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Colorado governor says he will ‘take a hard look’ at why red flag law failed to stop Club Q shooting
The hill ^ | 11/27/2022 | ZACh SCHONFELD

Posted on 11/27/2022 11:02:06 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

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To: DesertRhino

This.


21 posted on 11/27/2022 11:34:01 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: CivilWarBrewing

It’s ironic that the same government who wants us disarmed has given us more reasons to fear it than criminals.


22 posted on 11/27/2022 11:36:18 AM PST by Spok (“You will own nothing and be happy.” )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It is plain as day the crazy moron should have been in a mental institution your nitwit’s released him after he threatened to blow up his mothers house.


23 posted on 11/27/2022 11:37:14 AM PST by boomop1 (term limits NOW)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs and the Club Q shooter, passed a resolution in 2019 opposing ‘red flag’ laws.

https://www.elpasoco.com/commissioners-approve-pro-second-amendment-resolution/


24 posted on 11/27/2022 11:40:59 AM PST by Izzatso
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To: Gaffer
Maybe “Red Flag” failed because the perp was non-binary

The "Red Flag" failed because the County Sheriff refuses to enforce it.
25 posted on 11/27/2022 11:42:23 AM PST by Izzatso
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To: DesertRhino

Yes, just so. Let’s hope this dope take a “hard look” at your comment, that should clue him in and save some time.

It really is astonishing that there were no charges in that case. Although my impression, from all the terribly written, rather unclear articles I’ve seen, is that there was no actual bomb. But I’m pretty sure that even a false threat about something like that constitutes a crime of some sort.

I remember a letter we got from my kid’s High School right after 9/11/01. It said they were changing their approach to fake bomb scares, etc. that kids might do as a prank. That whereas in the past they might have just used in-school discipline as a punishment, that in light of recent events, etc. from now on they would prosecute such behavior to the full legal extent available.

That whole family sounds very messed up. But all the more reason why the original offense should have been prosecuted.


26 posted on 11/27/2022 11:43:25 AM PST by jocon307 (Democrats delenda est.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How about this, Polis. The red flag law is there for political optics. It was never intended to work to stop nutjobs from getting their hands on guns.


27 posted on 11/27/2022 11:45:12 AM PST by chuckee
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To: Izzatso

Well, that ALSO happened with Chief Israel from the jurisdiction of Marjorie Stoneham Douglas HS. He and the principal and administrators had a “divert from penal system” strategy that intentionally worked to keep troubled teens out of the system. The perp there had almost two dozen police encounters that went unreported to the FBI as I recall. Leftists.


28 posted on 11/27/2022 11:49:28 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Because, governor, talk is cheap and the “red flag law” is as worthless as the cheap paper it’s printed on.

But why should you care? YOU are protected by armed security at all time, hypocrite.


29 posted on 11/27/2022 11:52:52 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Did he find the situation queer?


30 posted on 11/27/2022 11:55:21 AM PST by politicket
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To: Gaffer

Which goes to show that a state can pass as many ‘red flag’ laws as they want, but if local law enforcement refuses to enforce them there’s little point.


31 posted on 11/27/2022 12:01:57 PM PST by Izzatso
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To: Izzatso
The "Red Flag" failed because the County Sheriff refuses to enforce it.

I support him in that.

32 posted on 11/27/2022 12:04:31 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
How about because of a fear of being canceled for taking an apparently right-wing position on law enforcement?

-PJ

33 posted on 11/27/2022 12:07:07 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
an expansion of the legislation may be examined.

It may or may not be relevant to this case but there's a collapse of law and order in blue areas. Just take a look at S.F. and NYC the past couple of years. It doesn't matter how many laws are on the books if the district attorney is not going to press charges.

34 posted on 11/27/2022 12:09:07 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Democrat Jared Polis can look at how he violates the rights of The People to keep and bear arms.

The shooter had no fear of being met with a hail of gunfire because Democrats like Jared Polis made sure the victims were all disarmed.

35 posted on 11/27/2022 12:10:56 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: MinorityRepublican
It may or may not be relevant to this case but there's a collapse of law and order in blue areas.

Colorado Springs isn't blue so you're correct - not relevant.

It doesn't matter how many laws are on the books if the district attorney is not going to press charges.

Absolutely agree, just stated that myself. Both the DA and the aforementioned Sheriff for that county are Republicans btw.
36 posted on 11/27/2022 12:17:56 PM PST by Izzatso
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To: Mark
“I was considering reselling my guns to the government, but after a quick background check I discovered they have a history of violence and instability.”

Nice. The poster would have been stronger if it also listed the numbers of people murdered or starved to death by their own governments...

37 posted on 11/27/2022 12:30:31 PM PST by GOPJ (Unsolved crime? Jump to the conclusion the killer is a LGBTQIA2S+ (Turn about's fair play.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Because no “red flag” was reported. The guy was not prosecuted for his previous crimes and thus it was legal for him to purchase a firearm. These people want more gun laws but they do not apply the laws currently in place.

https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2022/11/26/no-red-flag-laws-arent-about-addressing-mental-health-n64689


38 posted on 11/27/2022 12:33:09 PM PST by CFW
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To: MinorityRepublican

True, but the answer is not more laws and expansion of existing laws. Those will only be used against “enemies of the state”, i.e. you and me.


39 posted on 11/27/2022 12:36:55 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: ChicagoConservative27
To people like him laws are of no real 'use' if they 'work' They go by the old radical adage:

It's harder to get the laws you the really want, if the laws you have, appear to be working"

40 posted on 11/27/2022 12:59:28 PM PST by n230099 ("When no one knows who is armed...everyone is.")
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