Only months after claiming that gun control won’t stop mass shootings, Governor Hickenlooper is reversing himself and calling for a gun control debate. In an interview with the AP‘s Ivan Moreno, Hickenlooper says it’s time to start talking about new gun control laws and wants to see legislation in the upcoming Capitol session.
This is the same Hickenlooper who said in July that he was “not sure there is any way in a free society” to stop deranged psychopaths from assembling deadly arsenals.
“If there were no assault weapons available and no this or no that, this guy is going find something, right?” Hickenlooper said on CNN. “He’s going to know how to create a bomb.”
Per the AP:
DENVER—Five months after a movie theater massacre in suburban Denver shocked the nation, Colorado’s Gov. John Hickenlooper now says “the time is right” for state lawmakers to consider gun control measures.
…In an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, Hickenlooper said enough time has passed since the tragedy and that the legislative session in January would be an appropriate time to take up a debate gun control measures.
Hickenlooper said upcoming session “would be the right place to look at some of these things like, do we all need assault weapons?” #coleg
— Ivan Moreno (@IvanJourno) December 13, 2012
Hickenlooper said no immideate solution to gun violence but, “If you don’t start now, you’re not going to get anywhere.” #coleg#copolitics
— Ivan Moreno (@IvanJourno) December 13, 2012
While Hick may be feeling the heat from the left, and seeking to placate his base with this gun grab move, he is running up against the reality of the broader Colorado electorate which doesn’t think gun control laws work as supporters claim they do.
Last August Quinnipiac asked Coloradans if they thought gun control measures would prevent future tragedies like Aurora….2/3 of respondents said they don’t think grabbing guns will help.
Furthermore, only 38% said gun laws should be stricter, to a full 50% who said the laws should stay the same.
If Hickenlooper is willing to side with the 38% of liberals on this issue, will there be any other reversals in the near term? What else will Hick capitulate to the left on? How worried is he about a primary challenge?
I agree. I carry a gun. A cop was too heavy.
Dick, Luke is correct. The German people had already voted to disarm themselves before they elected Hitler.They wanted to stop gun violence by communists. He just made it a capital offense, on the spot for a Jew to be caught with a gun. And he didn't kill ALL the Jews, only 6 million of them. His total kill score for Germans was 11 million. The others were non-Jewish political opponents. As Luke says, do your research!
Excuse me, but are you talking about the people who voted for Prohibition, and elected politicians that gave us the Federal Reserve Act, took us off the gold standard and put us 16 trillion in debt? "None is so blind as he who will not see." We've lost God. What we need is revival. If we were better people, we'd elect better politicians.
Not bad, but better yet, why not shoot anyone who abuses their 2nd Amendment rights down like the rabid dog that they are. I carry a gun because a cop was too heavy.
All Americans know that tyranny can't happen here, so let's repeal the 2nd Amendment. All Americans know that freedom of speect is a human right, so while we're at it, just go ahead and repeal the 1st Amendment, too! Too bad we can't ask the 11 million Germans that Hitler killed what they think. They voted to disarm themselves before they elected Hitler.
Do your research Hitler never took all the guns!!!
I would be scared to go out of my house if I was not allowed to carry a gun, knowing that there are crazies out there that do not care about the law and would be armed anyway.
How in the world is taking my gun away from me going to keep crazies from committing crimes with guns?
Yes, it is now time to try to placate his base.
I've noticed that these massacres are in Democratic states. Connecticut has one of the toughest controls in the country.
I don't consider Ft. Hood in the same category, it was an Islamic based killing.
Richard, you are right about reminding people about putting Dems in charge, though they don,t see it themselves. Look at places like Detroit, Chicago, DC, Cleveland or Cincinnati, just to name a few cities with the highest poverty and crime, are long term Democratic strongholds. How's that working for them. Seems progressivism is more regressive than anyone cares to admit and continues to deteriorate.
I hope Denver and Colorado don't aspire to rival those shadows of their former selves before Colorado's potential has even been realized.
Hitler did it and then killed all of the Jews.
And the downward ride begins. The Guv doesn't have the Republicans around to block the destructive urges of Democrats anymore. So now he has to decide if he is the Governor of the State of Colorado, or the rubber stamp machine of the party that only cares about "winning".
Expect all sorts of crazy, sickening, and downright stupid garbage to be thrown out at us from the capitol over the next two years. The only good thing about this is that it will remind people why putting the Dems in charge of everything is a baaaaad idea.
Tell ya what, Hick:
1. Here's the control policy/law: Every shooter convicted of unprovoked, offensive use of a firearm will be penalized thus: (a) If no physical injuries to victims, 15 years on a road-gang, or; (b) If non-life-threatening injuries occur, 30 years hard labor in a Maximum Security pen, or; (c) If permanent, crippling injuries occur, 50 years hard labor in a Maximum Security pen, or; (d) If death occurs, Death by Firing Squad.
2. Confiscation of firearms from law-abiding owners, 99.99 percent of whom never assault anyone: Pick them up personally, Hick, if you have the stomach for such an activity.
Tell ya what, Hick:
1. Here's the control policy/law: Every shooter convicted of unprovoked, offensive use of a firearm will be penalized thus: (a) If no physical injuries to victims, 15 years on a road-gang, or; (b) If non-life-threatening injuries occur, 30 years hard labor in a Maximum Security pen, or; (c) If permanent, crippling injuries occur, 50 years hard labor in a Maximum Security pen, or; (d) If death occurs, Death by Firing Squad.
2. Confiscation of firearms from law-abiding owners, 99.99 percent of whom never assault anyone: Pick them up personally, Hick, if you have the stomach for such an activity.