them.  Exhibit "A": The recent addition to the Bucks County Commissioners.  Exhibit "B": the election of (and subsequent loss) of Patrick Murphy a few years ago - something that never would have happened 10 years ago.  I could go on.  That being said Philadelphia's problems are looked at as Philadelphia's responsibility by most of the rest of the state.  The city's general moon-battery and the states political structure mean that it doesn't exert the level of control that Chicago and NYC have over their parent states.  Man, does the Philly press and leadership hate Gov. Corbett!

Happily thinks seem to be moving in the right direction.  We still have the Liquor Control Board/state store and some typical NE issues to deal with, but all in all we are quite a bit better off then most of the region.  A big issue is the relativity high unemployment in the north central and north western parts that have left many people dependent on .gov hand-outs and the resultant muddying of the political waters.

Bloomberg can't run again, right?  New Yorkers may yet have a chance to save their city.

My hometown has the biggest gunshop in Pennsylvania and another in the Army Navy Store a couple blocks away.