Colorado passes Gun Control Laws

[ICantSpellDawg]

I'm having a mixed reaction over here. The magazine capacity thing will be utterly, completely pointless.

However, universal background checks are a good thing, despite the apocalyptic hysteria coming from the NRA (which appears to exist in a state of permanent crisis—must be good for fundraising or something).

I'm in favor of expanded background checks for private sales. I'm against any requirement to keep the records, but I wouldn't mind if there were spot-checks by ATF agents instead. I don't see a reason to exempt owners from a basic background check in the digital age. Having to do it in an FFL will protect sellers who now may have to tell a felon to go pound sand. It will also protect the buyer from giving his ssn and personal info to the seller and the endless fraud that this will prevent. I'll pay $10 for that. Make exceptions for buyers/sellers in the middle of nowhere to use their internet connection. Exemptions for spouses, children, and siblings.

No to mag limits, No to semi-auto bans - not even the scary looking ones. Guns for everyone, all over the world unless you are a violent felon, have multiple violent misdemeanors, are seriously mentally ill, or are an erratic substance abuser (even alcoholics should probably not have easy access)

National conceal carry as well. The gun is the great equalizer. It makes our betters remember that, even though they may be smarter than us, better looking, stronger, richer; able to dominate us - they are merely 1 minimally talented shot away from the dustbin of history. My signature shows that people of all ideologies can recognize this. Guns are truly the cornerstone of individual sovereignty.

Donate a few bucks to defense distributed so that we can make sure that the subjugated and downtrodden around the world can arm themselves against their oppressors.


EDIT: Also, as Lemur has been saying - as long as we are on our toes we have a great chance of beating the AWB back in the Senate, even if the Democrats wanted to experience the pain of passing the AWB. It doesn't look like it is even an option. I've been counting the Senate votes and It will extremely difficult for this Democratic Senate to support an "assault weapons" ban. I think that people are starting to get it, reluctantly. Count Manchin, Pryor, Baucus, Donnelly, Tester, Heinrich and all of the Republicans and you have 51 Senators against any AWB. These are just the very likely no's. It doesn't even bring in the fence sitters like Reid, King, Landrieu, Kaine, Leahy, Warner, etc. Even if they were able to get it past the Senate using the amendment process it would go up against an even more hostile GOP controlled House. I'm liking our chances more by the day.