Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers.

The National Rifle Association, whose chief spokeswoman once referred to gun-control advocates as "tragedy-dry humping whores," will take part in an annual gun-rights rallying day in Harrisburg on April 30 where it will seek "a polite discussion" with lawmakers.

The annual Second Amendment rallying day and the push by the lobbying group, which specializes in ruthlessly and efficiently dismantling anything that looks even remotely like gun reform, comes as lawmakers in the state House hold an unusual series of public hearing on gun-control and school-safety issues.

In an email, the NRA said the annual lobbying day is being coordinated through the office of House State Government Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler, who's one of the Legislature's most vocal gun rights advocates.

In case you'd forgotten, here's what polite discussion sounds like from the NRA:

"These saboteurs, slashing away with their leaks and sneers, their phony accusations and gagging sanctimony, drive their daggers through the heart of our future, poisoning our belief that honest custody of our institutions will ever again be possible," spokeswoman Dana Loesch said in an admittedly bonkers video released earlier this year. "So they can then build their utopia from the ashes of what they burned down. No, their fate will be failure and they will perish in the political flames of their own fires. We are the National Rifle Association of America. And we are Freedom's Safest Place."

“We are witnesses to the most ruthless attack on a president & the people who voted for him...in American history." -@DLoesch #NRA pic.twitter.com/rcPAKMVJI0 — NRATV (@NRATV) October 20, 2017

"Freedom's safest place?"

That's about as creepily Orwellian as it gets from a group that claims to cherish the Constitution.

Parkland survivors, as well as Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel criticized Loesch during a CNN Town Hall.

Israel tartly reminded her that:

"I understand you're standing up for the NRA and I understand that's what you're supposed to do. But you just told this group of people that you are standing up for them. You're not standing up for them until you say, 'I want less weapons.'"

Here's a bit more polite discussion from Loesch:

So we'll hope for a polite conversation.

But given the NRA's heavy-handed tactics, via Loesch, we're skeptical.

At best.

The rest of the day's news starts now.

State Rep. Chris Rabb has filed a complaint against fellow Rep. Daryl Metcalfe in the wake of an altercation between the two stemming from a disagreement over a redistricting bill, City & State Pa. reports.

State Rep Rick Saccone, who's seeking the GOP nomination to the 14th District, released copies of his military records after The Guardian newspaper, and rival Guy Reschenthaler, raised questions about his service, The Post-Gazette reports.

The state House has once again voted to impose work requirements on 'able bodied' Medicaid recipients, PennLive's Jan Murphy reports.. They're having a banner week over there.

College students rallied against cuts to their state grants, Murphy also reports.

BillyPenn runs down everything you need to know about that emergency landing at PHL on Tuesday.

The Incline offers a Pittsburgher's guide to making every day Earth Day.

Here's your #Harrisburg Instagram of the Day:

Philly police have released the transcript, 911 call of that incident at the Philly Starbucks (via WHYY-FM).

The Bon-Ton is officially going out of business now that a liquidator has been found, The York Daily Record reports.

The Morning Call plugs the wonder that is the annual Pennsylvania Gridiron Dinner, which will be held next Monday, April 23, at the Harrisburg Hilton.

The United Way has released the results of a questionnaire it sent to all three GOP guv hopefuls, PoliticsPA reports.

Whoops ... former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Edward M. Kennedy, profits from opioid addiction firms, Politico reports.

Roll Call goes inside the antiques mall that's Greg Pence's biggest asset.

What Goes On.

9 a.m., Main Rotunda: Red Cross celebration

10 a.m. Media Center: Bipartisan lawmakers rally for career and technical education bills.

10:30 a.m., Main Rotunda: GOP guv candidate Paul Mango holds a 'Make Pennsyvlania Great Again' rally. He could start by not holding campaign events in the building.

11 a.m., Media Center: Rep. Chris Rabb on using 100 percent renewable energy. No one will ask him about this. They will ask him about Daryl Metcalfe.

12:30 p.m., Main Rotunda: The Moms Clean Air Force 2018 summit

1:30 p.m., Main Rotunda: Pa. Youth Leadership Day

3 p.m., Main Rotunda: Environmental groups release their conservation agenda.

WolfWatch.

Gov. Tom Wolf has no public schedule today.

Heavy Rotation.

Here's a chill jam to get your Wednesday morning rolling.

Wednesday's Gratuitous Hockey Link.

Winnipeg blanked Minnesota 2-0 on Tuesday, to take a 3-1 lead in their Central Divsion series.

And now you're up to date.