Posted on 05/19/2013 7:57:27 AM PDT by marktwain
On Friday, May 17, fifty-four Colorado Sheriffs filed a civil rights lawsuit in Federal District Court in Denver, against two anti-gun bills passed by the Colorado legislature in March. Joining the Sheriffs as Plaintiffs are the Colorado Farm Bureau, disabled persons, Outdoor Buddies (an organization that helps disabled persons participate in outdoor sports), the Colorado Outfitters Association (the trade association for hunting guides), the National Shooting Sports Foundation (the trade association for the firearms industry), magazine manufacturer Magpul, federally-licensed firearms dealers, the state’s largest shooting range, the Colorado State Shooting Association (governing body for the shooting sports in Colorado), and Women for Concealed Carry. The Complaint is available here.
The lawsuit involves House Bill 1224 (a sweeping ban on magazines, including small magazines) and House Bill 1229 (an unworkable system of background checks for temporary transfers of firearms, and for private sales). The Complaint alleges violations of the Second Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment (vagueness), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
A 38 minute video of the press conference announcing the suit is available on YouTube. In this case, I am representing the Sheriffs.
Friday afternoon, Grand County Sheriff Rodney Johnson joined the case, bringing the number of plaintiff Sheriffs to 55 out of the 62 elected County Sheriffs in Colorado. (Denver and Broomfield have appointed Sheriffs who run the jail, but do not have the comprehensive responsibilities of the elected Sheriffs.) The Complaint will be amended next week to reflect Sheriff Johnson’s participation.
It could almost be termed Alynskiesk.
Peace Officers, speaking up.
bttt
Pass a law that arrests, convicts, and imprisons anyone trying to pass anti-2nd Amendment laws.
55 of 60 elected sheriffs. Who are the other five and why have they not stepped forward?
Let’s put names and faces to the cowards.
God be with them!
They have my 110% support. This reflects the growing sentiment that we are all being pushed too far and the resulting push back is inevitable.
The purposeful elimination of higher capacity magazines requires those who have physical difficulties in swapping magazines to be at a disadvantage in exercising their right to keep and bear arms.
Similarly, the idiotic Kalifornia laws outlawing the use of pistol grips on semi-automatic rifles puts at a disadvantage those who would benefit from being able to handle the gun more easily by use of the pistol grip.
Such arguments ought to be a slam dunk in a nation which requires every business to build wheel-chair ramps.
You are correct. Placing your career and reputation between the people and the State government is no small risk.
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