Colorado Gun Law

Over and above all the reaction to the Bloomberg assault on Colorado in January and February including the recalls, lawsuits, and other voter initiatives, now we have a proposed constitutional amendment:

Proposed Constitutional Amendment for the State of Colorado

To Clarify, Protect, and Strengthen the Right of the People to

Keep and Bear Arms in Self Defense

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:

In the constitution of the state of Colorado, article II, section 13, number the existing text as clause 1, and add clauses 2, 3 and 4 as follows:

(1)The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons.

(2) This right is fundamental and includes the right of individuals to buy, sell, transfer, own, loan, possess, transport, carry, and operate firearms as well as all standard, necessary, customary, or usual equipment and accessories including magazines and ammunition.

(3) Each law enacted after January 1, 2013 that restricts or limits this right to any extent is hereby repealed. The repeal of these laws shall not be construed to affirm laws enacted prior to January 1, 2013.

(4) From the date this amendment becomes effective, no law, except a law enacted by a vote of the people, shall restrict or limit this right to any extent.

Clause 1 is what's in the Colo Constitution now. Items 2 thru 4 are the proposed additions. Legislators hate this sort of thing as it calls into question their qualifications as all-knowing arbiters of What's Best For You.

As soon as the verbiage is approved, the folks at a safer Colorado have 6 months to gather 86.100 signatures plus a healthy margin to allow for bad sigs and other challenges.