Despite protests and letters from constituents expressing dismay over the radical overreach by House and Senate Democrats, Senate Democrats forwarded their extreme gun legislation yesterday. Here is where the legislation stands, and the next step for each.
- HB1228: To require purchasers to pay for mandatory background checks HEADED TO HICKENLOOPER, who has indicated he would sign the legislation into law
- HB1224: To ban magazines that would hold more than 15 rounds. PASSED IN SENATE, Going back to House to vote on amendment
- HB1229: To require universal background checks, including on private transfer of guns PASSED IN SENATE, Going to House to vote on amendment
- HB1226: To add college campuses to the list of places exempt from concealed carry allowances Pulled by Senate Sponsor Democrat Rollie Heath
- SB195 – To ban online firearm training and defines a “handgun training class” as a physical location at which a certified instructor offers a course (i.e., no online or video courses) HEADED TO HOUSE
- SB196 – To hold liable manufacturers and sellers of certain semi-automatic weapons in Colorado for crimes committed with the guns they’ve manufactured or sold Pulled by Senate sponsor
- SB197 – To prevent anyone convicted of domestic violence or who has been the subject of a restraining order from possessing a gun HEADED TO HOUSE
To tally, that’s one bill headed to the governor’s desk and four headed to the House. Two of the bills headed to the House require approval of amendments and two require full vote. The amendment to HB1224 bans any shotgun magazines that hold more than 28 inches of shotgun shells. The amendment to HB1229 is a provision that would allow gun repairs without the background checks required for transfers.
While Mayor Bloomberg lost a battle in New York yesterday when his “Big Gulp” rule was struck down, his group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is still winning battles in Colorado to the detriment of Coloradans.
UPDATE: Former Republican State Rep. BJ Nikkel adds some snark:
Can you do a re-call? I would get that going and get his communist ass packing back east. Even though I live in Maine we always fight his kind up here. The only people who vote for communists are south of Augusta, Maine and they are all out of staters.
There is already a federal law called "The Lautenburg Amendment" which states anyone having been convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence charge may no longer own, carry a firearm or ammunition or any such devices. It was written into law in 1997 and even if your DV charge was in 1975 and your rights were returned by the state it does not matter under the law you are unable to own a firearm EVER. It violates several amendments and the constitution yet not many people are aware of it. Colorado is basically doubling down on an already unconstitutional law.
Is this, what we can look forward to…..
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Total Insanity all the way around
Please read the bill, as written….."SB-197 prohibits gun possession from only those convicted of certain felonies involving domestic violence or certain misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence that qualify under the firearms prohibitions of the federal law. It would also prohibit guns from individuals subject to certain protection orders that qualify under the firearms prohibitions of the federal law from possessing guns. Courts would then order those persons to relinquish their guns within 24 hours although that order could be extended to 72 hours by a judge. After a protection order has been lifted, the person could get their gun rights back."….. SB-197 presumes guilt and it could be used as a vindictive measure, by the accuser. What is considered, Domestic Violence in Colorado is a catch all, and definitions need revision. SB-197 is a Violation of due process and tantamount, to unjust confiscation.
All are in direct violation of the Colorado and US Constitution. Does nothing for Public Safety and creates criminals of law abiding citizens. SB-197 presumes guilt and it could be used as a vindictive measure, by the accuser. What is considered, Domestic Violence in Colorado is a catch all, and definitions need revision. SB-197 is a Violation of due process and tantamount, to unjust confiscation. The public safety is not addressed, by these bills. If anything, they diminish public and personal safety….Kill the Bills….Live Free.
Oh my, hopefully Colorado doesn't infect other states with that stink!
Exodus/leaving doesn't help. What do we do? Surrender this nation state by state? FIGHT! FIGHT LIKE HELL. Make them pay in 2014 when we get the next opportunity to show them what happens when you defy those whom you are supposed to be representing!
The exodus of people and their tax dollars from the state has begun….just like California. Damn liberals don't have a clue.
What has the state of Colorado come to? Let's ALL remember these politicians names in 5 to 10 years.