Posted on 07/02/2018 5:34:31 AM PDT by marktwain
On May 15, 2018, the Boulder, Colorado, city government passed a gun and magazine ban unanimously. The ban is likely illegal. It was immediately challenged in a lawsuit.
On 19 June, 2018, the Boulder city government doubled down on the ban, adding more restrictions, and an exemption for competitive shooters who travel through the city. From the dailycamera.com:
Five amendments were proposed. On an 8-1 vote, council passed three: Removing an exemption for 30-round handgun magazines that are legal under Colorado law; allowing competitive shooters to travel through Boulder with assault weapons; and clarifying the language so that any individual not allowed to possess firearms under state and federal law could not receive a certificate of ownership.The Court challenge lists several Second Amendment based arguments. They may not be considered, because it appears the Boulder city government is directly violating Colorado state law. From findlaw.com:
Council member Mirabai Nagle was the lone dissenting vote. She opposed banning high-capacity handgun magazines that are legal under state law, grandfathered in via a 2013 measure.
"The gun community is not going to turn in their 30-round magazines," she said, "so we just turned a bunch more people into criminals."
She also voiced discomfort with disallowing gun stores from issuing certificates of ownership, which she argued would boost compliance. The rest of the council was swayed by arguments from the city attorney and police chief that background checks at private dealers would not be sufficient.
A local government may not enact an ordinance, regulation, or other law that prohibits the sale, purchase, or possession of a firearm that a person may lawfully sell, purchase, or possess under state or federal law. Any such ordinance, regulation, or other law enacted by a local government prior to March 18, 2003, is void and unenforceable.The Colorado State Supreme Court tied on finding that Denver was exempt from § 29-117-103, in 2006, allowing a lower court ruling to stand. The lower court claimed Denver was exempt from the law.
I live in the Denver suburbs and I have a ban on visiting Boulder.
The city attorney swayed the council to vote for what is likely an illegal measure? ... I have questions ...
Boulder is 34 square miles surrounded by reality. You do not have to be crazy to live there but it helps.
The last time I was in Colorado, there was a huge wildfire near Boulder. The smoke plume was visible over 100 miles away. Apparently and somewhat sadly, they managed to stop the fire.
Eff CO too.
I can hardly wait till all the criminals in Boulder turn in their illegal guns.
I now have a ban on even considering moving to Colorado.
Keep your eye on the November elections.
If Walker Stapleton can win the Gov’s office, Colorado will return to sanity.
Virtue-signalling Leftists who are about to cost their citizens a fair amount of money in losing lawsuits. Hopefully it becomes painful enough financially to wake up a few of those citizens.
Boulder, CO exists in its own space-time continuum. Folks there believe in the power of crystals, drugs, and Celestial Seasonings tea. Why am I not surprised to hear about this gun and ammo ban? Maybe they’re afraid an errant round will pop the bubble they have around their Weirdy-ville community.
I live in Jeffco and avoid Denver as much as possible too.
I was born there and lived there 'till four years ago. Perlmutter and the school system helped me decide to move to Park County. Open carry is common here. Taxes are low. And, yes, I avoid Denver too.
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