Despite protests, 6 of 7 Democratic gun control bills clear Colo. Senate committees

kdvr.com ^ | March 4, 2013 | Eli Stokols

[2ndDivisionVet]

How many Colorado manufacturers and citizens will be moving to Texas in the next year?

[ltc8k6]

That was approved, also.

“Just after 9 p.m., lawmakers on the same panel approved a controversial proposal that would make assault weapons manufacturers and retailers liable for crimes.”

[Red Steel]

I’m sure all the votes were 3 to 2 in senate committee split along party lines for all 7 bills.

[Pining_4_TX]

I think perhaps you are mistaken. My family lived in CO, just outside Denver, in the early 60s and it was starting to go liberal. Remember John Denver and the song Rocky Mountain High? Well, a lot of hippie types, trendy young people, and rich libs moved to CO in droves. Even back then Colorado State U. was a hotbed of liberal nonsense. It has just gotten worse over the years, maybe even worse than CA, though not as broke yet.

[Paladin2]

I'd suggest that 99% of the peeps who can't properly handle firearms are 'rats.

Therefore the solution is to ban 'rats from having firearms and to leave the rest of us alone.

[Paladin2]

I-70 should have never been put through Vail Pass....

[Red Steel]

A group of sheriffs, many from rural counties, spoke against background checks, with one representative, Sheriff John Cooke of Weld County, speaking as a group of supporing sheriffs, all in uniform, stood quietly behind him.

Wrong. That was Sheriff Maketa from El Paso County who spoke, and he is from the largest county in Colorado.

Wiki:

"El Paso County is the most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that the county population was 622,263 in 2010, greater than Denver County, which had previously been the most populous county.[1]"

[doorgunner69]

You may be right, I was 11 years old when I left Colorado. That was 1959. No idea what happened after that, other than reading about that fake Indian clown Churchill........

I remember being able to buy serious firecrackers (M-80, Cherrybombs) all year long and spending hours blowing the hell out of stuff in the fields around Westminster.

I am sure that sort of stuff these days would bring a SWAT team down on you. Colorado was a very free and easy place for a kid to grow up in back then.

[GraceG]

So nice to know the Dims still support a Poll tax after all these years.....

[Paladin2]

"Colorado was a very free and easy place for a kid to grow up in back then. "

New York State too.

America is lost.

[familyop]

Many people are quite mistaken about CO in general—especially rural areas of the Range. The truth is that there are striking similarities in most high profile names, politics and social behaviors to those of Germany.

[chris37]

Sadly, my brother and his two lovely sons live there.

But it’s not that the liberals can have Colorado, they took it, and we can’t have it.

This is being repeated in a number of states including Florida, which is mine, and Texas as well.

This is a strategic tactic, and it is working, and our side has no answer to it or any other tactic used against it, it would seem.

[TigersEye]

I don't own an assault weapon.
Those were tightly restricted by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

I do own a Tyranny Response Rifle.

MOLON LAVE

[chris37]

Yes, that is right. It is sweeping this country.

Those who vote away then cheer the very loss of their own freedom.

But the 100% defeat of their agenda lies in me.

Because they will have to end me 100% in order to get me to obey even .0001%.

Someone only has as much power over me as I give them, and I give them none.

In fact, all power that I have ever delegated to others in the past, I now take back.

I serve no man.

[coloradan]

The largest county might be the one with the most square miles, not the greatest number of people living there. Weld is pretty big, although I don’t know without checking, whether it actually is the largest.

[RC one]

I think the only way we can win is to fight at the state and local level. There are a lot of us in this country too. The fact that there are 30 Republican governors compared to 19 Democrats is testament to that. Similarly, there are 26 state legislatures controlled by Republicans compared to 18 state legislatures controlled by Democrats. Given this, it is quite surprising that we managed to lose as bad as we did in 2012. Regardless, this is where we ar strongest.

[RC one]

I think the only way we can win is to fight at the state and local level. There are a lot of us in this country too. The fact that there are 30 Republican governors compared to 19 Democrats is testament to that. Similarly, there are 26 state legislatures controlled by Republicans compared to 18 state legislatures controlled by Democrats. Given this, it is quite surprising that we managed to lose as bad as we did in 2012. Regardless, this is where we ar strongest.

[Red Steel]

I meant the most populous. Yes, Weld is large in area.

[Colorado Doug]

After fouling their our state, Californians are flooding Colorado. It's been happening for over ten years and now, I fear it will only get worse. I need to find a new state to live in. Colorado was a beautiful place to live but it's swirling in the bowl now. Anybody have any ideas where to go?

[mrsmel]

I would hope that not too many will move. A lot of these people vote ‘rat for their pet leftist agenda, never taking into consideration the ‘rats opposition to the 2A. They can’t seem to figure out that with the ‘rats, you have to eat the whole thing.