Posts Tagged ‘gun’

Sheriffs, disabled file suit over Colo. gun laws

In a deliberate move to catch gun control activists off guard, an  organization representing Colorado sheriffs in a lawsuit over a series of  recently passed gun control laws abruptly announced the filing of the suit in  federal court today.   “We did that deliberately,” David Kopel, an attorney with the Independence  Institute, which is handling [...]

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Colorado voter bill recipe for disaster, Gessler says

Democrat-controlled Colorado, which has served as Barack Obama’s testing  ground for a number of extreme legislative proposals, is on to a new election  strategy: eliminating the voter category of “inactive” to boost  participation.   The Democrats propose simply not listing anyone as inactive and sending  ballots to every person. Their plan also would allow people [...]

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Colorado anti-gun legislator accused of assault and battery

Representative Gerou could face serious chargesby Craig Masters In a recent example of abuse of power, physical and mental abuse, and the misuse of the legal system to intimidate any opposition point of view, Colorado congresswoman Cheri Gerou (rino – hd 25) has clearly crossed over the line from civil to criminal behavior. The details [...]

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Colorado facing economic backlash on multiple fronts over Dems “war on guns”

Colorado Democrats have control of the state Senate, House and governor’s  office. So this year, under pressure from the White House, they launched into a  war on guns, adopting one regulation, restriction and rule after another.   Now the piper has come calling for his pay. It was following public hearings on a series of [...]

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Fox 31 “Investigative” reporters may attempt to scam gun sellers

by Craig Maasters Area gun owners are reporting that two reporters working for KDVR Fox 31 television have attempted to make “straw” purchases of guns listed for sale on the online site, armslist.com. Josh Bernstein, who is listed on the television station’s web site as ‘senior investigative reporter,’ and Julie Hayden, a local reporter, have [...]

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Cooke, other sheriffs sue Colorado over gun control laws

We’d be hypocrites if we didn’t sue: Cooke saysby Jack Minor –   Revealing the disconnect between Colorado politicians and the law enforcement  officers who are charged with making sure the state’s laws are followed, more  than half of the sheriffs in the state are planning to file a lawsuit against  recent gun control laws [...]

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Lawmakers pass bill mandating schools reach out to LGBT community for sex ed curriculum

by Peter Grady – While the state was focusing on a series of gun control bills working their way through the legislature, a bill was quietly passed that requires school districts that take state money to reach out to the “gay” community for help in designing their sex education curriculum.   The legislature recently passed [...]

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Colorado grants secret service right to arrest citizens for non-federal offenses

Legislators given conflicting reasons for why bill neededby Jack Minor –   A bill is heading to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk that Republican  lawmakers say would give members of the Secret Service broad arrest powers in  the state and could provide a framework for federal agents eventually to enforce  gun restrictions. “This is absolutely [...]

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Cooke backs Maketa over emails pressuring sheriffs to change stance on gun bills

Maketa says treatment of citizens wanting to testify by senate Dems “uncalled for”GREELEY — Weld County Sheriff John Cooke has confirmed claims by the El Paso County sheriff that emails were sent strongly suggesting that a pay raise bill was tied to them dropping their support of the Second Amendment and stop opposing gun control [...]

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Bloomberg loses in Home Court contest – Will Colorado pay the legal bills ?

by Craig Masters A New York judge has placed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s marquee nanny state legislation on hold. The ruling will stop the mayor from enforcing his rules on maximum drink sizes New Yorkers would be allowed to buy in some restaurants and other outlets. Lawyers for Bloomberg and the city of New York immediately [...]

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Sexuality indoctrination is headed for Colorado kindergardeners soon

by Craig Masters While the public’s eye was directed toward the debate over ‘gun control’ legislation in the Colorado senate, democrats introduced HB 13-1081 titled “Comprehensive Human Sexuality K-12 Education.” This exhaustive document is co-sponsored by Crisanta Duran (D, Dist 51) and Nancy Todd (D, Dist 28). It is officially opposed by the State Board [...]

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Magpul offers help for Coloradoans “inside occupied territory”

A gun magazine company in Boulder has announced a campaign based on the Berlin Airlift to help Coloradoans “trapped inside occupied territory” purchase large capacity magazines before the legislature passes a series of gun control bills next week.   Magpul Industries is a Bolder based company that manufactures magazines and other gun accessories for private, [...]

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Senator Hudak condemns the One Obama says should be saved

Hudak’s Statistics – A question of Truthby Craig Masters During Senate Judiciary Committee hearings Monday March 4, Westminster Democrat Senator, Evie Hudak, refuted the testimony of a rape victim by introducing “statistics” that she claimed were truthful. Her statistics, she claimed, were from an organization she named as Colorado Coalition Against Gun Violence. She claimed [...]

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The issue is Power not Safety

by Craig Masters Hundreds of citizens from across Colorado converged on the capital Monday, to deliver messages of opposition to the democrat politicians’ attack on private property rights and the U.S. Constitution by undermining its supporting document, the Bill of Rights. In what has to be the most disgraceful demonstration of representative government since the [...]

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Senator Lundberg invites the public to gun control hearings

by Craig Masters In his review of events in the Colorado legislature this week, Senator Kevin Lundberg (R) writes, “It is strong language to say public safety and personal freedoms are under siege, but those are the consequences I see from the array of bills scheduled to be heard in two senate committees on Monday [...]

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Nationally known expert on gun violence decimates Obama falsehoods about guns

by Peter Grady –   Nationally known academic, author and economist John Lott Jr. systematically decimated all the claims currently being used by president Obama and state lawmakers to argue for increased gun control, arguing that such laws actually decrease public safety.   Lott spoke to a group of over 350 people at an event [...]

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A message to send to Colorado Senators

submitted through Craig Masters You are urged to contact every Senator with this information. If the American Bill of Riights can be picked apart and destroyed line by line, then Freedom can not survive anywhere on Earth. Whether you care about gun ownership or not, this issue will affect your future and your children’s freedom. Representative [...]

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Call to Arms – literally and figuratively

by Craig Masters Friday, February 15, the Colorado House will be hearing the second reading of four anti-gun ownership bills. The democrats in the house are anxious to rush these bills through before the public can be informed. Much like the mind-numbing pace of other pro-democrat special interests group bills passing through democrat dominated committees [...]

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These are truly confusing times in America

by Craig Maasters It is only February, and already this year the administration has announced it is allowing the transfer to China of the high technology battery systems for weapons and defense guidance on which the American taxpayers invested millions of dollars and years of research and development. In the famous words of Hillary on [...]

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Patrick Leahy denies he’s “playing games” in gun control committee

by Craig Masters Every trial attorney knows how important the art of questioning is to getting the answers they want the jury to hear. It is the height of gamesmanship in the court room. An example is the popular question: “Mr Witness, have you quit beating your wife”? If Mr. Witness never beat his wife, [...]

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Is political ambition killing children?

by Craig Masters As quickly as the noise of gunfire fell silent in Sandy Hook Elementary, the voice of Barack Obama rang out across the transforming America crying for moral citizens to join him in the struggle to stop the killing of innocent children by strengthening “gun control.” But while the youngsters killed in Sandy [...]

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Will Psychics determine gun ownership?

by Craig Masters In the aftermath of the crisis at Sandy Hook Elementary, those in Washington and many others in the media  suggest we who would be the next militia trade freedom for the false promise of security. They have joined the Obama cry for a national system of gun control that would – in [...]

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Should hammer control be next?

  by Peter Grady –       While many liberals and media outlets are calling for restrictions on gun owners including national registration and a ban on assault weapons and handguns saying these weapons are used excessively in murders, information from the FBI shows these groups are going after the wrong weapon of choice [...]

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Movement to arm teachers gathering momentum

by Jack Minor –   While Congress and the media continue to vilify the NRA and similar groups calling for armed officers in public schools choosing instead to push for gun control, several states are pushing back with proposals to permit teachers to carry weapons into public schools.   Following the massacre at Sandy Hook [...]

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Debt, Greed and Gun Control are dividing this house

State Representative Fields would appoint all-knowing bureaucrats to keep us safe by Craig Masters State Representative Rhonda Fields (D) was granted a lengthy guest column in the January 5, Denver Post. Her personal story not withstanding, her efforts to justify the socialists/central government position on gun control does make one valid point. She writes, “For [...]

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Obama uses Newtown tragedy to raise campaign funds

by Peter Grady –   An email by the Obama campaign about the Newtown school shooting directs people to a page featuring a button asking for donations.   On Dec. 14, Adam Lanza, 20, breaking multiple gun laws, murdered 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Following the [...]

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Will Bloomberg’s Super PAC ad buy enough votes?

by Craig Masters Although folks in northern Colorado won’t be given a chance to vote Ed Permutter out of office, they should be aware of the impact he could have on every gun owner in Colorado and beyond. As if the financial immorality of Perlmutter and his wife was not enough, the unholy agenda for [...]

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Obama says Chicago gun policy will work in Colorado?

by Craig Masters No surprise that ‘Berkely.edu’ would spread the wrong ‘facts’ In the “war-torn” city of Chicago, Illinois, hundreds of Americans have been killed by armed criminals this year. But Barack Obama and the Democratic platform repeated, almost verbatim, a plank from their 2008 platform that read, “We believe that the right to own [...]

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Federal money may have bought Aurora shooter’s ammo

by Matt Lacy –   While some have blamed lax gun laws for suspect James Holmes’ massacre at an Aurora Cinemark theatre last week, it now appears federal money may have been used to purchase his ammunition.   On Monday, officials at the University of Colorado disclosed that the unemployed Holmes was being paid $26,000 [...]

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White man offered Eric Holder’s ballot

DOJ dismissed fraud concerns, says “manufactured issue” Young man mistaken for Eric Holder at Washington DC polling place by Jack Minor – The Justice Department has dismissed a video showing a white man being offered a ballot in Attorney General Eric Holder’s name saying it is a non-issue. In the video, part of James O’Keefe’s [...]

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Gun Control group ranks CO 13th for restricting 2nd Amendment

by Peter Grady – A gun control group has released its annual state rankings and many may be surprised to learn Colorado is the 13th most restrictive state when it comes to gun control. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence released its annual “Brady State Gun Law” scorecard recently and it has ranked Colorado [...]

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Colorado High Court issues victory for gun owners over CU ban

by Jack Minor – In a victory for Second Amendment advocates, the Colorado Supreme Court today struck down a gun ban by the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents. In 2003 the state legislature passed the Concealed Carry Act, which stated that a person with a permit to carry a concealed weapon could do so [...]

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The Rant

America’s Vanishing Wealth Is Government Legacyby Mike McCune –   Washington is having a nasty debate over “taxing the wealthy” these days. By good fortune or bad more Americans than ever before don’t have to worry about the ramifications of the debate because they don’t qualify as wealthy even by some Third World countries’ standards.   [...]

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BLM backs off proposed regulations banning shooters from public lands

Agency was considering restrictions because homeowners “freak out” hearing gunfire by Jack Minor – The government has reassured recreational shooters that they will still have access to areas for target practice after concern about the new guidelines was made public. The Bureau of Land Management has proposed new regulations that could have greatly restricted recreational [...]

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AG: Gun control would have stopped Fast and Furious

Issa: “Department of Justice has been lying to Congress” by Jack Minor – In an astonishing admission, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress that a lack of gun control was to blame for the government selling guns to Mexican drug cartels. Holder sent a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the Committee on Oversight [...]

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