The Democrats in Colorado control both chambers of the legislature and the Governor’s office. They assume that this gives them the right to subvert your constitutional rights. They seek to limit your capability to defend yourself by banning concealed carry on campuses and limiting the capacity of magazines. They intend to make it more difficult to procure a firearm through an expansion of background checks and increased fees, read taxes, on the same.
Senate President John Morse has gone so far as to introduce legislation which blatantly contradicts federal law. Morse, with no regard for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, intends to make gun owners, sellers, and manufacturers liable for any damages that occur from the discharge of a weapon they owned, sold, or produced.
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The Colorado Legislature has brought in Mark Kelly to testify on restrictions to magazine capacity. As one person in Colorado told me, the legislature is bringing in people from out of state while ignoring people in state.
[my emphases]
If these measures pass — the House bills that have already passed and now additional unconstitutional measures being promoted by the Senate — I expect that many of the outlying counties will simply determine to ignore them.
The problem is, State law enforcement can still claim jurisdiction — and so what we’ll see, potentially, is a tension between the state policing agencies and local law enforcement, all brought about because the Democrats found an opportunity to exploit that they think “justifies” what they’ve long determined to do: undermine the 2nd Amendment in every way possible, causing it to die without their ever having to attempt to rid themselves of it through a Constitutional amendment.
I just hope some legislator has the balls to stand up and tell Mark Kelly that had the shooter in Arizona been limited to a 15, a 10, or even a 7-round mag — I often carry 15 + 1 in my FNP 45 — he may have chosen more powerful ammunition, and Gabby Gifford’s head could have conceivably been turned to mist. This is an unpleasant truth — but it’s one that needs to be uttered to counter the emotional blackmail that Kelly drags along with him.
You can watch the live stream here.
update:
The Senate just voted to adjourn until tomorrow. Not being an expert on parliamentary procedure (and having missed some of the earlier conversation), I’m not sure how or why this is. I do know that gun rights groups had been urging pro-2nd Amendment citizens to flood the Capitol; so perhaps this has something to do with that?
They are not trying to ban guys. No way. No how. Just some guns. And some shotguns. Most guns. And standard capacity magazines. And ammunition required by law.
But the support the 2nd Amendment. These are just common sense protections.
They are cowards.
If indeed they adjourned this until tomorrow in order to avoid the anticipated large crowds of protestors, what a worthless bunch of cowards.
Don’t the County Sheriffs have the ability to tell evabody else to step off?
“what a worthless bunch of cowards.”
It’s who they are, it’s what they do.
well whatever they pass I’m sure Boehner will be happy to take it up in the House
speaking of boehnerfag antics the squester’s not 2 days old and already Team Fiscal Responsibility is whining about how we need to spend spend spend more more more
gotta slop the pentagon piggies
jesus
Team R is just fascism’s dorky junior partner anymore
“Filthy peasants!”
“Filthy peasants!”
Pretty sure it’s “The peasants are revolting.”
Aggressors whose actions were stopped, could call the police and claim they were assaulted.
Our country is so fucked.
Oregon, Eugene, Oregon no less.
My bolding.
The proposed Florida law goes one step further and allows warning shots to be fired.
To the melon or the torso?
Hmm…, what are they flooding the Capitol with?
Morse’s Bill Profiles African Americans While Claiming Gun Manufacturer Liability Bill Won’t Lead To Profiling
“You said it, they stink on ice!”
:-/