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Colorado Legislature Passes ‘Landmark’ Expansion of Gun Background Checks

Mar. 15, 2013 10:29pm Jason Howerton

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DENVER (TheBlaze/AP) — A landmark expansion of background checks on firearm purchases was approved Friday by lawmakers in Colorado, a politically moderate state that was the site of last year’s mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater.

The bill previously passed the state Senate and now heads to Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is expected to sign it into law within two weeks.

Earlier this week, Colorado lawmakers approved a 15-round limit on ammunition magazines. It is also awaiting the expected approval of the governor.

The bill passed Friday expands cases when a $10 criminal background check would be required to legally transfer a gun. Republicans have opposed the bill, calling it an undue burden on law-abiding gun owners.

“We know for a fact that whatever law we pass criminals won’t care,” said Republican Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg.

The vice president praised passage of the bill.

“Congrats to Colorado House and Senate for passing universal background checks,” read a tweet sent by the office of Vice President Joe Biden from his official Twitter account.

It was followed by another tweet referring to the theater shooting that read, “The families of Aurora deserved a vote and got one. Now U.S. Congress must act too.”

Congress is also considering a number of new firearm restrictions.

Colorado is the first state outside the East Coast to significantly ratchet back gun rights after the theater and school shootings. Colorado’s gun debate was being watched closely because it’s considered a swing state with both a gun-loving frontier past and an unfortunate history of mass shootings, including the 1999 Columbine High School attack.

“Are [we] going to stop all criminals from getting guns? No,” said Democratic Rep. Beth McCann, a sponsor of the background checks bill. “But are we are going to put a barrier there, make it more difficult for them? Yes.”

The move to expand background checks would be one of the most sweeping responses by Colorado to the shootings last year in Aurora and at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

In Colorado, expanded checks have been a top priority for Hickenlooper, who called for the proposal during his State of the State address in January.

Both chambers previously approved the expanded checks in slightly different forms. However, both had to agree on an identical bill before passing it to the governor, so a second round of voting was required.

Democrats seemed relieved that Colorado’s protracted gun-control debate was nearing an end.

The GOP unsuccessfully tried some last-minute legislative maneuvers on Friday to sink the background-check measure before it was passed 19-14 by the Senate.

“It won’t help anything, but it makes common everyday actions among friends and neighbors something that’s now illegal in the state of Colorado,” argued Republican Sen. Greg Brophy, one of the GOP’s lead Senate gun negotiators.

Brophy tried to keep background-check talks alive by rejecting a preliminary agreement by the House and Senate to clarify the bill so gun owners can lend firearms to immediate family members without a background check.

Democrats grew frustrated at GOP attempts to imagine scenarios that would trigger background-checks. From 4-H members learning gun safety but needing to borrow a shotgun, to neighbors on weeklong elk-hunting trips, Republicans argued the bill would ensnare harmless gun users.

Democrats insisted that existing exemptions in the bill would cover most scenarios the GOP imagined. The bill’s sponsor, Senate Democratic Leader Morgan Carroll, told Republicans that Democrats had enough votes to pass the measure but extended debate to make small changes requested by Republicans.

“There were many, many changes made to this bill, made in good faith,” said Carroll.

However, Republicans wanted so many exceptions that “we might as well repeal all background checks,” she said.

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Triple7
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:02am
The virus of tyranny.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:12am
  What is to prevent a citizen of Fascist Colorado from going across the border and buying a firearm from a gun show or private individual? Colorado laws don’t apply in other states.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:33am
  The man in Oslo got guns and other stuff to kill and terrorize……..Joe Biden should be seen by all Democrats as a turn coat……..
  
  Its up to “We the People” to protect our Bill of Rights……..We obviously cannot trust the Democrats…and some other people are kind of soft on ideals.
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 4:21am
  Tyranny is a virus, Triple, and it is spreading.
  
  If anybody is thinking of moving to a more “gun friendly” state, here are all states ranked according to gun tolerance.
  
  I was quite surprised about where some states are ranked…
  
  http://www.gunsandammo.com/2013/03/14/ga-ranks-the-best-states-for-gun-owners-in-2013/#.UUKGU4BMRpc.reddit
  
  New Zealand, if anybody is interested, would rank at the bottom of the list, or very close to it. Australia wouldn’t even make the page.
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 4:29am
  Also, if you guys want an excellent perspective on why these things are happening, Patrice Lewis examines Triple’s “virus”.
  
  http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/heartland-patriots-the-key-to-bucking-tyranny/
  
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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:05am
  @NZKIWI
  
  Thanks for the link. She describes it well. Sounds like a combination of the road to serfdom and Cloward and Piven.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:13am
  Okay what state is next? They are going one state at a time and once they have enough states do it the republicans in congress will cave and we will have a national registry. I give it 2 years max.
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:41am
  NZ Cool…
  I blasted it out to other Patriots
  
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- PaleRiderNY
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:53am
  I think Taggert Transcontinental still runs one line out of Colorado.
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:15am
  If they think that people selling guns to friends are going to go through the trouble of getting the forms for the back ground checks they are as dumb as we know they are….
  
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- the_count
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:51am
  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ! Molon labe (mo-lone lah-veh) Two little words. With these two words, two concepts were verbalized that have lived for nearly two and a half Millennia. They signify and characterize both the heart of the Warrior, and the indomitable spirit of mankind. From the ancient Greek, they are the reply of the Spartan General-King Leonidas to Xerxes, the Persian Emperor who came with 600,000 of the fiercest fighting troops in the world to conquer and invade little Greece, then the center and birthplace of civilization as we know it. When Xerxes offered to spare the lives of Leonidas, his 300 personal bodyguards and a handful of Thebans and others who volunteered to defend their country, if they would lay down their arms, Leonidas shouted these two words back. Molon Labe! (mo-lone lah-veh) They mean, “Come and get them!” They live on today as the most notable quote in military history. And so began the classic example of courage and valor in its dismissal of overwhelming superiority of numbers, wherein the heart and spirit of brave men overcame insuperable odds. Today, there lies a plaque dedicated to these heroes all at the site. It reads: “Go tell the Spartans, travelers passing by, that here, obedient to their laws we lie.” We have adopted this defiant utterance as a battle cry in our war against oppression because it says so clearly and simply towards those who would take our arms. It signifies our determination to not strike the first blow, but also to n
  
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- fordfan
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:59am
  @NZKIWI: Thanks for the state ranking chart. That’s the clearest one I’ve seen. I was shocked TX wasn’t #1 on the list and that my satae of AL had them beat.
  I am curious though how long it will take Guns&Ammo to take down their advertisement for CO saying it’s a such great place to hunt from their home page.
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:48am
  “Carroll is a second generation Colorado native and a small business owner. She is a consumer and civil rights attorney fighting for individual rights in a local mother-daughter law firm” – sponsor of the Bill. I guess she drank the Kool-ade and chucked the People’s Rights into the trash with the styrofoam cup.
  
  It will go south quick if Jerk does some research on her.
  
  I ‘m glad legalized Marijuana was worth giving up other Rights. What right do they take from the People of Colorado Next?
  
  I will say it again, Full Boycott of all Anti-American States like Colorado that willfully Infringes on the Rights of Americans, cancel all vacations, conventions, stop buying goods or services. Spend your Hard Earned Money in Pro-American States that do not willfully Infringe on the rights of Americans.
  
  Only you can make this Once Great Nation, Great Again.
  
  2013 American Patriot Spring, What will you do?
  
  The distinctions between Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and Independents are no more. I Am Not A Republican, But An American! – Sons of Liberty
  
  Governments, Community Leaders, and Civic Leaders push Racism. Racism allows them to keep a country divided and easier to control. Why do Government forms always ask the race question?
  The distinction between Races are no more. I Am Not a (insert Race,) But An AMERICAN!! – Defenders of the Realm -
  
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- Misdirection
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:51pm
  What is sad about all of this that hasn’t been said is that, when I went to Afghanistan. I brought my modifications from my AR with me and put them on my M4 w/ a 203mm. If they ban these weapons, will the military personnel ie. national guard, army, marines in combat be able to keep and bear accessories that make them harder to kill and easier to kill the people trying to kill them in combat… or will they just give the military basic weapons that are issued?
  
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- edschneid
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 3:11pm
  He came along with a shotgun on his shoulder while a group of children were playing in front of the school. Without warning or provocation, he raised the gun to his shoulder, took deliberate aim, and fired into the crowd of boys.
  Although it sounds sadly modern, the account was published in the New York Times more than a century ago.
  Dated April 10, 1891, the article described an elderly man firing a shotgun at children playing in front of St. Mary’s Parochial School in Newburgh, N.Y.
  “None of the children were killed, but several were well filled with lead,” the report claimed.
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  I am not a scholar however it makes since that when you population increases so do the mad men. In 1891 the population of the US was approx. 63 million, today there are approx. 313 million.Five times more people five times more mad men and idiots. Also five times more democrats,(sad but true), of course part of the idiots are democrats.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:05pm
  Joe Biden ““Congrats to Colorado House and Senate for passing universal background checks,” read a tweet sent by the office of Vice President Joe Biden from his official Twitter account. It was followed by another tweet referring to the theater shooting that read, “The families of Aurora deserved a vote and got one. Now U.S. Congress must act too.”
  
  This is such a divisive administration. They just love going around and poking their fingers in the eyes of people that have a different opinion, when their side wins. Notice I said “their side.” This is where these nasty people have brought us. Congrats Joe, for you are a true idiot.
  
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- xomerlin
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:46pm
  yeah it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see they are only attacking the honest people. criminals could care less what laws are passed, it won’t hamper them one bit from getting what ever they want. Politicians seem overwhelmingly moronic to common logic
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:29pm
  Commierado
  
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ONE PIECE
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:00am
So does this means that MagPool is gonna pull out? I hope they would come to Texas!!

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:35am
  Where are the laws for Hollywood and their Gun and Violence filled movies….Where??
  
  All the Killers played first person killer video games…….Where are the laws…??
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:01am
  RIDEMODELS
  
  I play first person shooter video games all the time and have done so since they’ve been around. I also have an evil AR-15 and an evil Sig 9mm pistol……………yet I’ve never killed anyone. How can that be?
  
  Maybe it isn’t the tool, but the user of the tool in each case.
  
  This “video game” nonsense is exactly that……..nonsense. We all need to tell the media talking heads to shove it in favor of thinking for ourselves for a change.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 3:45am
  “All the Killers played first person killer video games…….Where are the laws…??”
  
  VIdeo games and first person video games are at the most 20-30 years old.
  
  There have been killers since the dawn of history… Some of them become tyrants and leaders of nations… Others seriel kilers, other mass killers. Most of them did not have access to video games.
  
  There have been attempts on schools and theatres in America’s past long before there was video games.
  
  Infact several studies say more killers read books than watch tv or play video games. So should we ban books?
  
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- Hyperion5182
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:06am
  Magpul and others are already moving. The wheels are in motion. The process takes about a month if a group is prepared. You gotta have a building already to go and you gotta move equipment. There are major logistical issues for a company that size. But they’re going. And they wont be back no matter what laws are changed.
  
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- Bum thrower
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:16am
  Just make Colorado a ‘Gun Free Zone’…..problem solved.
  
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- Skeeterhawk
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:17am
  What about killers that listen to love songs? Same thing.
  
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- igetit
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:49pm
  No we want them in Oklahoma
  
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tasmaw
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:58pm
Bye bye Magpul. Bye bye manufacturers. Colorado will lose thousands of jobs and the dems will be directly responsible. Should be fun to watch.

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:10am
  Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:13am
  Got it…..Brain Dead Fools….???
  
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- tajloc
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:03am
  No fun…I am here on the Western Slope. What happened in Denver when they asked for “input” from Coloradoans was a travesty. Lots of folks from the West tried to speak but the committee would not allow it. PAY ATTENTION. They are taking over. We are losing.
  but Rom 8:28
  
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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:56pm
  @Ridemodels could you repeat that please?
  
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:57pm
I am sure that all the felons and illegals are going to go through a background check. The bad guys get the guns and the good guys have to jump through hoops. When some law abiding citizen saves a cop or some official, they just might reconsider who needs the arms.

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- Indo
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 3:30pm
  Why the hysteria about felons and illegals? They are exercising their liberties and being free. Aren’t these the mantras of capitalists? They are only making use of situations that you and others like you have set-up. Why complain? You are getting paid for selling guns. Stand up! Opportunities to test your manhood when faced by these felons or illegals.
  
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BannedByHuffpo
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:49pm
Prompted by the urge to “DO SOMETHING”, these liberal, democrat, progressive idiots have come up with yet another “PRAYER” masquerading as “PUBLIC POLICY”.

Their wishful thinking might be better helped along if everyone squeeed their eyes closed real tight and wished real hard that gun violence would end.

Of course, no rational, sane individual is stupid enough to believe that criminals, whose job it is to break all of these feel-good laws, is going to comply with this latest assault on 2nd Amendment individual freedom.

Doubt me?

Check back in 10 years and see whether this window-dressing has made any difference.

It didn’t in 2004, after ten years of the so-called 1994 “Assault Weapons Ban (Dept of Justice, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention and National Research Council, among other studies PROVED this). But never mind facts. Don’t THINK. ….. EMOTE! That’s what dem/lib/progs are best at. Wearing their emotions on their sleeve.

The democrat led Colorado legislature is nothing more than a bunch of useful idiots.

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:12am
  For Constitution and Country……any one with an ounce of Brain Power will fire their Democrat and Hire a Conservative…….
  
  Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative……….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative.
  
  If you have a BRAIN at ALL……….
  
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showmerancher
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:49pm
I’m not really sure how they’ll enforce that since they don’t know what you already have or don’t have. I also understand that a number of FFLs will be ‘opting out’ of doing background checks for only the $10 fee since it isn’t worth their time.

Their biggest problem will be the magazine law. Not only does it limit magazines to 15 rounds, but makes it illegal to own ANY magazine capable of being extended. That’s a bit of a problem, because many if not most pistol magazines can be extended. Lots of people have bought the +1 or +2 magazine extensions ($5-$10) for their Glocks… all of Glock’s magazines are capable of being extended… easily… in a minute or less.

So how will that fare for concealed carry folks coming to Colorado from other states? Sure, they can have a magazine of 15 rounds or less… but if that magazine itself is capable of being extended, they are violating the law. I imagine that Colorado will be much less a destination state and more like Illinois a “through or around” state. If I have to go east, I stop to gas up in Missouri, stow any firearms and ammunition per federal law, then drive straight through Illinois without stopping. In Indiana I stop again, top off the fuel and retrieve any firearms/ammunition. If I’m headed to Kentucky or Tennessee, I just take a southern route (longer) that doesn’t go through Illinois. I can see that my trips westward will either be via I-80 in NE/WY or I-40 through NM. Ski in NM or WY onl

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mygunsweetness
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:39pm
Co.these new gun laws aren’t about protecting you and your kids,it’s all about the $10 dollar fee.These laws WILL NOT protect you from lunatics and criminals.Tell me how these laws protect your kids at school?Remember this new gun control discussion was about stopping mass shootings and protecting our kids in school.All your state politicians did was earn themselves a $10 bucks on each gun sale.So,they have more money coming in and you and your kids are in the same place you were before they passed the new laws.It’s just new taxes on law-abiding citizens.More money them and no safety for you.That’s the way dems.lie to your people over and over,you have the best teacher in your pres.

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RedDawn2012
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:36pm
Colorado, not long ago the first choice in states to live in, has just been scratched off of more “places to go” lists than they’ll ever imagine. I guess it’s Utah, Wyoming, or Idaho now.

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:43am
  Legal weed and no guns…..Sounds like a safe place to hang out…It will be a sess pool like NYC in no time….
  
  Oslo….Oslo…..Oslo…….If people want to kill people they will……..Drinking and driving is already a crime in this country, but I dont see a slow down any time soon…..
  
  It all comes down to responsibility………Its a hard thing to swallow…..Take control of your life and your finances.
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:46am
  Idaho doesn’t have any FEMA camps that’s where i’m heading soon….
  
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- lookes2003
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:10am
  Civil… We’ll leave the light on for you here in Idaho.
  
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COFemale
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:33pm
Please explain to me how the hell the government is going to know if I loan a firearm to a family member? Do you really think the family member is going to say, “Oh wait, I need to get a background check”. Democrats are the most moronic people on this earth. They surely are the devils children.

Okay so I am restricted to 15 bullets per magazine, what is stopping me from having 10 – 15 bullet magazines. Exactly what did they accomplish? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. In fact they did me a favor as all i have to do is pull out the magazine and put another full one in. I bet I can do this in the same amount of time it would be to empty a 30 round magazine.

We already know criminals will not abide by the law and neither will I. I will not be out armed by criminals. Suck it Democrats. Ready to sign recall petition. Let me know how.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:24am
  It is convoluted enough that they can arbitrarily use it to harass law abiding citizens. They want to use it to intimidate, and you will likely find several cases where you have to prove you are innocent rather than them having to prove you are guilty. These thug leftists aren’t human.
  
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- Sgt_Rock
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:59am
  You guys have Al Yates and his “Gang of Four” to thank for this. You folks need to run them out of Colorado on a rail. They have basically undermined the campaign funding laws and steamrollered anyone that got in their way…its why you guys have dems in the majority in both houses…you guys need to organize and get started now. They need their a** kicked
  
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- Doggedness
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:08am
  Just do a key word search, for example. go to Google and type your states name and recall and see what comes up. same thing for the initiative process. it looks like we will have to govern through the initiative process if we are to stop these tyrants’.
  
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- Buckhuntr
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:18pm
  I’m not sure if you have seen this video from Indiana. Magazine capacity restrictions won’t make a cotton pickin’ difference!! Really informative video. The Progressives should have watched it before voting on this garbage!!
  http://patriotoutdoornews.com/5672/new-video-destroys-myth-about-large-capacity-magazines
  
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- ColoOldTimer
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:54pm
  So what does it take to start recall proceedings against every politician who voted for this law? How do we get rid of the dead wood in legislature without waiting for the next election?
  
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- sasquatch08
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:11am
  COFE and SGT:
  
  SGT is right, this is designed primarily to harass people who own things libs don’t like, as well as extract money from the population.
  
  How would they know? They wouldn’t unless the person used the firearm in self defense. This law literally sets up a situation that if you’re out of the house, your wife or child is committing a crime if they use one of your guns. If you want them to be able to use your firearms you have to take all your guns down to an FFL and have them run a background check on your family member as if they were purchasing the gun from you.
  
  As for extending mags, any moron with an hour worth of experience can TIG weld two mags into one. Might loose a round here or there, but two 10 rounders becomes one 18-19 round mag, three become a 26-28 round mag.
  
  This is all designed to do nothing but harass law abiding gun owners. Once there’s another tragedy they’ll roll out even more restrictive laws. Another tragedy and they’ll crack down more.
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:23pm
why am I not surprised? all the wacko liberals moved there and ruined John Denvers Rocky Mountain High.

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- BannedByHuffpo
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:52pm
  Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. was born in Roswell New Mexico.
  
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flyoverbob
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:23pm
Colorado is getting the migration from Kalifornia and with it they get the progressives who will turn your beautiful state blue

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- El Mac
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:20am
  They already have my friend.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:16am
  Colorado will now be known as the State with the Yellow Snow problem…….Who wants to take bets??
  
  Stoned kids are easy pickins for the older perverted Liberals who love little girl porn……You will see Colorado as the next great porn state….Promise.
  
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TJexcite
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:16pm
166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges is not enough for the Aurora murder. After this is made law the number of crimes he would have broken will be near if not over an even 200 and still it would not have prevented it.

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:19am
  Drinking and Driving is against the law…..More kids are killed by autos then ever was killed by a Gun…
  
  Rape in Colorado will go up ten fold…..Poor little girls…Poor little girls……I know high powered Dems and I know their angle…..drugs and prostitution.
  
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dosdelgados
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:14pm
Question…what happens if we move from Texas to Colorado (military)? Am I “allowed” to keep my more-than-10-round guns if they were purchased prior to this idiotic law…or are only current CO guns grandfathered?

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- Skeeterhawk
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:57am
  DOS
  Good question. Since we don’t have a firearms registry, yet, there is no way for law enforcement to know where your gun is from. Mags are good to go if they cannot be proven have been obtained or purchased after 7/1/13 by date code or serialization. Yep, its that FUBAR. As far as your guns go, if the magazine can be what the haters call “altered to accept higher capacity” you can own it but never transfer it of leave it to your kids. It would have to be destroyed because it is EVIL. If your 870 or 500 has a screw on magazine cap it would fall into the EVIL category. If your pistol magazine has a removable floor plate it is also EVIL and will be illegal. Do yourself a favor, stay in TX because you might as well stick a fork in us up here. We are done.
  
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denkat56
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:10pm
More big brother intervention, on our dime. Just think that they’ll know who has guns legally. But the criminals, will still be able to get guns no matter what. These people are so stupid.

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:25am
  They are not stupid…..they want us defenseless and dead…..Dems only want to be Dictators over the whole world…..
  
  The police will have to do nothing but write tickets, while we get killed by the bad guys….
  
  Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative.
  
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1FreeVoice
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:09pm
I’m remembering the press conference where the suit said that he agreed with Mao that all political power comes from the barrel of a gun( I think he added that others in the admin. agree, but didn’t name them). The obvious follow up would be to ask if they believe that, why does the administration want to disarm the citizens and make them powerless.

Why wasn’t that question asked ? !

Pravda says our media is acting like state run media, and they would certainly know.
We do have a free press, so why aren’t they acting like it?

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Skrewedretiree
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:03pm
My heartfelt sorrow for the law-abiding gun owners in Colorado.

We here in the Socialist Utopia of Washington State await coming news from our State Soviet.

I, for one, have no intention of complying. It will mean my pension, my home, and no doubt my life.
But…our forefathers gave no less.

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Caniac Steve
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:00pm
states like Colorado are doing what Congress can’t & won’t do..that is why the white House pressure so they can point and say..See the people of Colorado did it! and then there is the US Supreme court who has all but said publicly they look at what the states are doing..so what are you doing to stop something like that from happening in your state ?

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justiceday
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:55pm
This is just one more tax called a fee. Are they going to charge a fee for all the pot plants their state is going to have now? What a joke.

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katy
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:53pm
Sheriff’s and county and commissioners are ready to defy this bill. So are millions of Coloradans. This isn’t over. IN FACT..they just crossed the line. Thisis the beginning of the end for the progressive era.

No one I know is going to respect this piece of crap violation of the Law of the Land. Come and Take it!!!

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- El Mac
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:21am
  You are exactly right! Time to ‘civilly” disobey…
  
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high school drop out
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:52pm
I sincerely hope the “GOOD” people of Colo.will get together and eliminate the socialist clowns…please do,nt wait too long though, the damage is getting severe!

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- GoodStuff
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:14am
  Won’t happen as long as idiot Libertarians sit at home on election and smoke pot.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:27am
  That is the problem with every libertarian I know…..Too stupid and too HIGH….!!
  
  Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…..Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative…….Fire your Democrat….Hire a Conservative.
  
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ODB1111
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:51pm
Maybe we’ll get lucky and the NK’s nuke Denver

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:21am
  DC first…..
  
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- Skeeterhawk
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:19am
  odb
  hey man, WTF? I have children here.
  
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Jake Dog2
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:48pm
I’m not a bit surprised at all because the libs from both coast have bought up a lot of property in CO. CO has become a resort area for the rich and famous. They bring in their armed guards for protection but they don’t want anyone else to have any weapons.
This is the same state with legislators that won’t protect their children by passing Jessica’s Law. What a bunch of wimps.

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termyt
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:37pm
So a ten dollar fee on a right is fine, but ask someone to simply produce a form of ID to vote is racism. Can we charge $10 for a ballot transfer fee?

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- TotallyNotATroll
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:48pm
  1st state not east to ratchet back gun rights. Problem is, if it’s a ‘right’ then it shouldn’t be able to be ratched back, hence the real issue. The left doesn’t agree that anything, including free speech, guns, religion are rights.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:23am
  I would pay ten to vote……I wanna see ID’s at the next election…….ID’s…ID’s….ID’s….!!!
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:37pm
Obama just won the next round, we can expect an royal grade onslaught for gun-banning and gun-grabbing across the nation on state and Federal levels.

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:37pm
We are just waiting for Hickenloopy to sign this, and then the recall will start. We already have one turned in, with 6 more getting signatures. The recall for the Governor is going to be swift and he is got even the Dems in this state mad, a lot of them are gun owners and hunters and don’t support what’s going on in Denver. The Dems have given the Repubs an early christmas present.

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- skyguy51
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:51pm
  I hope every politician who pushed for this gun grab gets recalled.
  
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- Ilivewayupthere
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:57pm
  I just bought a 30-06 two weeks ago here in CO and they ran a 2 hour background check. I took the rifle home that day. Does anyone know if I’m now legal to buy any firearm from anyone in CO without a further background check, maybe forever? Or are they going to stick me with a $10 tax per purchase or gift? Can I just show a Conceal Carry Permit? Will they be collecting the serial number from the purchase/gift when the background check is run? That’s the scary part. Them knowing who owns exactly what firearm.
  
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- Airport-bum
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:58pm
  Chickenpooper will be all to happy to sign these bills into law. I can’t wait to see what happens to all the dems come next election. I hope we clean house on all of them.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:02pm
  Go get him Darmok…
  
  You’ll be doing us all a favor.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:10pm
  Hi MONK, Dang, my broadband streaming is still going out. What ever has happened, I hope they get it fixed by tomorrow. Don’t want to go another weekend without it. It went out again while I was typing this, Just now came back up.
  DARMOK, Like MONK said, go get him. I hope you guys are prepared to push these new laws into court too, and take it all the way to the supreme court. Unless Justice Roberts has been turned completely to the dark side, SCOTUS has proven itself recently to be 2nd Amendment friendly.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:25am
  Hey Monk/RJJ:
  Thanks for the support. I plan on going in with a class action lawsuit as soon as they make us start paying a fee to buy or transfer a firearm. Going back to the Supreme Court decision, 1965, you cannot tax with the intent to inhibite an individual’s right to exercise a civil right. This transfer fee and background check puts undue restriction on the ability to will, loan, or transfer a legally owned firearm to a law abiding individual. I plan to put Hickenlooper personally on the lawsuit.
  
  I do want to say, you guys are awesome, and I really enjoy our discussions. I do consider both of you friends.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:07am
  Hi Darmok,
  
  Look into the death tax that is being put on farmland when the farmer dies and wants to will it to his Children. I have a feeling things in that might set a precedent for firearms in the small print.
  
  Friends indeed !!!
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:33am
  Hey Monk
  I have a very liberal friend that stopped by, and we got into a discussion, I also had another friend who is from the same area of the country that he is from, he would never listen when I discuss taxes and how his vision of “Get the Rich” has side effects. Well, my other buddy simply listened to him, and finally said, “My dad has a farm, the same farm I was raised on, and if we sold it today, we might get $200k, but when he dies, and will it to me and my brother, the tax assessment is close to $2 million, at the current tax rate, we would owe not only the debt my dad carries over to run the farm, but also about $800k in taxes. Even if we sell everything on it, we would not be able to pay the taxes.” My liberal buddy actually had a look of disbelief on his face and said “That isn’t right, they can’t just take it?” I said, that is what you want, to get even with the rich, the problem is, our govenment decides who is rich, and if you own property that can be sold to a corporation, and they can get additional tax money out of it, that is what they will push, don’t mind if you arent’ rich, its what they see they or someone else can get out of your assests. He would never listen to me, but as soon as someone else from his area said that, man he was all ears.
  
  Talk to you tomorrow Monk.
  
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- Molan_Labe_Dusty
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:59am
  Please post where my friends, family and I can sign.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:29am
  This is what you must know:
  
  Your ****’s on fire! Your ****’s on fire! Here, put it out with this hammer. LOL
  
  It is so.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:30am
  This too you must know,
  
  No rights are absolute.
  
  it is so.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:43pm
  YourIdiocy. All of my rights are absolute, because I say so. Don’t like it? Come do something about it. My Glock will report something else to you, right to your face. :)
  
  I’m really looking forward to open season on progressives. I think little Wangless will be my first target. :) Don’t worry Wangless, I’ll make it VERY painful for you.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:16pm
  Mr or Ms 00100111,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  “No rights are absolute.”
  
  Don’t blame me. I was just quoting Ted Cruz. He said it to Diane Feinstein. Tell you what, I’ll send Ted over and you can shoot him. Sound good? No need to thank me. Just try to be a better man.
  
  It is so.
  
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- ColoOldTimer
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:58pm
  Keep us informed of the progress. I’m over on the Western Slope and I’ll be glad to help get rid of the politicians who voted for this fiasco.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:38am
  Sorry Guys:
  I have posted this before, but here it is again.
  
  http://www.coloradoaccountability.com
  
  This is one of the recall efforts underway. The Governor recall is still at the grassroots level, but I believe these guys are setting up a website. There are other counties initiating their own recalls, but if you do a web search, there may be websites being set up. I know Yoder county is already set a recall in motion against their representative. He is one of the Dems that was dead against these bills, until a call from Biden, and he did an 180.
  
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