Associated Press
House Republican Leader Mark Waller and Rep. Bob Gardner criticized Democrats Thursday for how they have handled their power as majority, particularly when it comes to four proposed gun bills.
“These are some of the most significant pieces of legislation we are going to see this year and they are ramming them through,” Waller, of Colorado Springs said. “From the time they are read across the desk until the time they are passed out of the House presumably a week.”
All four bills are expected to be heard on the House floor Friday. The legislation would create and charge for universal background checks, limit magazine capacity to 15 bullets and ban concealed carry on college campuses.
“It’s going to be very interesting, I think we’re going to be here for a while,” Waller said. “I’m not convinced at all four pieces of this legislation are going to pass tomorrow. I’m hopeful that we’re going to be able to kill magazine capacity limits and maybe even the college campus bill. I’m not sure yet, but we might have a chance on this.”
Gardner, who sat on the committee Thursday that heard some of the bills, voiced his concern that debate on the issues was being thwarted.
“While I respect the fact that the majority party wishes to carry out its agenda, move it’s agenda forward as speedily as possible … the fact is just because you can does not make it the best of practices nor does it make it a fully democratic process,” Gardner said in a moment of personal privilege on the House floor.
I’m in complete agreement with these two gentlemen. Laws should be passed not with emotion but with careful review and common sense. Must our state continue down this path of self destruction such as California the land of the flakes? Laws such as these only hurt law abiding citizens not the criminals. Just look at Chicago the most anti-gun state in the U.S.. Five hundred deaths just last year. I do Not want to see my beautiful home state turn into a ugly place to live. I have however watched over the past 40 years it tun into a “Follow The Leader” state.
And after the democrats have jammed these bills through, what’s next? They’ll figure that they can jam through more and more….just like the demos in Missouri, they’ll submit bills to confiscate….and if you don’t give up your property, then you’ll go to jail. And they’ll say, well, it’s just “assault weapons”….and then “it’s just handguns,” and then, “it’s just rifles,” and on and on until they’ve taken it all.
It’s not gun control they want. It’s people control.
As I recall, the Dems behaved the same way when they last had majorities in both houses. Is anyone surprised when a Democrat is arrogant and dictatorial?
While I dont agree with the manner in which this is being done, this is really no different than the Republican Legislatve Majorities in Michigan ramming thru an Anti Union bill, in Virginia trying to ram thru a Electoral College change, and in numerous other states Anti Abortion laws. So if it is bad hen the Dems do it, isnt it just as bad when Republcans do it?
Just saying.
Gun control is a proven failure, but it’s all the left understands because it’s a “simple” answer to a complex problem, and it’s easier to pretend to solve a problem than to actually solve it. I really wish Democrats would act on reason instead of emotion.
If anyone actually thinks that any of these Democrat measures will curb crime they must of just came out of the marijuana happy house. We already have background checks both at retail sales and gun shows, and ther3e have been no arrests foir those attempting illegal purchases. Private checks will be impossible to enforce.. All an individual has to do is drive down to Texas, trade barter, buy and sell between private citizens. Colorado law does not apply in Texas. Asinine magazine restrictions are a joke. Colorado will not be placing serial numbers on magazines as the major producer in Colorado has told Hickenlooper and the Democrats to shove it and will be relocating to Texas. There are millions of 20 and thirty round magazines already available, all untraceable. And, thirty round magazines are in common use therefor a ban would be unconstitutional in accordance with the. Heller decision. Firearm purchasers paying for their background check? Unconstitutional,as ownership of firearms in a Constitutional right, not to be infringed upon. The government cannot tax or impose a fee for exercising a Constitutional right. Also, I find it ironic that the Democrats want to tax gun buyers yet want taxpayers to support illegal aliens.
Lets face it folks, these Democrat proposals are not for making a safer Colorado but for harassment of gun owners and lay the groundwork for more restrictive nonsense in the name of public safety up to including unconstitutional bans.
I will add that you cannot purchase firearms over the internet without a FFL. If you want to order a firearms and have it shipped to Colorado or any other locality the firearms must be shipped to a FFL holder who enters the firearm into his acquisition/disposition log.. When you go to the dealer to pick up your firearm you must fill ouit an ATF Form 4473 and pass a Colorado background check prior to taking possession of your firearm. Fail the background check and you have given the dealer a free firearm to place in his stock.
I hope you have not been falling for the radio campaign by Mayors grabbing guns . Sorry folks you cannot walk into a sporting goods store and walk out with more fire power than an Infantry soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan, or are AR-15 used on the battlefields of the world. What that advertisement puts out is pure manure.
Gun bans at all colleges. Seriously, can democrats get any dumber? They really think killers are going to stay away from gun free zones? The flat out stupidity of democrats never ends. But of course their leader is Obama, that says it all. And of course their own kids are guarded by armed secuirty.
The problem with liberals is that they attempt to *think* with their bleeding hearts. If we follow liberal logic, EVERYTHING must be outlawed because abuse of ANYTHING may lead to death.
No, Tom, its not.
Conservative ideas leave the place better than when they found it. You can’t say the same for the Democrat agenda.
Why is it democrats refuse to acknowledge that criminals don’t obey gun laws? In fact they target gun free zones. So what do democrats do? They are trying to declare all Colorado college “gun free zones.” Zero common sense.
Just shows that the current crop of Democrats in Colorado care more about the orders from their California and NYC masters with full incremental citizen disarmament plans. than their constituents or local jobs. Everyone who mentioned this before the election was a “racist” or “paranoid”. It’s not paranoia if you’re correct!
These things are just bullet points on Feinban, Schmucker, and Putzmutter’s disarmament plans. They’ll push this, and fight to keep the schizophrenics and psychopaths on the street to cause more terrible events so they can push their next round of plans.
WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL FROM THE NAZI LOVING RACIST WHITE REPUBLICANS HYPOCRITES
the same GOPtards wont even let a majority vote on SECDEF take place
Wow, getting a little brainlessly panicked there at the thought of actually having someone qualified to be SecDef fill the position, aren’t we. What’s next, Obama sycophant? You going to threaten to kick Republicans’ backsides? Going to throw them into concentration camps for daring to resist the tyranny of the Obama Reich? So do tell….what do you plan to do about it? Got your TSA trained in SS tactics yet? Think you’ve got enough Brownshirts to break the windows in Republican-owned businesses yet?
Golly Nick, aren’t we a bit emotional today? Monthlies?
secdef will be passed
gun bills will be passed
you GOPtards will still be losers
@ Nick …Is it any wonder Republicans get angry at your comments?…
Dictatorial little snot…
Even if you ram them through…WE SAID, ‘NO DICE…’
Love,
America
A rush to judgement on gun control will only create problems. And with that I can see that Nick already has some issues more deep seated than guns or republicans. I bet Nick thinks it was the GOP that stalled race equality.
Too bad people miss the part where the democrats voted overwhelmingly to block civil rights but took the opportunity to push an agenda that still enslaves people. Whether it is abortion or control, some people only see the inside of their colon.
I am waiting for the criminals and mentally insane to come forward with their promise to put away their guns. When that happens then we can sit down and discuss life in Utopia.
I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting for the democrats to come forward with that promise. After all, they figure that the rules and laws are for everyone else.
Then, of course, there is democrat state legislator Joe Salazar, who thinks that whistles and so-called “safe zones” will solve any problem with violence against women…..
“It’s why we have call boxes, it’s why we have safe zones, it’s why we have the whistles. Because you just don’t know who you’re gonna be shooting at. And you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone’s been following you around or if you feel like you’re in trouble when you may actually not be, that you pop out that gun and you pop … pop a round at somebody.”
Bet he changes his tune if he ever has one of his own daughters assaulted….I wonder if he has his own armed bodyguards for himself and his family?