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Colorado Dems: "Sheriffs stand with Criminals"
Townhall.com ^ | May 30, 2013 | Bob Beauprez

Posted on 05/30/2013 2:06:53 PM PDT by Kaslin

The Democrat majority in the 2013 session of the Colorado legislature pushed through new gun control laws requiring universal background checks for any transfer of ownership and restrictions on the capacity of ammunition magazines. They did so over the advice and united objection of the County Sheriffs of Colorado, the association representing the 62 elected Sheriffs in the state.

The Sheriffs crafted a five page memo  warning the legislators that the gun control measures they were proposing would be "unenforceable and possibly unconstitutional, while punishing law abiding citizens and doing nothing to reduce violent crime." About twenty of the Sheriffs also showed up at the State Capitol to express their opposition during committee hearings, but the Democrat leadership only allowed one of them to testify.

Advice and public testimony aside, the Democrats ignored the Sheriffs.  Subsequently, John Hickenlooper, the Democrat Governor, signed the bills into law. 

Sticking to their convictions, 55 of the 62 county sheriffs filed a lawsuit in federal court on May 17 seeking to overturn the legislation on constitutional grounds. 

Apparently the Democrats still can't accept the serious disagreement of these front-line law enforcement professionals.  According to The Daily Caller, the Colorado Senate Democrats tweeted, “2day CO sheriffs stood in opposition of CO’s new gun laws, but not w/law-abiding citizens, but with criminals. #coleg #Sheriffs4Criminals.”

Really!  Our Sheriffs stand with the criminals?  If there happened to be any lingering doubt, the Democrats just confirmed who is the grown-up and who is the juvenile in this debate.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: banglist; colorado; demagogicparty; guncontrol; scum; secondamendment; slime
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1 posted on 05/30/2013 2:06:53 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Or rather the sheriffs are standing up for common sense.


2 posted on 05/30/2013 2:09:10 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Kaslin

so ,law abiding gun owners = criminals


3 posted on 05/30/2013 2:23:02 PM PDT by molson209
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To: Kaslin
This is frustrating. The Colorado Sheriffs are making the case that these new, ultra-restrictive gun laws won't have any effect on criminals - who, by their nature - don't obey any gun laws! The Democrats who passed this stupid bill are tone deaf and now must scramble to keep pretending that it will (somehow) 'save lives'. - by punishing law-abiding gun owners. Stupidity on stilts.
4 posted on 05/30/2013 2:23:56 PM PDT by Jim Scott
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To: Kaslin

when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns...

and when that day comes, I will stand with the outlaws.


5 posted on 05/30/2013 2:24:32 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Biggirl
The sheriffs are standing up for the US Constitution and for the rights of citizens within their jurisdiction.

These of days of home invasions and thuggery. Protecting ourselves and our families is of utmost importance. Democrats want to take those rights away from us and they are truly the ones siding with the home invaders and thugs who will use weapons of all types to get what they want at the expense of human lives that stand in their way.

6 posted on 05/30/2013 2:25:22 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: Kaslin

According to The Daily Caller, the Colorado Senate Democrats tweeted, “2day CO sheriffs stood in opposition of CO’s new gun laws, but not w/law-abiding citizens, but with criminals. #coleg #Sheriffs4Criminals.”

Nothing new here. Democrats consider anyone that believes in our Constitutional rights are criminals..........


7 posted on 05/30/2013 2:25:49 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: MamaDearest

meant to say, these are days....


8 posted on 05/30/2013 2:26:07 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest

It also shows where the sheriffs stand in regards to the 2nd Amendment also.


9 posted on 05/30/2013 2:26:59 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Kaslin

When they have made law abiding life impossible, then we’re criminals. God bless the Sheriff for standing with them.


10 posted on 05/30/2013 2:27:11 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it gettingthe so hot?)
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11 posted on 05/30/2013 2:28:26 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Kaslin
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them.

F**k the law.

12 posted on 05/30/2013 2:32:29 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: Kaslin

Every sheriff should run for the seat of each and every one of these democrat clowns...


13 posted on 05/30/2013 2:34:05 PM PDT by Popman (Godlessness is always the first step to the concentration camp.)
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To: Kaslin

“Sheriffs Stand With Criminals”

...and Progressives proudly stand with Bolsheviks.

IMHO


14 posted on 05/30/2013 2:35:19 PM PDT by ripley
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To: Kaslin

The democrat party is a criminal enterprise...... they are all thiefs


15 posted on 05/30/2013 2:36:52 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....Obama Denies Role in Government)
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To: Kaslin

Liberals call all Americans “criminals” because we are not Communists like them.


16 posted on 05/30/2013 2:46:26 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: MamaDearest

Deny us the right to protect and provide for our families and you create the most fearsome and lethal warrior the world has ever known: An American patriot, filled with a terrible resolve.


17 posted on 05/30/2013 2:51:31 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Kaslin.
The Sheriffs crafted a five page memo warning the legislators that the gun control measures they were proposing would be "unenforceable and possibly unconstitutional, while punishing law abiding citizens and doing nothing to reduce violent crime."

18 posted on 05/30/2013 3:18:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Kaslin

Democrats just cannot get it through their heads that their 19th Century religion has utterly failed. Not because of any resistance, or not enough money, or because of sabotage from the enemies of progress, but solely because they are BAD ideas that don’t work.

But having no pattern recognition except for their unbending faith in these BAD ideas, they have nothing else. So all they ever do is stand in the way of good ideas, make other people miserable, waste resources of all kinds, and insist that their failures are actually successes.

Socialists need to embrace mass suicide, as long as they don’t try to drag everybody else with them.


19 posted on 05/30/2013 3:42:05 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: Kaslin

“Sheriffs stand with criminals”

Damned dims are calling Constitutionalists criminals! If we report on them calling us criminals... we are also spies that perform espionage (according to anti-FIRST AMENDMENT AG holder).

LLS


20 posted on 05/30/2013 3:47:01 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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