Reuters/Reuters - The theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers is pictured in Aurora, Colorado July 20, 2012. REUTERS/John Wark
Yahoo News reports
A sweeping package of gun control measures advanced in Colorado on Friday, with expanded background checks and other limits as states seek to curb gun violence after the massacre of 20 children in Connecticut.Now that's interesting. I clearly remember being told that all states count domestic violence misdemeanors as a disqualifier. Why would Colorado have to add that now? Maybe Greg can explain himself.
The Democratic-controlled state Senate passed four measures by an informal voice vote, including requiring gun buyers to pay for their own background checks and banning firearms purchases by people who are convicted of domestic violence crimes.Republican leaders in the state Senate said the bills were overreaching and a violation of the Constitution's Second Amendment, which guarantees the right to own guns.
Colorado was already ranked 15th best. I'll bet they move up this year.
What do you think? Please leave a comment.
MikeB: "I clearly remember being told that all states count domestic violence misdemeanors as a disqualifier. Why would Colorado have to add that now?"
ReplyDeleteGun trafficking is already illegal, but we keep seeing a bill to “prohibit gun trafficking” year after year. I can’t speak for Colorado’s domestic violence laws, but introducing bills to make a crime double secret illegaler is SOP for gun control folks.
Domestic violence conviction prohibition is already federal law. If you took the time to read form 4473, you'd know that.
ReplyDeleteCould it be the federal law is not enforced, much like the marijuana laws? Maybe that's why states need one.
ReplyDeleteMarajuana laws are unenforced? There are a lot of people in jail who would disagree with you.
DeleteOf course there are lots of people in jail for pot, but the medical marijuana clinics as well as the new permissive laws in Colorado and Washington go against federal law.
DeleteI wonder if that's the way with misdemeanor domestic violence.
Well, do you seriously believe that there's a strong movement to ignore domestic violence laws? Legalizing marijuana has the support of a significant portion of the populations of those states.
DeletePoor mikeb can't make up his mind. He keeps on telling us a women has a right to her body, except if she wants to smoke pot or defend herself with a tool.
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Yes, Greg, I do.
DeleteWow, Mike, you just see all kinds of evil conspiracies! Now there's a wife-beater's lobby! Either you're as certifiably insane as Japete, or you're lying.
DeleteThe wife-beater lobby--that's a good one. Now, given that this is Colorado, perhaps that pro-rape legislator who argued with Amanda Collins will be a natural ally.
DeleteMikeb, you really don't know the difference between Federal and state law, I see. In the case of marijuana, the few states that allow personal use had to make that specifically legal, since it was illegal under both sets of laws before.
ReplyDeleteI take it that fifteenth is the Brady Bunch ranking for Colorado. What bunk. The good states get zero stars from the Bradys. But all of this is going to the Supreme Court soon.