This is about anger. The Colorado Gun Laws are not that restrictive. From some of the reports it was more about a "Power Grab" than anything else.
Of all places, Colorado. It has the worst public safety record on mass shootings in the country. Anyone would think it was time for gun reform. It is unfortunate the voters can't see the forest for the trees.
If the Pro Gun Lobby can label their message as a 'character issue,' hence, 'power grab,' it would seem to work. The voters didn't focus on their own public safety concerns, they focused on a supposed character flaws. Social media wins. The voter sees themselves empowered by 'judgement' and their own definition of safety. There are many people convinced their life lies in the hands of the availability of their weapon. It is a false sense of security and no one bothers to teach them that reality.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Updated 5:06 am, Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Senate President John Morse lost by just 343 votes (click here) Tuesday in a swing district in the Republican stronghold of Colorado Springs but Sen. Angela Giron lost by a bigger margin in a largely blue-collar district that favors Democrats....
...CONTRIBUTIONS BACKFIRE (click here)
The recall battle drew more than $3.5 million in campaign contributions. But the vast majority of the funds - nearly $3 million - came from opponents of the recall drive who support stricter gun control, figures from the secretary of state's office showed.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns, wrote a $350,000 personal check to the anti-recall campaigns. Los Angeles billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad kicked in another $250,000 to stave off the recalls.
After claiming victory late on Tuesday, Herpin said the push to derail the recall had "backfired" on the gun control lobby.
"In Colorado, we don't need some New York billionaire telling us what size soft drinks we can have, how much salt to put on our food, or the size of the ammunition magazines on our guns," he said.
Only about $500,000 came from the pro-gun lobby, mainly $368,000 donated by the National Rifle Association, the nation's biggest pro-gun lobby, which feted Morse's ouster late on Tuesday....
What are Colorado's laws concerning firearms? (click here)
Colorado allows a person to carry a firearm in a vehicle, loaded or unloaded, if its use is for lawful protection of such person or another's person or property. [C.R.S. 18-12-105(2)] Colorado law also allows a person to possess a handgun in a dwelling, place of business, or automobile. However, you cannot carry the weapon concealed on or about your person while transporting it into your home, business, hotel room, etc. Local jurisdictions may not enact laws that restrict a person's ability to travel with a weapon. [C.R.S. 18-12-105.6] The Act permits the nationwide carrying of concealed handguns by qualified current and retired law enforcement officers and amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90-618, 82 Stat. 1213) to exempt qualified current and retired law enforcement officers from state and local laws prohibiting the carry of concealed firearms.
The changes are intended to limit death in a rampage.
POSSESSION (click here)
On and after July 1, 2013, it will be unlawful to possess, sell or transfer a "large capacity magazine." The definition of a "large capacity magazine" includes those magazines or any devices that are fixed, or detachable and can hold more than 15 rounds or be readily converted to hold more than fifteen rounds.
A shotgun may not accept more than eight shotgun shells, or hold more than twenty-eight inches of shotgun shells in an extension device. A .22 caliber rimfire rifle that can hold more than 15 rounds in a fixed tubular magazine is not included as a "large capacity magazine."
It is unlawful for any person convicted of a felony or conspiracy or attempt to commit a felony, or misdemeanor domestic violence or adjudicated delinquent for a felony to possess a firearm.
It is unlawful for any person under 18 to possess a handgun, and it is unlawful to provide or permit a juvenile to possess a handgun, with exceptions for attendance at a hunter's safety course or firearms safety course, or engaging in lawful target shooting, or hunting or trapping with a valid license, or traveling with an unloaded handgun to or from any of these activities, or while on real property under the control of the juvenile's parent, legal guardian or grandparent and who has the permission of the parent or legal guardian to possess a handgun, or while at the juvenile's residence and with permission of parent or legal guardian possesses a handgun for self-defense.
"Mother Jones" did a "Myth Buster" all their own based on Fact-check.
...Myth #2: Guns don't kill people—people kill people.
Fact-check: (click here) People with more guns tend to kill more
people—with guns. The states with the highest gun ownership rates have a
gun murder rate 114% higher
than those with the lowest gun ownership rates. Also, gun death rates
tend to be higher in states with higher rates of gun ownership. Gun
death rates are generally lower in states with restrictions such as assault-weapons bans or safe-storage requirements....
Colorado falls in about 12 gun deaths per 100,000. Colorado is about midway and I find this rather interesting. When one walks a mile in the gun owner's shoes there is AN ACCEPTANCE of death not found in the non-gun owner.
Sportsman/women are different. They don't accept their own death as a means to enjoying the sport, HOWEVER, hand gun owners accept pre-mature death as a possibility to their ownership.
If one examines interviews of people in Colorado after these heinous shootings occur what is frequently stated is acknowledgement that death is a part of life. It is a form of helplessness. It is the bastion of a gun culture. The gun is the equalizer. It is just 'one of those things' that the 'right gun' wasn't in place when the tragedy occurred.
When examining this graph it is the states that have high regard to quality of life with the fewest gun deaths per 100,000.
The states with higher quality of life and INVEST in infrastructure to protect human life have the fewer gun deaths while the states with higher and sometimes the highest poverty rates have the higher numbers of deaths.
It is quality of life. I haven't looked into this statistic, but, it is my estimation the more police per 100,000 citizens the less gun violence and the less gun deaths.
This is from "Michigan Dashboard" (click here)
It isn't necessarily the number of police on the street. It is quality of life. The more people appreciate their lives and regard human life as important without compromises, the less guns are owned and the less deaths occur.
There is no correlation between number of police and number of deaths per 100,000; but; there is a correlation with poverty. That is the case globally as well. The more police per country does not translate into less deaths per 100,000 citizens.
IT IS POVERTY and the MORAL IMPOVERISHMENT of helplessness and hopelessness that drives higher gun deaths per state. It is why 'Hope' has such powerful political outcomes.
Of all places, Colorado. It has the worst public safety record on mass shootings in the country. Anyone would think it was time for gun reform. It is unfortunate the voters can't see the forest for the trees.
If the Pro Gun Lobby can label their message as a 'character issue,' hence, 'power grab,' it would seem to work. The voters didn't focus on their own public safety concerns, they focused on a supposed character flaws. Social media wins. The voter sees themselves empowered by 'judgement' and their own definition of safety. There are many people convinced their life lies in the hands of the availability of their weapon. It is a false sense of security and no one bothers to teach them that reality.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Updated 5:06 am, Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Senate President John Morse lost by just 343 votes (click here) Tuesday in a swing district in the Republican stronghold of Colorado Springs but Sen. Angela Giron lost by a bigger margin in a largely blue-collar district that favors Democrats....
...CONTRIBUTIONS BACKFIRE (click here)
The recall battle drew more than $3.5 million in campaign contributions. But the vast majority of the funds - nearly $3 million - came from opponents of the recall drive who support stricter gun control, figures from the secretary of state's office showed.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns, wrote a $350,000 personal check to the anti-recall campaigns. Los Angeles billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad kicked in another $250,000 to stave off the recalls.
After claiming victory late on Tuesday, Herpin said the push to derail the recall had "backfired" on the gun control lobby.
"In Colorado, we don't need some New York billionaire telling us what size soft drinks we can have, how much salt to put on our food, or the size of the ammunition magazines on our guns," he said.
Only about $500,000 came from the pro-gun lobby, mainly $368,000 donated by the National Rifle Association, the nation's biggest pro-gun lobby, which feted Morse's ouster late on Tuesday....
What are Colorado's laws concerning firearms? (click here)
Colorado allows a person to carry a firearm in a vehicle, loaded or unloaded, if its use is for lawful protection of such person or another's person or property. [C.R.S. 18-12-105(2)] Colorado law also allows a person to possess a handgun in a dwelling, place of business, or automobile. However, you cannot carry the weapon concealed on or about your person while transporting it into your home, business, hotel room, etc. Local jurisdictions may not enact laws that restrict a person's ability to travel with a weapon. [C.R.S. 18-12-105.6] The Act permits the nationwide carrying of concealed handguns by qualified current and retired law enforcement officers and amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90-618, 82 Stat. 1213) to exempt qualified current and retired law enforcement officers from state and local laws prohibiting the carry of concealed firearms.
The changes are intended to limit death in a rampage.
POSSESSION (click here)
On and after July 1, 2013, it will be unlawful to possess, sell or transfer a "large capacity magazine." The definition of a "large capacity magazine" includes those magazines or any devices that are fixed, or detachable and can hold more than 15 rounds or be readily converted to hold more than fifteen rounds.
A shotgun may not accept more than eight shotgun shells, or hold more than twenty-eight inches of shotgun shells in an extension device. A .22 caliber rimfire rifle that can hold more than 15 rounds in a fixed tubular magazine is not included as a "large capacity magazine."
It is unlawful for any person convicted of a felony or conspiracy or attempt to commit a felony, or misdemeanor domestic violence or adjudicated delinquent for a felony to possess a firearm.
It is unlawful for any person under 18 to possess a handgun, and it is unlawful to provide or permit a juvenile to possess a handgun, with exceptions for attendance at a hunter's safety course or firearms safety course, or engaging in lawful target shooting, or hunting or trapping with a valid license, or traveling with an unloaded handgun to or from any of these activities, or while on real property under the control of the juvenile's parent, legal guardian or grandparent and who has the permission of the parent or legal guardian to possess a handgun, or while at the juvenile's residence and with permission of parent or legal guardian possesses a handgun for self-defense.
"Mother Jones" did a "Myth Buster" all their own based on Fact-check.
Colorado falls in about 12 gun deaths per 100,000. Colorado is about midway and I find this rather interesting. When one walks a mile in the gun owner's shoes there is AN ACCEPTANCE of death not found in the non-gun owner.
Sportsman/women are different. They don't accept their own death as a means to enjoying the sport, HOWEVER, hand gun owners accept pre-mature death as a possibility to their ownership.
If one examines interviews of people in Colorado after these heinous shootings occur what is frequently stated is acknowledgement that death is a part of life. It is a form of helplessness. It is the bastion of a gun culture. The gun is the equalizer. It is just 'one of those things' that the 'right gun' wasn't in place when the tragedy occurred.
When examining this graph it is the states that have high regard to quality of life with the fewest gun deaths per 100,000.
The states with higher quality of life and INVEST in infrastructure to protect human life have the fewer gun deaths while the states with higher and sometimes the highest poverty rates have the higher numbers of deaths.
It is quality of life. I haven't looked into this statistic, but, it is my estimation the more police per 100,000 citizens the less gun violence and the less gun deaths.
It isn't necessarily the number of police on the street. It is quality of life. The more people appreciate their lives and regard human life as important without compromises, the less guns are owned and the less deaths occur.
There is no correlation between number of police and number of deaths per 100,000; but; there is a correlation with poverty. That is the case globally as well. The more police per country does not translate into less deaths per 100,000 citizens.
IT IS POVERTY and the MORAL IMPOVERISHMENT of helplessness and hopelessness that drives higher gun deaths per state. It is why 'Hope' has such powerful political outcomes.
