Posts Tagged ‘Second Amendment’

Isaia Aricayos to announce run against Young for HD 50

Republican Isaia Aricayos is formally announcing his intention to challenge Democrat Dave Young for the House District 50 seat following a series of votes in favor of controversial bills including restrictions on Second Amendment rights and a bill that would legalize actions taken by convicted abortionist Kermit Gosnell.   Aricayos will be announcing his candidacy [...]

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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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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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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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Selective enforcement works against US

Second ammendment is being repealed by UN treatyBy Craig Masters July 27, 2012 – The US Constitution will be dealt a third strike by Obama and his coconspirators unless Americans stop them now! Law scholars across the country agree the recent Supreme Court ruling against Arizona’s immigration law was much more than simply a ruling [...]

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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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Colorado Senate State Affairs Committee Kills Concealed Carry Bill

By Mike Bauman As predicted by Firearms Rights Activists, Colorado Senate State Affairs Committee voted 3-2 to kill HB1205.  The bill would have made it legal for anyone who could obtain a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun without one.  Despite testimony that states with similar laws did not see any increase in [...]

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River of Guns Flowing to Mexico… from the ATF?

By Mike Bauman Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s recent visit to the United States has refreshed the debate about the alleged “river of guns” that is flowing into Mexico from the United States.  Calderon has called for a renewal of the highly ineffective Clinton era assault weapons ban as a means of decreasing violence in his [...]

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No Permit Concealed-Carry – Good Idea?

By Mike Bauman Freshman Colorado Representative Chris Holbert, R-Parker, has introduced a bill that would allow any law abiding citizen of Colorado to carry a concealed handgun without a permit.  House Bill 1205, while facing a difficult battle for confirmation, would allow Colorado to join several other states including Alaska, Vermont, and Arizona.  Wyoming has [...]

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Take the FBI Up on It!

By Mike Bauman Last year, in a mostly party-line vote, the Colorado Assembly voted to continue to have the Colorado Bureau of Investigations provide background checks for persons purchasing firearms in the state.  This service costs Colorado an estimated $1.7 million per year.  It is the opinion of the Greeley Gazette that this expenditure is [...]

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City with strictest gun control laws has most officers killed by gunfire

By Mike Bauman The City of Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation.  Up until a few months ago, it was illegal for a private citizen to own or possess a handgun anywhere within the city, including in one’s own home.  For 2010, Chicago also holds another distinction.  More [...]

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Gubernatorial candidate supports restricting Constitutional rights without due process

By Mike Bauman  Denver Mayor and Gubernatorial Candidate John Hickenlooper has joined several mayors, mostly from the east and west coasts, in requesting Congress to pass a law that prohibits persons on the Justice Department’s Terrorist Watchlist from purchasing firearms.    On the surface, this prohibition would seem to make sense. However, the Justice Department will not [...]

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Supreme Court holds that Second Amendment applies to all levels of government

By Mike Bauman On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Right to Keep and Bear Firearms is an individual right that applies to all levels of government. In a sprawling, 214 page document (check out McDonald v Chicago to view the entire document), [...]

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Supreme Court Holds The Second Amendment Applies to All Levels of Government

By Mike Bauman On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Right to Keep and Bear Firearms is an individual right that applies to all levels of government. In a sprawling, 214 page document (check out www.greeleygazette.com to view the entire document), SCOTUS determined [...]

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