Posted on 07/26/2025 4:33:51 AM PDT by MtnClimber
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008, majority opinion by Justice Scalia):
“[t]his is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The Second Amendment declares that it shall not be infringed.
NYSRPA v. Bruen (2022, majority opinion by Justice Thomas):
The Second Amendment guaranteed to ‘all Americans’ the right to bear commonly used arms in public subject to certain reasonable, well-defined restrictions.
For rational Americans, Heller and Bruen make clear that the Second Amendment is a natural, unalienable right that encompasses keeping and bearing—wherever one might be—“commonly used arms” for defense of self and others. How then to explain this from Colorado?
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed into law one of the most restrictive gun regulations ever adopted in Colorado.
Actually, it’s one of the most restrictive and blatantly unconstitutional laws ever adopted anywhere.
“I really think this will make Colorado safer,” Polis said before signing the bill in his office at the Colorado Capitol.
The law will take effect in August of 2026. It bans the manufacture, sale, and purchase of semiautomatic firearms that can accept detachable magazines. This includes most semiautomatic rifles in common use, like AR-15s, also Glocks and virtually any other semiautomatic handgun in any caliber. Magazine-fed shotguns would likewise be banned.
There is a bizarre exception to the outright ban, which Colorado obviously hopes might allow leftist judges to justify the rest. One can own a banned gun if it has a magazine of no more than 15-round capacity epoxied, welded, or soldered to the gun so it can’t be removed.
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The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY GIVES US OUR RIGHTS, the Constitution just protects them (when it works).
Agreed
Its the ultimate Middle Finger document to the powers that be.
That is my exact understanding as well.
Somebody wants a test case. Not that SCOTUS will suddenly reverse itself. But to write fundraising letters to prove what a great guy he is, and picture of him holding hands with his husband for a cherry on top.
Good news...
Maybe now Coloradans will wake up and reject tyranny...
Maybe...
“inane laws and rules now are turning Texas purple.”
Texas 2024 election results
Trump - 56%
Harris - 42%
Where do you get purple from?
Looks like a landslide win to me.
Here ya go....
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“Where do you get purple from?”
Just look at the voting record, support of police and ICE in Houston, San Antonino,Dallas and especially Austin.
Got it. Ignore the overall results and focus on the minuscule.
The only permit for anything to do with guns in CO (not including Class III firearms) is a concealed carry permit for pistols. CO is still an open carry state AFAIK, no permit required.
I use pellet rifle to take down pest animals- they hit really hard these days- .25 cal hits like a locomotive- and accurate out ot 100 yards- and more- seen vids of folks shooting 300 yards and more- on prairie dogs which aren’t that big-
skunks are hard to get rid of- they just keep appearing from nowhere it seems- red squirrels too- you remove a few and more move in- they seem to know when a spot is open for occupancy it seems-
Also the CSSA ie Colorado State Shooting Association.
CO state has a 2.9% sales tax and my town has a 5% sales tax. The total for both is 7.9%.
My grocery receipts reflect that as both are itemized as sales taxes but don’t specify which is which.
There is also a county sales tax of 0.8% but it is not collected by grocery stores.
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