Colorado joins the gun grabbers in NY and California

[n2sooners]

The bills include:
HB 1229, Background checks for Gun Transfers--a measure to prohibit private sales between CO residents, and instead require a full FFL transfer, including a 4473.

HB 1228, Payment for Background Checks for Gun Transfers-- a measure that would require CO residents to pay for the back logged state-run CBI system (currently taking 3 times the federally mandated wait time for checks to occur) instead of using the free federal NICS checks.

And finally, HB 1224, Prohibiting Large Capacity Ammunition Magazines--a measure that bans the possession, sale, or transfer of magazines over 10 round capacity. The measures and stipulations in this bill would deprive CO residents of the value of their private property by prohibiting the sale or transfer of all magazines over 10 rounds. This bill would also prohibit manufacture of magazines greater than 10 rounds for commercial sale out of the state, and place restrictions on the manufacture of military and law enforcement magazines that would cripple production.

Source

For those without Facebook, that was from a post by Magpul on Facebook.

 

[Fredkrueger100]

It's just gonna keep getting worse and worse. Maybe magpul will move here? We can only dream. I really hope this crap don't happen.

 

[Shadowrider]

I got that in an email last night. If it passes eff 'em. Pack up and move to a free state and tell everyone about it while doing so.

 

[henschman]

Or better yet, ignore and resist

 

[TulsaGeoff]

A move will undoubtable slow down Pmag production :/

 

[Shadowrider]

It gets even better. Got this earlier today from GOPUSA. Don't think it will let me link but this is all of it and the source is at the end.

Sparks flew as a grinder buzzed through the steel of an AK-47 assault rifle Monday morning in Colorado Springs.

About two dozen people braved temperatures in the teens to watch and cheer as 64-year-old Mike Warren presented his weapon for destruction.

The act, which happened shortly after 11 a.m. behind a warehouse near Interstate 25 and Colorado Avenue, put an end to what Warren called "a burden" he's been carrying since just after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

"I was afraid," he said. "They were guarding my fishing hole for terrorists. I stashed it away and didn't tell anybody about it."

Warren, a fisherman and hunter who has no intention of disposing of his sporting weapons, said the "last straw" for his assault rifle "was the massacre of those children at Sandy Hook," referring to the Dec. 14, 2012 killing of 20 first-graders and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school.

The former defense attorney employed the services of a recently formed nonprofit called RAWtools and partnered with the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission on Monday to launch "Guns-to-Garden Tools."

The initiative gets its inspiration from The Bible, said Mike Martin, whose company RAWtools is being incorporated this week. Martin pointed to Isaiah 2:4, which states "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."

Warren's weapon will be heated, reshaped and turned into a garden trowel, a cultivator and a weed puller, Martin said, noting that the "RAW" in the nonprofit's name is "war" spelled backward.

The garden tools will be donated to Ranch Community Garden on the property of the Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs.

Warren, a former infantry soldier, stressed that he is not an activist and did not want to make a political statement.

"That's beyond my pay grade," he said. "I speak for nobody but myself."

The ceremony began with a rap performed by Mary Sprunger-Froese. The long-time friend of Warren warmed the crowd on the snowy morning with such lyrics as "transformation, transform the nation," which had several people in the crowd joining the chant.

The event ended with Warren holding the severed assault rifle high in the air.

"Thank God I'm free of the damn thing," he said.

___

(c)2013 The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Visit The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) at www.gazette.com

Distributed by MCT Information Services

A service of YellowBrix, Inc.

 

[farmerbyron]

Sparks flew as a grinder buzzed through the steel of an AK-47 assault rifle Monday morning in Colorado Springs.

About two dozen people braved temperatures in the teens to watch and cheer as 64-year-old Mike Warren presented his weapon for destruction.

The act, which happened shortly after 11 a.m. behind a warehouse near Interstate 25 and Colorado Avenue, put an end to what Warren called "a burden" he's been carrying since just after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

"I was afraid," he said. "They were guarding my fishing hole for terrorists. I stashed it away and didn't tell anybody about it."

Warren, a fisherman and hunter who has no intention of disposing of his sporting weapons, said the "last straw" for his assault rifle "was the massacre of those children at Sandy Hook," referring to the Dec. 14, 2012 killing of 20 first-graders and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school.

The former defense attorney employed the services of a recently formed nonprofit called RAWtools and partnered with the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission on Monday to launch "Guns-to-Garden Tools."

The initiative gets its inspiration from The Bible, said Mike Martin, whose company RAWtools is being incorporated this week. Martin pointed to Isaiah 2:4, which states "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."

Warren's weapon will be heated, reshaped and turned into a garden trowel, a cultivator and a weed puller, Martin said, noting that the "RAW" in the nonprofit's name is "war" spelled backward.

The garden tools will be donated to Ranch Community Garden on the property of the Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs.

Warren, a former infantry soldier, stressed that he is not an activist and did not want to make a political statement.

"That's beyond my pay grade," he said. "I speak for nobody but myself."

The ceremony began with a rap performed by Mary Sprunger-Froese. The long-time friend of Warren warmed the crowd on the snowy morning with such lyrics as "transformation, transform the nation," which had several people in the crowd joining the chant.

The event ended with Warren holding the severed assault rifle high in the air.

"Thank God I'm free of the damn thing," he said.

___

(c)2013 The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Visit The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) at www.gazette.com

Distributed by MCT Information Services

A service of YellowBrix, Inc.

 

[CoachR64]

Anyone in Oklahoma that longs to be freed of the burden of their firearms can drop them off at my house for proper disposal.

 

[Quick_Draw_McGraw]

You can see coverage of the session here http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/02/12/packed-house-gun-rights-supporters-turn-out-to-hearing-in-droves-to-fight-gun-grab/

My buddy from Apex Gun parts has been there since 9 AM. On the plus side apparently the hearing is packed with pro gun citizens.

 

[Shadowrider]

You can see coverage of the session here http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2013/02/12/packed-house-gun-rights-supporters-turn-out-to-hearing-in-droves-to-fight-gun-grab/

My buddy from Apex Gun parts has been there since 9 AM. On the plus side apparently the hearing is packed with pro gun citizens.

That was nice to see.