Gun Law

We're winning, although I anticipate a long slow slog, uphill both ways, in the snow...

The first phase of passing Constitutional Carry through the
Colorado State House was accomplished this morning. House members
agreed to move this common-sense legislation forward by a vote of 40
to 25 (we'll post this vote when it becomes available on our website).

Let me take both the optimistic side and the pessimistic one.

Optimistically, everybody bombards their state senator with phone calls, faxes and e-mails asking for support for a bill that everyone (>50%) supports and which passed the house with bipartisan support, and faced with constituent pressure, the Senate passes the bill, which the governor vetoes.

Pessimistically, the Dems in the house who voted for the bill are from competitive districts and need to polish their apples if they expect to serve another term. Voting for the bill is safe if you know in advance the thing is going to die in the Senate. Can you say "Veterans Affairs Committee"? If you really want to give this bill a chance, write not just your Senator, but the Majority leader as well since he's the one who decides if the bill will ever see the light of day. Result: see above.

In your letters, be sure to point out that Wyoming is currently the stroke of the Governors pen from enacting the same legislation.

The reason for all this happiness is that John Hickenlooper was the only mayor in Colorado to be a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Mayor Bloombergs anti-gun group which currently boasts a higher felony arrest and conviction rate, on a per capita basis, than the entire population of CCW holders in the country.

Don't let me discourage you from harassing your Senators and governor though. If the bill gets buried or vetoed, we can beat them over the head with that in the next election.