The magazine ban:
“House Committees Senate Committees Judiciary
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 CONCERNING PROHIBITING LARGE-CAPACITY AMMUNITION
102 MAGAZINES.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
The bill prohibits the sale, transfer, or possession of an
ammunition feeding device that is capable of accepting, or that can be readily converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition or more than 5 shotgun shells (large-capacity magazine). A person may possess a large-capacity magazine if he or she owns the large-capacity magazine
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Fields,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Hodge,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. on the effective date of the bill and maintains continuous possession of
the large-capacity magazine.
A person who sells, transfers, or possesses a large-capacity
magazine in violation of the new provision commits a class 2
misdemeanor. A large-capacity magazine that is manufactured in Colorado on or after the effective date of the bill must include a serial number and the date upon which the large-capacity magazine was manufactured or assembled. The serial number and date must be legibly and conspicuously
engraved or cast upon the outer surface of the large-capacity magazine.
The Colorado bureau of investigation may promulgate rules that may require a large-capacity magazine that is manufactured on or after the effective date of the bill to bear identifying information in addition to the
serial number and date of assembly.
A person who manufactures a large-capacity magazine in Colorado in violation of the new provision commits a class 2 misdemeanor. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add part 3 to article
3 12 of title 18 as follows:
4 PART 3
5 LARGE-CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES
6 18-12-301. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS PART 3, UNLESS THE
7 CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
8 (1) “BUREAU” MEANS THE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
9 CREATED AND EXISTING PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-33.5-401, C.R.S.
10 (2) (a) “LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE” MEANS A FIXED OR
11 DETACHABLE MAGAZINE, BOX, DRUM, FEED STRIP, OR SIMILAR DEVICE
12 CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING, OR THAT CAN BE READILY CONVERTED TO
13 ACCEPT, MORE THAN TEN ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION OR MORE THAN FIVE
14 SHOTGUN SHELLS.
15 (b) “LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE” DOES NOT MEAN:
16 (I) A FEEDING DEVICE THAT HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY ALTERED SO
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1 THAT IT CANNOT ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN TEN ROUNDS OF
2 AMMUNITION;
3 (II) A .22 CALIBER TUBE AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE; OR
4 (III) A TUBULAR MAGAZINE THAT IS CONTAINED IN A
5 LEVER-ACTION FIREARM.
6 18-12-302. Large-capacity magazines prohibited - penalties -
7 exceptions. (1) (a) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, ON
8 AND AFTER JULY 1,2013, A PERSON WHO SELLS, TRANSFERS, OR POSSESSES
9 A LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE COMMITS A CLASS 2 MISDEMEANOR.
10 (b) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION
11 AFTER HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF A PRIOR VIOLATION OF SAID
12 SUBSECTION (1) COMMITS A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR.
13 (c) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION
14 COMMITS A CLASS 6 FELONY IF THE PERSON POSSESSED A LARGE-CAPACITY
15 MAGAZINE DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY OR ANY CRIME OF
16 VIOLENCE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 18-1.3-406.
17 (2) (a) A PERSON MAY POSSESS A LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE IF
18 HE OR SHE:
19 (I) OWNS THE LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE ON THE EFFECTIVE
20 DATE OF THIS SECTION; AND
21 (II) MAINTAINS CONTINUOUS POSSESSION OF THE LARGE-CAPACITY
22 MAGAZINE.
23 (b) IF A PERSON WHO IS ALLEGED TO HAVE VIOLATED SUBSECTION
24 (1) OF THIS SECTION ASSERTS THAT HE OR SHE IS PERMITTED TO LEGALLY
25 POSSESS A LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (a) OF
26 THIS SUBSECTION (2), THE PROSECUTION HAS THE BURDEN OF PROOF TO
27 REFUTE THE ASSERTION. “
What if they passed a law and everyone said GFY?
Oops, left off page 2 of the article.
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Even Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper remains vague on which gun-control measures he can support.
In a State of State state address last month, Hickenlooper focused his attention on strengthening mental health services and announced his support for universal background checks, but restricting some semi-automatic weapons was not part of his message.
Hickenlooper has been careful to wade into the debate slowly and involve gun-right heavyweights in the conversations. He met with National Rifle Association president David Keene Thursday.
“While we might not agree on a number of things, there will certainly be places we can find common ground,” Hickenlooper said in a statement after the meeting.
[PHOTOS: U.S. Senate Holds Gun Control Hearing]
Both sides are preparing for the fight by strengthening their lobbying forces in Colorado.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group launched by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has set up shop in the state, hiring two new lobbyists to get their message out at Colorado’s state house. And gun industries are hiring lobbyists to protect themselves from restrictive gun bills that could hurt business.
In Colorado guns are not just for sport, they are for safety. Pro-gun groups worry new restrictions will hurt individuals abilities to protect themselves.
“Like many Western states, large numbers of people live long distances from law enforcement. Response times are longer. In some areas, 25 minutes would be a quick response time,” Brown says. “What would have stopped the Aurora theater shooting was a person with a gun and a concealed carry permit.”
Brown admits “this is shaping up to be a big battle,” but says that his Republican allies won’t flinch on guns.
Like in the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado’s Republicans are more conservative then they were a decade ago and they are more ready to fight against new gun laws.
“The swing districts are represented by Democrats,” says Laura Chapin, a Democratic strategist who is working in the state to pass stronger gun laws. “What you have left are very hardcore conservatives from very conservative districts.
The only folks I hear talking about protecting sport shooting and hunting are the gun banners. The rest of us understand what the 2nd amendment is all about.
Hispanics are a strongly leftist voting block and one that is growing at an astounding pace. These are people that largely supported collectivist government in Mexico (returning the socialist PRI to power for 70+ years straight) and are simply voting the same way here.
There are just not enough white people moving to the GOP fast enough to offset the explosive growth of minority populations. We see the result in Colorado, and we will soon be locked out of Nevada, Virginia and even North Carolina because of this.
“The gun show loophole”, what a load.
When I was at the State Capital to voice support for arming teachers, the three librats (Ulibarri, Aguilar and Guzman) had their minds made up before they even entered the room.
Remember those names, FRiends.
Ulibarri, Aguilar and Guzman.
They want our kids defenseless.
Throw them all out ASAP!
Tom Mauser - - a gun-control activist
The irony.
Anywhere you have dem majorities, you have excessive gun control. NY just got a bunch more and CA is looking to out-do NY. As states turn blue, you can kiss your 2A rights goodbye. It’s just a fact of life. Get used to it.
One lady shooter suggested that this must be sexual in nature. Well, what she said was, “There is no end to these pricks.”
The 2nd Amendment is not about hunting. It is about Presidents assassinating US citizens with zero due process.
The best bet here is to launch a recall drive of the weakest of the Democrat state legislators. The Democrats got control with in their house with five freshmen who are likely very nervous about keeping their seats.
So those are the first five to challenge in a recall drive. Then select several others who won only by slim margins.
If five of them defect and refuse to support anti-gun laws, then the whole ball of wax melts.
If this is signed into law, before the ink is dry the gun banners will be back demanding a tougher law.
AW laws are just an attempt to get their anti-gun foot in the door so they can go after their real target. The same target they have been after for the last fifty years, handguns.
Nelson T. ‘Pete’ Shields
Founder of Handgun Control, Inc.
“I’m convinced that we have to have federal legislation to build on. We’re going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily — given the political realities — going to be very modest.
Of course, it’s true that politicians will then go home and say, ‘This is a great law. The problem is solved.’ And it’s also true that such statements will tend to defuse the gun-control issue for a time.
So then we’ll have to strengthen that law, and then again to strengthen that law, and maybe again and again. Right now, though, we’d be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice. Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time.
My estimate is from seven to ten years. The problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns sold in this country. The second problem is to get them all registered.
And the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition — except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors — totally illegal.”
-Pete Shields, Chairman and founder, Handgun Control Inc., “A Reporter At Large: Handguns,” The New Yorker, July 26, 1976, 57-58
Latinos by and large embrace socialism. I don’t know why, but they do, and it is an historical reality. And they are not going to change.
Let’s face it, folks: the United States is fast becoming Venezuela. So, “let ‘er rip,” and let the chips fall where they may.
In exactly three words: nullification and secession.
I just say to Colorado: Go ahead, pass it, and watch what happens.