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Tougher gun laws to get a look
Denver Post ^ | 24 june 08 | Tom McGhee

Posted on 06/24/2008 5:31:21 AM PDT by rellimpank

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will consider tougher gun laws and adjusted nightclub operating hours after a child was shot in the Curtis Park neighborhood and a gunfight erupted in Lower Downtown over the weekend.

The shootings have alarmed community members who fear a "summer of violence," he said.

"Let me be clear: This community will not accept violence — not a day of it, not a week of it, not a month of it — and certainly not a summer of it," the mayor said Monday.

Hickenlooper will look at Denver's gun laws to ensure they are as effective as they can be in keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals and young peop

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol
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To: rellimpank
"Let me be clear: This community will not accept violence — not a day of it, not a week of it, not a month of it — and certainly not a summer of it," the mayor said Monday.

Fine. On Tuesday start rounding up all the violent people and KEEP them in jail.

Almost every time they find the perps, the article will state ". . .has a long history of crime/violence". Then why the Hell are they loose? The gun owners are vilified because of a malfunctioning Judicial System.

21 posted on 06/24/2008 6:42:44 AM PDT by Oatka (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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<> There are Federal Laws States Laws Local Laws in the THOUSANDS designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and young people. This idiot politician thinks those thousands of laws might not be working. What is the idiots answer? Why another LAW....
22 posted on 06/24/2008 6:46:13 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA
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To: rellimpank

Remember Hick hired an illegal at his bar who killed a cop ?

Did Hick ever apologize ?

/s


23 posted on 06/24/2008 6:56:00 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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I guess if I had a name as stupid as Mayor Pooperscooper, I’d be a messed up Liberal too.


24 posted on 06/24/2008 7:54:01 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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Mayor John Hickenlooper

LOL! Who could go through life with a name like that? It's a joke waiting to happen.

25 posted on 06/24/2008 9:52:45 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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Stop! You’re all spelling the poor guy’s name wrong...

It’s Lickinpooper!


26 posted on 06/24/2008 10:58:33 AM PDT by CowboyJay (There's always 2012...)
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