Exactly. Making excuses when those gun owners I can confidently say. stopped the attacker from making it a full-blown massacre. I am even surprised this is COLORADO, and Not Texas or some red state.
We take carry here seriously and anti-gun Democrats lost seats in special elections.
We have a vibrant Second Amendment culture in this state.
I understand your surprise, but there are a lot of conservatives in Colorado and many carry. In 2012, out of a population of 5.2 million, there were 140,000 permit holders. Not sure how that stacks up to the national average.
When we had our pro-gun protest outside the UN in 2001, guys came from Colorado in a bus. Colorado was the biggest group outside of New York and New Jersey (who of course lived a lot closer). Tyranny Response Team.