It’s About Politics, Not Governance, With Guns

by Joshua Sharf | 10:15 am, April 9, 2013

As the US Senate begins today’s debate on gun control, Coloradoans can be forgiven for having a feeling of deja vu.  That’s because the debate in Congress is intended to mimic the one in Colorado, and because it’s about politics, not about governance. The one piece of the president’s broad gun control agenda that has [...]

VIDEO: Rob Natelson on Guns Rights in Colorado

by Jon Caldara | 11:30 am, March 28, 2013

Independence Institute friend and long-time contributor Ari Armstrong shot this video of Constitution scholar Rob Natelson speaking in Grand Junction on gun rights, the Second Amendment, and Colorado’s new gun controls. We can’t thank Ari enough for shooting, editing, and posting the video. Below you’ll find the whole speech, but before you watch the whole [...]

It’s A National Political Strategy

by Joshua Sharf | 11:21 pm, March 18, 2013

On Friday’s Grassroots Radio, the discussion of Rep. Mike McLachlan’s (D-Durango) deceptive advertising of his own gun control positions turned to the national agenda being rammed down Colorado’s throat.  I pointed out that while other states with Democrat majorities and governors – Illinois and Washington came to mind – had rejected similar proposals, Colorado had [...]

Hick Nick Chicks’ Boomsticks

by Joshua Sharf | 9:47 pm, March 18, 2013

Governor John Hickenlooper (D) has announced that on Wednesday, he will sign the gun control bills passed by the Colorado legislature last week.  These include the magazine ban and the background checks, even for temporary transfers between individuals who know each other.  A number of women legislators today protested the disparate impact that this law [...]

Bug Bites & Gun Control

by Prospector | 1:28 pm, March 15, 2013

I just received a Jefferson County Public Health Department “public service announcement” forwarded by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department telling me: 1) “Wild or Domestic Animal Bites Should Be Reported” 2) “…that all wild animal or domestic pet bites or attacks must be reported…” 3) “…everyone is asked to have their cats, dogs, ferrets, and [...]

Rep. McLachlan Hopes His Constituents Don’t Have Internet

by Joshua Sharf | 12:45 pm, March 14, 2013

I’m not sure what other explanation there is for this remarkable statement in today’s Durango Herald.  Commenting on his eventual vote for HB-1224, the magazine limit that would essentially ban all magazines, McLachlan had this to say to his constituents: Fields originally wanted the limit set at 10 bullets, but McLachlan successfully amended it in February [...]

Colorado House Bill 1224: Magazine Ban Worse Than Advertised

by Jon Caldara | 2:37 pm, March 13, 2013

By now you’ve heard about the magazine ban that’s on its way to the Governor’s desk. But there is something about this bill, HB 13-1224, that you probably don’t know: It bans MOST normal magazines found in normal guns! Watch the video below as I demonstrate how Colorado’s magazine ban is way worse than advertised [...]

SB13-196: Nanny Morse Defines “Assault Weapon” More Broadly than Feinstein

by T.L. James | 4:09 pm, March 2, 2013

Dianne Feinstein contents herself with merely naming names and ticking off a bunch of irrelevant features when she decides what guns law-abiding citizens will be permitted to keep. Colorado Senate President and resident drama queen and self-righteous per-diem collector John Morse just outlaws entire categories:  13-21-1203. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS PART 12, UNLESS THE [...]

In Which the Washington Bureau Chief Mocks a Terrible Law Article for Fun

by Eileen | 12:46 am, March 1, 2013

Blogging is easy.  Just tool around the ‘net until you see something that reaches new heights in stupidity – won’t take long – and then spleen about it. Today’s new least favorite human is Jana M. McCreary, authoress of  “Mentally Defective” Language in the Gun Control Act in the newest issue of the Connecticut Law [...]

Colorado Democrats’ Warped Ways of “Protecting Children” – Ram 4 Anti-Gun Laws, Kill Jessica’s Law, Teach Kids Comprehensive Sex

by Stephanie Fisher | 10:00 pm, February 23, 2013

Last week, and as always in the name of safety and ‘protecting the children’, Colorado State House Democrats hurried to pass 4 anti-gun bills which make it harder for parents to protect their own children.

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