Colorado Anti-Gunners Will Push Waiting Period, Safe Storage

[txradioguy]

As freshman Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert uses the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol building to underscore her desire to carry a sidearm while serving in Congress, back home Centennial State lawmakers are reportedly preparing legislation to mandate a waiting period for the purchase of a firearm, and a safe storage requirement.

The Colorado Sun reported that Democrat State Rep. Tom Sullivan will introduce the waiting period measure. It would prevent Coloradoans from purchasing and taking possession of firearms on the same day, instead imposing a waiting period “potentially of five days,” the newspaper said. According to the report, Democrat Rep. Steve Woodrow of Denver is assisting Sullivan on the bill.

Sullivan is a gun control supporter and the father of a victim of the Aurora movie theater shooting in 2012. The killer in that case passed background checks.

But do waiting periods work? A detailed account of the period leading up to the Aurora shooting at Wikipedia suggests a waiting period would not have mattered. Killer James Holmes legally purchased the guns he used in the July 20 mass shooting weeks before the attack. He bought a Glock pistol on May 22, 2012, and a Remington shotgun on May 28. On June 7, he purchased a Smith & Wesson semi-auto rifle. He was able to pass background checks all three times because he had no prior criminal record.

Another Democrat, Rep. Kyle Mullica of Northglenn, will reportedly introduce the safe storage measure. According to the Colorado Sun, his bill “would impose fines and potentially even jail time on gun owners who don’t use a safe, trigger lock or cable lock when their weapons are being stored. It also would also require gun shops to distribute trigger or cable locks with every sale or transfer of a firearm.”

https://www.ammoland.com/2021/01/colorado-anti-gunners-will-push-waiting-period-safe-storage/#ixzz6jrW3TEeB

[roamer_1]

Yeah... Like that'll play outside of Denver and Aspen.

[txradioguy]

Yeah... Like that'll play outside of Denver and Aspen.

Denver, Aspen, Boulder and Pueblo will force their will on the rest of the state.

[roamer_1]

Denver, Aspen, Boulder and Pueblo will force their will on the rest of the state.

Good luck trying. Utah ain't far. Neither is Wyoming.

[txradioguy]

Good luck trying. Utah ain't far. Neither is Wyoming.

I just remember those four Cities/counties plus Aurora were imposing their Progressive will on the rest of the state.

[sneakypete]

Denver, Aspen, Boulder and Pueblo will force their will on the rest of the state.

@txradioguy

Yup,and you can probably add Colorado Springs to that list. Add them all up,and it's probably 75 percent of the state population.

[roamer_1]

I just remember those four Cities/counties plus Aurora were imposing their Progressive will on the rest of the state.

Sure. But hillbillies. They're in them mountains like a tick on a dog. And they always have a bone to pick with revenuers (which this surely falls under... it is a broad category, and especially so involving ATFe)... And as hillbillies are a form of redneck, all the other rednecks know how to get at them hillbillies  Hell, they get their shine somewhere - So that natural black market will counter whatever the government tries to do. And rightly.

They will not get the guns out of Colorado. They'll play holy hell even getting em out of the cities.

[txradioguy]

@txradioguy

Yup,and you can probably add Colorado Springs to that list. Add them all up,and it's probably 75 percent of the state population.

Actually Colorado Springs was a pleasant surprise when I was there.  They turned down recreational pot use...the county sheriff said no to enforcing illegal Red Flag laws and the city itself if fairly Conservative.

[sneakypete]

Actually Colorado Springs was a pleasant surprise when I was there.  They turned down recreational pot use...the county sheriff said no to enforcing illegal Red Flag laws and the city itself if fairly Conservative.

@txradioguy

I guess it has changed since I moved away from Co in 1980.

I tell you what,though. Get outside of the big cities in Co and stop to talk with some of the small town locals.  Most are his and her Panics,but you will search for a long time before meeting finer people.