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Topic: Colo gov says time to talk gun laws |
Colo gov says time to talk gun laws
Associated Press, by Ivan Moreno & Kristin Wyatt
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Posted By:BaseballFan, 12/13/2012 2:20:17 PM
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DENVER — Colorado´s Gov. John Hickenlooper said "the time is right" for state lawmakers to consider gun control measures, offering his firmest stance in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings, including a movie theater rampage in suburban Denver, that have shocked the nation. The Democratic governor upset some in his party for not taking a stronger position when he said last summer that stricter laws would not haven´t prevented the mass shooting in Aurora. (Snip) "When you look at what happened in Aurora, a great deal of that damage was from the large magazine on the AR-15 (rifle). ...
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Comments: Here they go again. Hick complains that he´s "too moderate". I say he´s a failed governor, period. And he repeats the myth (lie) about the AR in the theater shooting. The rifle jammed. THAT would have been a prime opportunity for a CCW permit holder to end the threat. But no...
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Northcross, 12/13/2012 2:25:58 PM (No. 9063801)
There is no longer any need. All the potential psychotic killers in Colorado are now stoned out of their minds and no longer pose a threat.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Coy860, 12/13/2012 2:31:40 PM (No. 9063806)
#1 beat me to it. Everyone is now sooo mellow no laws are necessary.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Griller1, 12/13/2012 2:32:04 PM (No. 9063807)
Actually, all of the damage was done by an evil coward who decided to end the lives of innocent people who thought they were safe in a building that didn´t allow self defense weapons. Fooled them, didn´t he!!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
reilly, 12/13/2012 2:39:02 PM (No. 9063814)
Second Amendment applies to stoners, too.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JAN, 12/13/2012 2:45:11 PM (No. 9063820)
This from a man who hired an illegal in his brew pub. The illegal shot and killed a police officer who was hired for security at a Christening in Denver.
The killer escaped to Mexico and was only returned to the USA with the promise of no death penalty and no life in prison.
Hickenlooper is a typical lib liar.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/13/2012 2:49:34 PM (No. 9063829)
Thanks, #5 - I´d forgotten about that one.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
geoguy, 12/13/2012 2:59:42 PM (No. 9063838)
Can´t believe this guy was a petroleum geologist. He sure wouldn´t fit into the industry today.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Tom kilbride, 12/13/2012 3:07:48 PM (No. 9063845)
How about banning all violence in movies and on television? If we are going to attack the Bill of Rights, let´s get to the heart of the violence problem! As for older movies that have violence in them, let´s have a big bonfire. There, I´ve solved the problem.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 12/13/2012 3:25:01 PM (No. 9063865)
If guns kill people, then I have a safe full of defective guns. Hasn´t a single one of them ever jumped up and fired all by itself.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 12/13/2012 3:33:57 PM (No. 9063880)
What could we expect from a blue state where the majority have shown poor judgement on the national as well as local level. Half of them are probably stoned when they vote.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lilo, 12/13/2012 3:37:38 PM (No. 9063888)
This is what happens when you allow immigration from liberal states. Having fouled their own nests, they seek new pastures. Colorado was a decent state when I was a kid. Bad things happen to good states with the advent of liberalisn.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
suziesuburbanite, 12/13/2012 3:38:51 PM (No. 9063891)
Why not make insanity a crime.....oh wait
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bighambone, 12/13/2012 4:01:05 PM (No. 9063932)
Actually the damage was done by the "nut" who squeezed the trigger, if he had a less then 10 round magazine, maybe the weapon would not have jammed, with him quickly reloading and doing more damage then he actually did. What government at all levels should be looking for is how to keep "nuts" from beating the government background check process and purchasing guns in the first place.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Vaquero45, 12/13/2012 4:03:03 PM (No. 9063941)
Hickenlooper won´t do squat. He knows gun control in Colorado is political suicide. We won´t put up with it. He´ll get steamrollered out of office.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
veritas, 12/13/2012 4:03:57 PM (No. 9063947)
In inverse order, two points:
1. OK, Gov. Loopy, there are some 24,000 gun laws in the US, but guns are still used illegally in crimes of all descriptions. So, what are the magic words of your new gun law that will stop the criminally violent? Hey, did I just notice a problem the guv missed?
2. Shall not be infringed -- every one of those words has a clear, simple meaning that hasn´t changed in hundreds of years. And neither has the 2nd Amendment, and what it recognizes to be above even the Constitution itself, that is, the inalienable right to effective self-defense.
#12: Or make assault, battery, and murder illegal. Seems more on-point than going roundabout via gun laws.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Persecutor2, 12/13/2012 4:15:20 PM (No. 9063976)
If you´re going to talk about gun control, Governor, you should at least try to learn a little something about guns. You could start by learning what an "assaiult weapon" really is, not what Dem-lefty know-nothings apply the term to. You might also learn the difference between the rifle (which isn´t designed to penetrate ANYTHING) and the cartridge. But I´m not gonna hold my breath waiting for you to do that.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Wendybird, 12/13/2012 4:31:54 PM (No. 9064018)
I thought it was already against the law to kill someone with a gun, or otherwise, unless there is a perfectly good reason to do it. Like Mr. Foster, for example.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
aindyin, 12/13/2012 4:35:28 PM (No. 9064024)
Hey governor dipstick I live in Colorado and just bought a pink M4 to go with my classy black one. Think I may just go buy more to spite your ignorant butt.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Blonde Patriot, 12/13/2012 4:36:09 PM (No. 9064025)
Good luck with imposing restrictions on the Western slope of Colorado Chickenpooper.
A whole lot of conservative cowboys and girls on this side of the mountain that will not take this very well.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bogeegolf, 12/13/2012 4:42:14 PM (No. 9064038)
A friend of mine teaches high school a few miles from columbine. He wishes he could keep a gun locked in his desk. Of course that would never fly. However, he has taken note of everything in his room that could be used as a weapon and has added a few incospicious ones of his own.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
mws50, 12/13/2012 5:30:18 PM (No. 9064123)
More people are killed with baseball bats, Gov... Are ya gonna ban them, too?
Liberals are incredibly stupid people.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
eoddad, 12/13/2012 5:57:12 PM (No. 9064150)
Dictatorship, Police state moving along quite nicely now. Once the Obama gang gets the guns he can just order the wrong type of people to the train stations for Deportation. Maybe Jamie Foxx, Spike Lee, Al Sharpton, The new Black Panthers and like minded folks can get a government job deciding who goes to the Showers first. I wish I was kidding.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 12/13/2012 6:29:58 PM (No. 9064203)
I´d say it´s time for Colorado´s Gov. John Hickenlooper to go back to the private sector...
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Bobn.T, 12/13/2012 7:25:52 PM (No. 9064303)
I´ve had enough of Governor Juan ChickenPooper. Will these libnut fools ever learn that criminals are the problem.
By ChickenPooper´s logic, we should ban or limit the destructive capacity of automobiles.
By ChickenPooper´s logic, we should outlaw booze which would eliminate drunk driving.
By ChickenPooper´s logic, we should eliminate democrats and save the country.
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